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[Off-Topic / Re: SC Flood 2015]

I'm sorry to hear that some of you have friends and family who have lost their homes or sustained substantial damage due to the flood.

Toymachine78, I did a little digging around regarding your question FEMA assistance. I'm a librarian, so information and reference questions are the name of the game for me. Here's what I found:

It appears FEMA will offer assistance for home repair and restoration, they list some of the things they cover here:
http://www.fema.gov/recovery-directorate/assistance-individuals-and-households-fact-sheet#

Here is a checklist for some of the criteria that needs to be met in order for you to be eligible for housing assistance:
https://www.fema.gov/do-i-qualify-housing-assistance

You can apply for disaster assistance at http://www.disasterassistance.gov/ There is more information and what information you will need to submit when you apply:
https://www.fema.gov/what-information-do-i-need-apply

This is all just scratching the surface on the topic. I could not find anything that gave any monetary compensation information, I suppose it depends on the home's value and the extent of the damage.

I don't know how much this will all helps in your friend's case, but you can pass this information on to him as a starting point. Hopefully there are FEMA representatives already on the ground near the flooded areas who can provide on-sight knowledge to those needing assistance.

Hope this helps!
- Matt J.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Hello from South Carolina!]

Thanks for the welcome everyone! I'm glad to see there are other folks in the Carolinas here!

I would certainly be up for a meet-up sometime in the future. If only I can get some free time from work and grad school!! 

Majors, I openly accept Obey as my lord and savior and am bowing in awe before the PC Engine console collection you have in your signature.

[Off-Topic / Re: SC Flood 2015]

Fellow South Carolinian here,

I'm in the Upstate, in northern Spartanburg County, so we were largely spared what the midlands had to deal with. All this rain did flood the back room of my basement though. I was hoping we would get a nice clear spell to dry some of this stuff up, but as I look at the radar and see it's still raining across much of the state it looks like that will have to wait.

Man, it really breaks my heart to see what all has happened to Columbia. I've got several friends who live in the area and they have been filling me in on all of the damage. Some are just now able to get out of their neighborhoods, others are still under a boil water advisory. I know Charleston got a heavy dosage too, but the city's location and geography helped deal with dissipating the water more. With Columbia being around so many rivers, that water just had no where else to go, so the poor town was overwhelmed. It is reminding me of seeing images of Hurricane Hugo when it hit the coast when I was a kid.

I hope anyone else here on the board who lives in the midlands, or has family there, learns that they are okay and that their homes missed the worst part. It looks like it's going to take quite a while to repair all of the infrastructure that was damaged. I am happy to see organizations across the state and nation working to donate water and other goods to those affected. After the Charleston shooting and now this, it has been a rough year for poor SC. 

All the best,
- Matt J.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Hello from South Carolina!]

Thankfully I'm in the upstate, Toymachine!
We did get quite a bit of rain in my parts, it did flood my basement but it is nothing like what's happening in Columbia though. I've got friends who live down in the midlands and I know they've had to deal with the aftermath. Some still don't have power and others are only just now able to get out of their neighborhoods after being surrounded by floodwaters. It's been real sad to see what has happened there. After this and the Charleston shooting, poor SC has had a rough year. 

Hope things are well in your part!

[NEC Console Resource / Hello from South Carolina!]

Hey everyone!
I signed up on here a while back, but haven't had much time to explore the forum until now, so I thought I would introduce myself.

I never had a TurboGrafx-16 as a kid, I didn't even know they existed. You didn't see ads or see them for sell here in South Carolina! It wasn't until later in my freshman year of college, around Spring 2003, I heard someone mention the PC Engine when a classmate was talking about importing games. I was curious, looked into it, and discovered the PC Engine and the TurboGrafx! Well, I was never able to get my hands on an actual console until many, many years later. After finally acquiring one, I built up a collection of US games for it.

Due to time constraints from work and grad school. I sold off a massive amount of my game collection a while back (mainly NES and Sega Master System stuff), but I really missed the Turbo, so I've picked up a PC Engine Duo-R and have gotten back into the the system. For some reason, the PCE really stood out to me, and felt different compared to other systems. I had never honestly enjoyed shooters until I started to play some of the stuff offered on the PCE. I'm very interested in imported titles, especially stuff that never made it here to the US.

All the best!
- Matt J.