Dan- I was here in Wilmington for Floyd- It looked like a pavement peeler on its way, but petered out into the rain event you described. Coastal, very little damage, but inland was flooded like nothing before.
A few days after the event, I went to the Cape Fear River in Wilmington and observed. Obviously the water was flowing fast as it was still draining from inland, but what was unreal was the color and odor of the water. Purple. And the odor was something I had never detected before, strong enough to weaken knees, and certainly not pleasant. Have no way to even describe it.
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