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lunar_unit t1_j8ddbye wrote

Reply to comment by kneel_yung in Can someone please explain what is happening by the flood wall. by Cardolini

Gillies creek is two miles from shockoe, way over in Fulton, flowing to the river from Eastern Henrico. It had nothing to do with flooding in Shockoe. Over 12" of heavy rain in 8 hours is what caused the flooding.

Here's an account of how it went down:

https://richmond.com/news/local/why-richmond-why-officials-say-floodwall-didnt-fail-during-gaston-in-2004/article_7bcd6202-7ae8-5116-891b-a36c86df4db4.html

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kneel_yung t1_j8dl6k8 wrote

My b I meant shockoe creek. There's like 6 creeks right there.

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