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FOCUS: Rain inundates Charleston, closing 17 streets Sunday

Staff reports | More than five inches of the rain that drenched the Charleston peninsula Saturday caused traffic snarls Sunday as floodwaters had no place to go — even after the rain stopped.

As of 12:15 p.m. Sunday, 17 roads were closed due to flooding throughout the city, according to Charleston police. Thigh-high waters were reported in the Hospital District, and several cars were stalled throughout the peninsula. By early afternoon, streets started reopening, including the Septima Clark Parkway, also known as the “Crosstown.”

Charleston officials said street-sweeping and grounds crews worked Sunday to clean up waste that accumulated after the storm. Stormwater crews also cleared debris from storm drains and will work Monday to identify remaining blockages.

by Charleston Currents · 06/14/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, News

NEW for 6/14: On flooding, tailgaters, more

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Rain inundates Charleston, closing 17 streets midday Sunday
COMMENTARY, Brack: Give special treatment to tailgaters
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
NEWS BRIEFS: Harris to be in Greenville Monday for vaccination tour kickoff
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Cool bridge
CALENDAR: Party at The Point returns with five July shows

by Charleston Currents · 06/14/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Charleston is in trouble’ on flooding, report says

Staff reports | An annual federal flooding report found Charleston’s high tide flooding is increasing at an alarming rate.

“The report is very clear: Charleston is in trouble,” Coastal Conservation League’s Betsy La Force told sister publication Statehouse Report. “If we look at the data and continue to ignore it the issue will only get worse. It’s scientific. It’s not political. It proves to the public and political leaders that climate change impacts are happening now … We have to be realistic and plan accordingly.”

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

NEW for 7/20: Remembering John Lewis; Bantam-roostering; Lowcountry Listens

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering the power of John Lewis and those chickens
COMMENTARY, Brack: Stop the bantam-roostering on pandemic, schools
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Charleston is in trouble’ on flooding, report says
FEEDBACK: Wear masks to get virus under control
MYSTERY PHOTO: Historic, pensive marble statue
CALENDAR: Lowcountry Listens starts second wave of tunes Wednesday
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pisé de terre

by Charleston Currents · 07/20/2020 · 1 comment · Full issue

7/8, full issue: On flood-damaged areas; 2020 presidential primary; FFF mural; More

IN THIS EDITION OF CHARLESTON CURRENTS

FOCUS, Palm: Much more work needed on flood-prone areas
COMMENTARY, Brack: February primary is still a long way away
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
PALMETTO POEM: Lady in White, by John L. Byrne
GOOD NEWS: 500 years of Chicora Cherokee history in 50 feet
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
MYSTERY PHOTO: Big old pot
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mexican War and South Carolina
CALENDAR: Podcasters to offer live show at Gaillard Center

by Charleston Currents · 07/07/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

FOCUS, Palm: I-526 Extension is a huge boondoggle

By Fred Palm, contributing editor | The S.C. Joint Bond Review Committee last week sent Charleston County’s funding application to extend Interstate 526 to a four-person subcommittee to provide the due diligence of the facts of the financing. Why? Because years of skittish details about the project just do not fly.

Core issue: The basic problem that caused the delay by the Joint Bond Review Committee is found in the half-truths, equivocations, shell games, bait and switch, balderdash and peekaboo funding sources draped with inchoate statements about other displaced projects from the majority of Charleston County Council that backs the I-526 extension (I-526X). Through proposed no-see-em fiscal sleights of hand, the council’s Majority of Five offers to push through this incredibly expensive highway with zero contingency built off of a well-founded cost estimate because at its root, the extension is unjustifiable.

by Fred Palm · 02/25/2019 · 1 comment · Common Good, Focus, Good news, Views

FOCUS, Palm: Local business leaders need to step up now

By Fred Palm, contributing editor | The Lowcountry is a dysfunctional area because in many situations, the business community organizes “business councils” that serve as sounding boards and advocates for enlightened public policy for the common good to achieve a turnaround. Unfortunately, they’ve been mostly dormant and now is the time for our business leaders to step forward to contribute community service for the common good. Here is why.

The fiction that ‘growth is good’ and that ‘growth pays for itself’ is exposed in Summerville for the shams that they are. All elected politicians know them to be big lies. Only some have the courage to give voice to truth and the reality of numbers – and to come up with workable solutions.

by Fred Palm · 06/11/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Common Good, Focus, Good news

6/11, full issue: Business leaders should step up; Governor’s race; Alaskan cruise

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents #10.31 | June 11, 2018

FOCUS, Palm: Local business leaders need to step up now
COMMENTARY, Brack: Governor’s races pit establishment versus grenade-throwers
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts
PHOTO ESSAY, Bledsoe: Alaskan cruise
WHAT WE LOVE: Long, languid weeks of summer
FEEDBACK: On Wentworth’s authentic wisdom, ferries and bridges
MYSTERY PHOTO: A gazebo or maybe something else?
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: South Carolina’s governors
CALENDAR, June 11+: Primary elections, jazz, yoga, more

by Charleston Currents · 06/11/2018 · 1 comment · Full issue

September flooding in Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island. (Photo by SCDOT)

5/7 issue: On real flooding management; On The Table’s success; more

IN THIS ISSUE:

FOCUS, Palm: Moving flood control beyond more trees
COMMENTARY, Brack: Engaging in community discussions may help us move forward
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
WHAT WE LOVE: Tell us about something you love
FEEDBACK: Ready, Get Set, Vote
GOOD NEWS: Charleston Forum releases list of June 21 speakers
MYSTERY PHOTO: Extreme close-up
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mules
CALENDAR, May 7+: Greek Fest, Mother’s Day and more

by Charleston Currents · 05/07/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

MY TURN, Palm: Let’s focus on the common good

By Fred Palm, contributing columnist | The recent eighth government shutdown since 1980 provides an opportunity to consider the “common good” in America and why we need to embrace it.

After our Revolutionary War the winners set about to invent a way to govern a nation that was not available. The founders gathered in Philadelphia to specify a model of governance to provide the people with the opportunity for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” that was expressed in Declaration of Independence in the prior decade.

The common good is central in the construction of our constitutional institutions. The executive, legislative and judicial powers expressed in the Constitution of the United States are divided at the federal level and similarly divided among the three elements in the states in a federalism structure. For good measure, the “bill of rights” amendments are carved out to specify what was out of reach of governance and belonged to the people, as opposed to those holding authority.

by Charleston Currents · 02/19/2018 · 1 comment · Common Good, Views