This weekend may bring back painful memories to many Midlands residents who survived the biggest flood the state has seen in memory, which climaxed on Oct. 4, 2015. What officials called a "thousand year rain" dumped about 20 inches of rain on the region in one day. Filled to overflowing by that rain, ponds throughout the area broke their dams and added their waters to already swollen rivers and streams like Gills Creek, which crosses - and destroyed - three major traffic arteries in the capital city. Columbia schoolteacher Tammy Davis, who lives near Gills Creek, remembered the flood by its toughest effect on her and her daughter. "The hardest thing was being displaced. And I remember at the beginning I really thought by Halloween I was going to be back in my house. I'm glad I didn't know what was all was ahead of me." Davis's house suffered major damage from flood waters, but was repaired with the help of time and a good contractor. "Somebody compared it to remodeling a home, and I