HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – The Waccamaw continues to wreak havoc for residents along its riverbed.

“So right now there really isn’t a good, viable way out of the house,” said Conway resident Tony Perkinson.

He and his wife have not been in Conway long, having moved here from Indianapolis in July 2023.

Perkinson said they were warned about the flooding but never imagined it would be this bad along Gray Oaks Drive.

“One morning we came out and our bags were floating everywhere, our bags with our personal belongings,” he said.

Perkinson said that after Tropical Storm Debby, they noticed that water was accumulating in their yard and that it was continuing to rise.

He said the water was about chest deep near his garage, making it difficult to get out of the house.

“The best I can do is go out the back and try to get through. There are little pieces of land that belong to each neighbor,” he said.

To get back to his car, he has to walk through the floodwater.

Access is not the only problem these waters pose.

“We have water, but we don’t have water. We have plenty of water here, but we don’t have any in our house,” he explained.

Sounds good, right? But the water Perkinson is talking about comes from his well.

“Over here is our well house. And that’s just the tip, which is kind of floating. But at this point, our well house is almost completely under water,” he said.

Perkinson said the neighbors have been great and allowed him and his wife to use their showers.

But the flooding has caused the Perkinsons to rethink their life on the Waccamaw.

“I love the house, I love the area, I love Conway, I love the street, the neighbors are super nice. But maybe we should rethink things,” he said.

Perkinson is concerned about the frequency of floods of this magnitude.

“If I had known that this would happen every five to 10 years, I would be happy living here. But you can’t predict Mother Nature; this can happen every year,” he said.

A community is now waiting for the water masses to recede so that the situation can return to normal.

The Waccamaw reached its peak Sunday night.

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