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Trailer Official Trailer. American Princess: Season 1. It was the first night the Fonder children had spent the night away from home. This event inspired the following poem from a Pickens County resident:. The parents of two with the Conners that night Awoke to the rain and a terrible sight The creek between them rose beyond belief As they stood there helpless and took on their grief Their attempts to rescue were all in vain As the Conner house crumbled in the pouring rain.
Rainfall amounts of inches occurred over northwest Georgia in a 3-day period. Flood waters up to 11 feet deep covered portions of Broad Street in Rome with extensive record flooding. The stage height reached Flood stage is 25 feet. This record flood and another major flood in prompted the citizens of Rome to raise the town by 12 feet. This was accomplished by bringing in thousands of wagon loads of dirt. The current basement level of historic buildings were once at ground level.
Also an extensive levee system was constructed in the s on the right banks of the Oostanaula and Coosa Rivers to protect the section of Rome where the people lived at the time. The event brought rainfall amounts of 6 to 12 inches over a 3-day period primarily oriented over the Chattahoochee River basin from Columbus to Norcross caused extensive flooding up to 3 miles from the river channel. It is notable the flood crests established with this major flood remain as the highest or second highest flood crests on record from Norcross through Atlanta, Whitesburg and West Point to Columbus.
In general, flooding around 15 feet above the respective flood stages occurred along the Chattahoochee River. The exception was Columbus where the crest was around 18 feet above flood stage. This also caused the tributary creeks to have record flooding such as Peachtree Creek.
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