re: what are some possible locations for the LSU/USC game?

I doubt it will need to be moved. I'm sitting in my office in downtown Columbia a mile from the campus. The city is pretty much shut down. I can hear constant sirens and helicopters.

This is not a Katrina situation. This was heavy, steady rain causing flooding, but there is no widespread wind damage, loss of housing, or power lines down. It was not a hurricane -- the wind hit maybe 10-15 mph. The vast majority of the photographs out there are from a handful of low lying subdivisions and intersections -- especially ones with lakes and creeks where small earthen dams washed away. Plus a few roadways washed away.

Don't get me wrong -- it's a serious emergency and I have friends who have lost cars and houses. It is not an emergency of biblical proportions.

We don't have trees down and we don't have a major loss of power.

The biggest problem is the water treatment plant is located next to the Congaree River -- so it is facing some flooding, although is functioning because it is on high ground.

We have running water -- we just have to boil it for the next 2-3 days. That's a problem at the university -- but again, it's a short-term issue.

The middle and end of the week are sunny. Everything will dry out and be back to normal -- except for the people whose homes were flooded. It will be a hard emotional week for them.