tucker smith is used to. tucker smith "i mean, if you go over there to our dock, i mean, you can't even walk over there without waders on. it'll come up to your chest and shoulders." right now, his kerhsaw county home on lake wateree is an island. tucker smith and a half or two feet before it comes in the house." thursday afternoon, as the lake level rose inch by inch, he got prepared... tucker smith cut off at the breaker, and we were ready if water came in the house to get all the electrical stuff off the floor if we could get flashlights. things like that." duke energy says the lake is as high as it has been since 1989, when runoff from rain produced by hurricane hugo pushed the lake level to just shy of day putting signs out and warning. we've had social media." gene fafalkenberry, kershaw county's department of safety and emergency services director, is hoping the worst is over. but right now, water continues to spill over the dam a similar sight back in 1989 after hugo. dir. gene faulkenberry "looking a