Charles McLaughlin
Guest on "On Solid Ground," The Atlantic's Walmart-sponsored podcast about community disaster preparedness, appearing in the episode "Eye of the Storm" on emergency and hurricane response.
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Sep 16, 2026
Charles McLaughlinGUEST
During the overnight hours, we're talking 2, 3 a.m., there was catastrophic flash flooding.
Charles McLaughlinGUEST
You had many, many families that were waking up in waist-deep water and grabbing their family and their pets and whatever they could.
Charles McLaughlinGUEST
It looked like a tidal wave that started from what we call the head of the hauler and went all the way out and it just wiped everything.
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When the rain started, Charles was on the road, about two hours from home and unaware of what had hit his community.
Charles McLaughlinGUEST
I woke up the next morning and really instantly I didn't get the full awareness of how bad, bad was.