Author Topic: anyone else getting flooded? (Read 5840 times)

geronimotwo · « **on:** September 08, 2011, 10:57:14 AM »

this is our fourth "100 year flood" since 1996. all local roads are closed, with water rising on main st and the downtown areas. yuck!

Tallpine · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:05:24 AM »

We had ours a few months ago, but right where we live was just fine except for some roads washed out.

Our county seat however was about half flooded with water up to 8 feet deep :(

geronimotwo · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2011, 07:44:56 PM »

here is a pic of our closest gander mountain. the second time in five years that it has looked like this.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=binghamton+flood&view=detail&id=1631AC1AF8E64F8579EC51B5BA7679C2D92AE923&first=0&qpvt=binghamton+flood&FORM=IDFRIR

our river is receding! (phew)

makattak · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2011, 09:59:35 PM »

We're having flash floods right now.

We live on the third floor. We're not concerned.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:20:47 PM »

Hey Mak, here's a pic of a Park 'n' Ride lot in Reston (near Wiele I believe):

Chris

Azrael256 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:25:37 PM »

Wow...

GEICO must be feeling a disturbance in the force from that one.

But really, WTH... We've gotten an inch of rain since June. That kind of water would probably just green it up a bit around here.

makattak · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:35:48 PM »

Quote from: mtnbkr on September 08, 2011, 10:20:47 PM

Hey Mak, here's a pic of a Park 'n' Ride lot in Reston (near Wiele I believe):

Chris

Actually, we were just there. We had to turn around and take Reston Parkway home. The water had receded some, but was still covering the road. It's nuts out there.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:36:37 PM »

Try this on for size:
Man tubing down Rt29 in Fairfax

I know that section.

Chris

Stetson · « **Reply #8 on:** September 09, 2011, 09:53:01 AM »

I know that section too. Spent some time there last October with the FBI.
That's pretty amazing that the water was moving that fast, since I know no cars ever do through there.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2011, 09:59:01 AM »

Quote from: Stetson on September 09, 2011, 09:53:01 AM

That's pretty amazing that the water was moving that fast, since I know no cars ever do through there.

Ha! :D

Chris

Stetson · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:12:52 AM »

Quote from: mtnbkr on September 09, 2011, 09:59:01 AM

Ha! :D

Chris

"XXXXX to YYYYY, subject still in #1 lane, travelling 2mph. I'm 4 back and still have visual. Tell everyone to get gas or lunch, we're gonna be here a while."

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2011, 10:30:21 AM »

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=o.201190706588214&type=1

Scout26 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:03:26 AM »

Quote from: makattak on September 08, 2011, 09:59:35 PM

We're having flash floods right now.

We live on the third floor. We're not concerned.

Third floor doesn't stay there when FLoor One gets washed away.

Also power, food, heat, light? Hope you're well stocked.

makattak · « **Reply #13 on:** September 09, 2011, 11:08:37 AM »

Quote from: scout26 on September 09, 2011, 11:03:26 AM

Third floor doesn't stay there when FLoor One gets washed away.

Also power, food, heat, light? Hope you're well stocked.

We are. :)

However, that was more said tongue in cheek. Obviously our vehicles are not on the top floor, but we also live at the top of a hill, so quite a lot of people will be flooded out before we have to get concerned.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the videographer is videoing that 29 rafter from very near to the Red Lobster my wife and I had our first date at. That helps explain why many of my coworkers couldn't even get to Route 50 a little west of there.

sanglant · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2011, 03:04:08 PM »

who put the ALGORE in charge of the weather?

makattak · « **Reply #15 on:** September 10, 2011, 09:31:04 PM »

We went on a walk today to survey the damage. Near us, at least, there was little to no damage to infrastructure, but it was clear that the water had gotten very high in the creeks and lakes, covering bridges and docks.

Lots of debris caught up along choke points.

Also my wife got freaked out by a MASSIVE spider. (Didn't have the camera, so no pics.)

But since I didn't have the camera, let me give you a wolf spider pic (what I think it was)

seeker_two · « **Reply #16 on:** September 10, 2011, 09:36:30 PM »

Quote from: geronimotwo on September 08, 2011, 10:57:14 AM

this is our fourth "100 year flood" since 1996. all local roads are closed, with water rising on main st and the downtown areas. yuck!

You know, it's impolite to be braggin' like that.....

http://www.lcra.org/water/drought/index.html

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #17 on:** September 11, 2011, 10:48:06 AM »

29 inches of rain between wed and fri
in westmoreland county

geronimotwo · « **Reply #18 on:** September 11, 2011, 01:44:53 PM »

Quote from: seeker_two on September 10, 2011, 09:36:30 PM

You know, it's impolite to be braggin' like that.....

http://www.lcra.org/water/drought/index.html

we need to figure out how to make the jet stream blow some water your way.

Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on September 11, 2011, 10:48:06 AM

29 inches of rain between wed and fri
in westmoreland county

29 inches in three days? that's nuts!

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #19 on:** September 11, 2011, 03:28:45 PM »

yea i thought it was a misprint at first

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #20 on:** September 11, 2011, 05:02:44 PM »

Rivers have flooded since time immemorial. It happens ... it's a fact of life.

And yet we homo sapiens persist in building things (including cities) in flood plains, and then complaining when the flood plain gets filled with water. :DUH: That's why it's called a "flood" plain.

Flood plains are nature's way of absorbing a flood and minimizing damage. Until we build in the flood plain. And then we build levees to protect the stuff we built that shouldn't be there in the first place. All that does is send more water downstream faster, ensuring (a) more damage wherever the water can get out, and (b) a hue and cry to build MORE levees, thus chasing the problem further downstream and making it somebody else's problem.

Can't help but think that homo sapiens is a poor name for our species. IMHO, the "sapiens" part is seriously in question.

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