July 6’s flooding of Bolin Creek damaged many Chapel Hill properties, including the cooperatively-owned Exchange Pool. Still closed to the community, the spot — typically a summertime staple for many families — is currently vacant of swimmers. Located along Umstead Road, Exchange Pool board members Alex and Grace Witsil said the member-owned facility has flooded before in its 64-year history, but never so bad as during Tropical Depression Chantal, which left it almost unrecognizable. “Alex called me at 6:30 in the morning after he’d been here and he was like ‘I don’t know. This might be it. The damage is so severe,’” Grace said. “It was like a gut punch at first.” Only 30 feet from Bolin Creek, Grace said while the pool can flood every few years, it usually only needs to be mucked out afterwards. This year, though, Alex said the storm sent more than 10 feet of water sailing over the creek’s bank, filling the pool with silt and ripping out the property’s fencing and concrete pool de...