BS: Rain and floods

Subject: BS: Rain and floods
From: RangerSteve
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 06:55 PM

It's raining like mad here, and has been all day. The Delaware River will crest tomorrow at 27 to 28 feet, compared to Septembers flood at 32 feet. I don't know if there are any Mudcatters besides me in the Delaware Valley, but if there are, I hope you're all safe. (I live far enough from the river that it doesn't effect me).

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Bobert
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 06:58 PM

Shoot, RangerSteve, I headed down to DC today fir the weekly blues jam and got about 20 miles and decided maybe it wouold be better to go back home than risk no being able to get home. Drove thru a lot of water....

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Peace
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 07:00 PM

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/de/flood.html

News as of 4:40 pm est

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Peace
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 07:13 PM

Sorry. This will be more helpful.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Apr 05 - 07:15 PM

Flooding in Juneau Alaska isn't much of a problem but I remember areas in the Willammette Valley in Oregon that periodically, almost routinely, flood. I knew one family that during the season kept their camper parked in the driveway loaded with gear for a quick getaway. One year it was especially bad just before Christmas, and the daughter of a friend of mine on her way to work was swept off a wooden bridge and taken downstream where her car lodged against a copse of trees. She climbed out a window and clung to the trees until her cries were finally heard several hours later and a rescue group reached her. Christmas gift packages were floating and swirling in her car.

In the link given above, there are some pretty names for a couple of creeks: White Clay Creek and Red Clay Creek. Are the clays so different then?

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 06:04 AM

Do they meet at Pink Clay River?

Seriously, hope all are well.... take care and get those sandbags ready!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Hrothgar
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 07:35 AM

Driest March quarter in 100 years in South East Queensland.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 07:51 AM

Not exactly overwatered here in the UK either - only 3 wet days since Feb 9th... Mother Nature is seriously pissed off with someone....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 08:33 AM

We've had rain almost continuously for the past twenty-four hours, with some warnings of coastal flooding. At least it's helping to disperse the snow. I can see why the locals call this 'mud season'.

Luckily we don't HAVE to go out anywhere so we're staying home and vegetating for a couple of days while Kendall gets over his cold.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Tinker
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 09:49 AM

Last week I found an inch of water in the basement, but luckily clean up wasn't too bad and there were a couple of nice days to air and dry out before the current rains fell. There's still damp spots on the floor but as of this morning and (36 hours or so of rain) is seems to be okay. We are far from rivers but water tables are high. Good Luck Steve.

Tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: RangerSteve
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 10:20 AM

I've got three inches of water in my basement, which has never happened before. The cat was meowing like crazy this morning when I got up and food wouldn't shut her up. I realized when I went downstairs to put my clothes in the dryer that the problem was that she couldn't reach her litter box. I brought it upstairs and, hopefully, she's satisfied now. I haven't left for work yet, and I'm dreading what I'm going to see. Last years flood left our campground under 9 feet of water, and the maintenance crew hasn't gotten it cleaned up for the new camping season yet. If it happens again, we probably won't have camping this year. (From my point of view, that's not a completely bad thing. I could use a break from city people who no nothing about camping or nature). Last years flood uprooted a lot of really old trees, and left a lot of trash from up river hanging in the branches of the trees that made it through. I was especially amused at the hot tub we found. Fortunately, no one was in it.

Hopefully, there won't be too much damage to the homes along the river.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 10:44 AM

Hi Liz,

Same in Kent. Threats of a hosepipe ban, as usual.

We've just got back from a week long jaunt up north, and Lincolnshire and Leicestershire are soggy. I accused them of hogging the water, and said "Could we please have our share?" They said "You can have the lot, but you'll have to transport it south at your own expense".

Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 11:09 AM

Not all bad news. The guy behind me is builing an ark so me and the kitties will survive. More importantly, the melting snow had unearthed Seamus' tennis ball. May be he won't miss our snowball fights after all.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: CarolC
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 11:53 AM

The Chattahoochee River that runs between Columbus Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama has been just below flood stage for days. The riverwalks are all flooded, and some roads have experienced flooding, but as far as I know both cities (towns) are safe. For several days, I woke up in the morning to find that our whole yard had turned into a lake. Same with the lot next to us. If it had frozen, it would have made a great ice skating rink.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: ranger1
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 01:39 PM

I'm on vacation in beautiful Washington State, where it has rained every single day, so far. But it is the Pacific NW, after all. Good thing I came for the company and not the weather. Back home in Maine, my neighbor's cellar is flooding and last I knew, she was bailing like mad. My gramma's cellar in New Hampshire had about 18 inches of water in it before they got the sump pump fixed.

