Very serious flooding happening at a slow roll in eastern North Carolina as the water in rain-swollen rivers from more than a hundred miles inland moves toward the coast. Worst is yet to come.

The flooding from slow moving hurricane Floyd devastated eastern NC in, I think, 1999. The flooding that is happening and yet to come will not last as long, but water levels will be even higher than with Floyd.

I recall our good friends Brian and Kathy, who lived more than a mile from the Neuse River in Goldsboro, and who spent 3 days huddled in their attic before they were rescued by boat.

I have a special empathy for flooded folks, having been washed out of WV in 1985 with 5 feet of water in the house for days, as well as an understandable special horror of flooding.

This year, in the USA, seems to be a notable year of flood and fire. With changing climate, we best get accustomed to both, and learn to adapt. Flooding and fire on a large scale are becoming much less remarkable, though no less devastating.