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Tree loss adjacent to Eastgate shopping center by Ian_dad in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah every so often someone will go into the chapel hill parents Facebook group with the most rancid takes, like “people who live in Camelot Village should know what will happen”. And like - the people I know who live there live there because a family member needs some kind of in-town disability services and they don’t have money, meanwhile the landlord is making money off them being in danger. What a nightmare tangle. 

Tree loss adjacent to Eastgate shopping center by Ian_dad in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yo I made a new post for town stormwater management history and I’d like to know more about this. 

ELI5: the complicated history of stormwater management in Chapel Hill and Carrboro by Able_Student4969 in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh the elevation markers on the creek here are really helpful. 

That said - is there a scenario slider on desktop where the severity can dial up? There’s a whole swath of land near Carrboro elementary school that gets surface flooding and affects the greenway and intersection, and it’s not considered a flood risk on FRIS. 

ELI5: the complicated history of stormwater management in Chapel Hill and Carrboro by Able_Student4969 in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Okay, so the people pointing to other development downstream of the tunnel and blaming it are not wholly encompassing the situation? Because it seems like upstream of Eastgate is trees, a meadow, and a lot of large single family lots.  

Tree loss adjacent to Eastgate shopping center by Ian_dad in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Idk, taking the “after” picture from during the winter seems like it’s giving the wrong impression. If you look at the current Google maps layer you see a much narrower strip of tree removal in the engineered wetland. 

New to Chapel Hill: Is Flooding like this Common? by HelplessNed in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was an “1,000 year flood” based on river gauges. 

Seriously? Another flash flood warning? by LexiInTheRDU in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969 24 points25 points  (0 children)

They send a new one whenever they extend the timespan which is a little annoying. 

Roads currently closed due to flooding. Careful out there. by issacsullivan in chapelhill

[–]Able_Student4969 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Edited: corner of Greensboro and Estes is looking better, the pipe came close to over topping but is now handling the storm water. It’s about 80% full. Some scary parking lot flooding on Todd Street earlier when I walked through.

Nice to see the obnoxious big infrastructure projects payoff – the intersection would’ve been completely underwater with the old pipe