Hey Steve, maybe if you got a big enough pump...? Just kidding. Keep your head above water and hoping not too much damage to your park. Money's tight enough as it is for us parkies. My park is right on the ocean, and jacqui's mention of coastal flooding has me a bit worried now.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: LilyFestre
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 01:42 PM

Lots of local flooding around here. The Susquehanna River crests at 11 feet and is currently 15, expecting to hit 20 at a minimum. The road I live on is closed due to flooding (at the base of the mountain). In addition to the warm weather water run-offs, it rained...no POURED all day yesterday and last night. I woke up at 2:30am to the sound of thunder. I went back to sleep and later woke up to 2 inches of snow. It's still snowing, about 4 inches so far and tomorrow, it is supposed to be 60 degrees! Weird.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: open mike
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 03:17 PM

INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT YOU DID WITH THE FOUND HOT TUB...
INSTALLED IN CAMP GROUND? EXTRA TOURIST ATTRACTION..OR EXTRA
AMENITY IN CASE THE TOURISTS STAY HOME!!

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: harpgirl
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 10:05 PM

We've had loads of rain and my garage has been flooded repeatedly. The wash in my yard has made gullies despite all my landscaping efforts. The upside is the sod has set wonderfully.

I was out in the woods last night and when I went over the Ocklochonee River today it was swollen to the brim. We will have more to come when Georgia slucies down all it's water in the next couple weeks. But maybe no forest fires this year if it stays moist.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: LilyFestre
Date: 03 Apr 05 - 10:16 PM

We have the canoe out, but I'm thinking it's not big enough to hold myself, my husband and all our critters.....Hmmmm....we could hook the sled up to the canoe...that would float...and what else might we find...hmmmmmm.....


Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 05:51 AM

Why do all these American rivers have such complicated and evocatave names? We just have things like Trent, Rother, Avon, Wye, Wear and Ure. The only evocative name we have is the Piddle (also called the Trent) but what it evokes is probably best not mentioned!

Last year, in June, the south-east of England had less fresh water than the Sudan!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Tinker
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 08:32 AM

Ranger Steve, how did you fare yesterday??? I know several rivers out your way are WAY up ????

Tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: LilyFestre
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 08:43 AM

One way off of this mountain remains closed today. I've lived here for 7 years now and have never seen this road closed for any reason. I'm almost wishing the other roads around this mountain were closed today as well...just for one more day of being home with my honey...and nowhere to go.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: harpgirl
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 09:02 AM

It's those gol durn Indians, LtS! They had names for the rivers when we got here! Imagine the gall!

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 04 Apr 05 - 09:37 AM

So did the indigenous people in Britain... that's why many of our rivers are called 'river' in another language.... Thames means river.... so does Rother, Avon, Trent.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: RangerSteve
Date: 05 Apr 05 - 08:40 AM

NJ got 30 millian dollars worth of flood damage. And it's going to rain again on THurs and Fri. The flood was pretty bad, worse than last September's flood. All the repairs we did over the winter have been undone, but I can't really get into the park yet to see how things are. As for the hot tub, it's probably still there, but I don't know what condition it's in. I'm interested in seeing what else we'll get. Maybe a nice big propane tank. There were a few floating down the river. So far, there were no reports of deaths or injuries. I'll know more today when I get in to work.

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: GLoux
Date: 05 Apr 05 - 09:33 AM

My brother has been working on a house in Yardley (Canal Street) and hasn't been able to work because they've disconnected the power because of the flooding...much worse that last September...

-Greg

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: Amos
Date: 05 Apr 05 - 10:05 AM

Our rains are over, it seems, but they were recordbreaking for the year and it only April. Glad to see the sunlight and smell spring -- the whole county has gone green and wild with weeds.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Rain and floods
From: RangerSteve
Date: 05 Apr 05 - 08:52 PM

Yardley got hit pretty hard from what I heard. Penssylvania usually does. Rt 29 in NJ is or was underwater for most of it's length, and was undermined and ripped to pieces north of Stockton in Hunterdon County. The entrance to the park where I work was also ripped up, but we got our patrol cars on to higher ground before the flood, so I can still work (rats), but the park itself is also pretty well wrecked. Anyway, it's over, and now the clean up begins.