A brief history of how carousels got their start – Morganton News Herald

...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OFWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGHTHURSDAY....ROUND AFTER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMSWILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAYNIGHT. THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT ALREADY FELL TODAY, SOME 2 TO 3INCHES IN A FEW PLACES, IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVYRAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED FLOODING TO DEVELOP THROUGH AT LEAST MID-WEEK. RAPID RISES WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AREA STREAMS ANDCREEKS, AND MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL BE STEADILY ON THE RISE AS WELL.FLOODING MAY DEVELOP BY EARLY TUESDAY AND LIKELY WORSEN IN MANYPLACES THROUGH THURSDAY....FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDINGTHE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTH CAROLINA, ALEXANDER, AVERY,BUNCOMBE, BURKE, CALDWELL, CATAWBA, CLEVELAND, MCDOWELL, POLK,RUTHERFORD, HENDERSON, LINCOLN, MITCHELL, TRANSYLVANIA, ANDYANCEY COUNTIES. IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON, CHEROKEE,GREENVILLE, PICKENS, AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES.* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING* SEVERAL WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND EMBEDDEDTHUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES INMANY LOCATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NEAR THE NORTHERN BLUE RIDGEESCARPMENT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.* RAPID RISES ABOVE BANKFULL ON STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY OCCUR,ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODED ROADWAYS IN EMBEDDEDTHUNDERSTORMS OR POCKETS OF HIGHER RAINFALL RATES. MAIN STEMRIVER FLOODING MAY DEVELOP AS WELL DURING THE MID WEEK PERIOD,AND PERHAPS PERSIST THROUGH LATE WEEK OR LONGER, ESPECIALLYALONG THE CATAWBA RIVER CHANNEL WHERE LONGER DURATION,SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN AND NEAR THEMOUNTAINS, THE THREAT FOR LANDSLIDE ACTIVITY MAY ALSO INCREASETUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.RAINFALL OF MORE THAN FIVE INCHES IN SIMILAR STORMS HAS BEENASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES AND ROCKSLIDES. IFYOU LIVE ON A MOUNTAINSIDE OR IN A COVE AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN,ESPECIALLY NEAR A STREAM, BE READY TO LEAVE IN ADVANCE OF THESTORM OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SHOULD RISING WATER, MOVING EARTH,OR ROCKS THREATEN. CONSIDER POSTPONING TRAVEL ALONG MOUNTAIN ROADSDURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.&&

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