...they call themselves Lynchburgers ** -- chumley 08/03/2018 6:20PM
Agree that the news is overboard, BUT...people die when dams break. -- 48zip 08/03/2018 1:27PM
Cite your source about 10 vertical ft of water behind that dam? ** -- grill to chill 08/03/2018 1:50PM
I have the spreadsheet from the state (DCR), It has data -- 48zip 08/03/2018 1:57PM
Thanks :) ** -- grill to chill 08/03/2018 2:25PM
I don't make light of the situation. What is HIGHLY questionable is the way -- thankbud 08/03/2018 1:37PM
I just meant it's scary to see stuff that high in a tree. -- 48zip 08/03/2018 1:41PM
My best friend's family was at the heart of the Camille disaster, Massie's -- thankbud 08/03/2018 1:47PM
Never said that. I said it would to the folks immediately downstream. -- 48zip 08/03/2018 1:54PM
Not disgreeing, but these people have ample warning, where it was 1969, and -- thankbud 08/03/2018 2:11PM
My whole message was to not disregard the warning. -- 48zip 08/03/2018 3:01PM
Amen brother Bud! I grew up in Sandusky and those apartments & the area.. -- grill to chill 08/03/2018 12:35PM
Yeah, the Greenwood Appts. are a running joke. I saw on the news last night -- thankbud 08/03/2018 12:39PM
Sensationalism sells ** -- astrohokie 08/03/2018 12:04PM
I lived there when the Timberlake Dam broke and killed 2. -- Hokie1744 08/03/2018 11:37AM
One would have to be in a steep revine to receive 17' from what's left of -- thankbud 08/03/2018 11:44AM
Agreed. And sad to hear that. ** -- Hokie1744 08/03/2018 4:46PM
From Lynchburg, so I've been following, but have to share this: -- Techaholic 08/03/2018 11:24AM
Never, ever let the truth get in the way of a good story. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 08/03/2018 11:26AM
Yeah, just looked at the satellite shot of that area. -- Burruss Writer 08/03/2018 11:07AM
"Johnstown" flood, caused by the fact that hated Henry Frick wanted the -- HokieDan95 08/03/2018 10:59AM
Indeed, I must have had Jim on my mind. Thanks for the correction. ** -- thankbud 08/03/2018 11:06AM
Lower? Doesn't in drain to the James, where it then flows through town? -- 48zip 08/03/2018 10:48AM
Lower part of town, but James River is the lowest. ** -- thankbud 08/03/2018 10:53AM
So it will indeed flood into the river, and town, correct? ** -- 48zip 08/03/2018 11:26AM
The only area I would consider it would "flood" is the immediate area there -- thankbud 08/03/2018 11:37AM
Tru to a point. But remember, the depth of a break is higher -- 48zip 08/03/2018 12:06PM
But the river would spread it out, might be 17" at that time. -- `lag 08/03/2018 11:34AM
It’s amazing how much the media gets wrong. -- RoswellGAHokie 08/03/2018 10:41AM
Media is french for idiot. ** -- halesvb11 08/03/2018 11:52AM
Wasn't it local authorities who threw out the 17' part? ** -- Stork 08/03/2018 11:04AM
Yup. Looks like National Weather Service stated that. -- Stork 08/03/2018 11:23AM
But reporters jump to saying it is 17 feet of water in Lynchburg -- RTFC 08/03/2018 3:10PM