New Floods in North East

[tocarmar]

I hope everyone is O.K. with all this new rain on top of what we got from Irene. So far we are ok here but there is alot of flooding around us, the creeks are very high again..

 

[Ray]

I have a little, barely-trickling stream separating my yard (Bucks County PA - about 30 miles N of Philly) from the neighbor, and it has been the Colorado River for a while now.

We have lots of road washouts, mudslides, and flooding in the area, which has no significant impact on me, but my wife does home healthcare for the local hospital, and it has been causing her all sorts of issues.

 

[tocarmar]

Ive heard of some people in my area getting alot cleaned up in their house from Irene only to have it get flooded again.. Heidi (my girlfriend) works as a home health aide also. She lost her car in flooding from Irene.

 

[paphioboy]

Stay safe and don't get washed away...!

 

[cnycharles]

the road that goes from the middle of our town across the erie barge canal and the mohawk river had flooded quickly and for a time there wasn't any way to get across for a wide area except for the state highway bridge above utica. along the nearby road are tall weeds and a field of corn. both had high mud lines when I drove through a few days ago, and I noticed at the lowest spot that often floods a few times a year, the mud line was even with or just below the roof of my car! previously, I had only seen water get about a foot over the top of that road, and for there to be that much water covering the whole flood-plain, that is a huge amount of water! thankfully our town has a railroad berm between the waterways and us, and hills close by on the other side. as fast as the water can rise, if it stops raining it can soon drop back down. further east and south, especially nearby binghamton, ny had extreme flooding and damage, still being assessed especially concerning bridges and highway structures

 

[biothanasis]

Charles, sounds like a big adventure!!!!

Stay safe all..

 

[cnycharles]

well, luckily for me it was just a small one. for others it really was a wild, whitewater rapids rafting type of thing, not ending happily. I was able to hear about other's weather exploits from a distance; wasn't as bad here

 

[Clark]

Keep your powder dry!

 

[goldenrose]

when will it end, what a season of extremes!

 

[Shiva]

when will it end, what a season of extremes!

Give it a couple of hundred years if we react now and it will get worse before it gets better.

 

[tocarmar]

Some pics

Here are a few pics of the bridges by my house.

This one is before my house. It was under water & the house right by it he lost everything. The water was so strong it ripped up the blacktop.That is me on the left, along with other neighbors.

This is the bridge up the road, The water was over the railing of the bridge. You can see the branches stuck in the railings.

 

[SlipperFan]

Yikes! I'd worry about the safety of being on that bridge.

 

[NYEric]

Thanx for sharing. Go to high/solid ground

 

[JeanLux]

Wow, you must have gotten nervous quite a bit (at least I would have ) !!!! Jean

 

[tocarmar]

Yikes! I'd worry about the safety of being on that bridge.

They re=opened the bridge 7 days later, they just cleaned up the old blacktop & put down new.

 

[SlipperFan]

Lucky there was no structural damage.