Hope all is well in VA, MD, and PA
With all the rain, I hope that all is well. We here in NH have had our fare share of rain this year, and know how bad it can get. Nothing can compare to Katrina, but any flooding in areas that don't normally get it, can spell disaster for hundreds of families.
We are thinking of you.
Chris
Chris
PVT 6 NHVI-E
Best wishes to all our comrades out there in the flooded east. I was shocked to learn that the National Archives had 4 feet of water in their basement (thankfully the records are safe).
We've had four houses go down so far, and the town of Portland, Pa., has been hit hard for the third time in two years, to the point where some of those people are just going to say whoever dreamed up the 100-year flood concept didn't have to deal with rampant, unchecked growth that paves over huge amounts of area where the rain used to soak into the earth. I talked to one store owner there who is ready to just walk away rather than try to refinance and rebuild a third time.
www.poconorecord.com for tons of details and a photo gallery that's a corker.
We've also had several incidents where people who thought the whole thing was some kind of television show had to be pulled out of some 35 mph water when the banks collapsed under them. One is gone and presumed drowned. To a certain extent they are foolish, on the other hand this flooding has provided scenes and experiences I've never seen or had before, and I can understand the desire to absorb it all. You really can't appreciate the power of an out-of-control stream until you're standing on a sturdy steel and concrete bridge going over it and you can feel the bridge vibrating under your feet while simultaneously being deafened by its roaring. I watched a log come over what used to be a dam, get hurled into that bridge and shatter into toothpicks. Just amazing.
wow
those pictures are amazing, and hit too close to home.Originally Posted by bill watson
Again I hope all is well;
Chris
Chris
PVT 6 NHVI-E
We got pretty well beat up here in Delaware. I was at Gilmor's Raid on Saturday which is a nice little event in Harford Co. Maryland when the storm started. Twenty of us took shelter in a small wood tobacco building after pulling pork from the nice pig roast they had. In ten minutes the roof was leaking so bad, you had no where to stand to stay dry. It rained so hard for at least an hour and with the close lightning we just stayed put. I watched a nice rolling stream called the Gun Powder turn into an ugly raging river. When the rain finally slowed for a bit we headed back to camp and I will never forget what I saw. It looked like we set up Federal camp in the middle of a pond.....was unreal. The 2nd Delaware did get out of there safely but my gear will take some time to heal. I hope everyone is alright down there as they also got big rain for days...
Is Pea Patch Island under water? I have a few fond memories of the old pile'o'bricks there.
Phil
John,
I was there as well and it was something else. Late Late saturday after taking a walk to a haunted bridge we found a lost Delaware girl whos dad had went home without telling her. She was all upset, must have been a quiet ride home. Hope she wasnt your kid.
William L. Shifflett
Valley Light Horse
http://www.valhallastablesvirginia.com/calvary
"We are still expecting the enemy. Why don't he come?" -JEB Stuart
In Memory of 3 Sox, 4th Va Cavalry horse, my mount, my friend. Killed in action January 9th, 2005.
We're lucky here in Dundalk, MD, with Bear Creek just a few dozen yards away and draining into Patapsco Neck and Chesapeake Bay. Never lost power and the basement's as dry as ever. I guess if a storm surge came straight up the Bay we'd have some trouble, but for now we're thankful and praying for all those who need it.
Yours, &c.,
Guy N. 'Frenchie' LaFrance
National Congress of Old West Shootists, Grand Army of the Frontier
Vous pouvez voir par mes vêtements que je ne suis pas un cowboy.
Parts of downdown Easton are flooded. Even though I am high enough that it would take a flood of biblical porportions to reach me, I still had standing water in my basement because the ground was so saturated. From I-80 to Philly almost all the bridges over the Delaware have been closed and may not open for at least a week until the water drops enough for engineers to inspect them for damage from water borne debris.
For a while, there was only one road off College Hill and out of Forks behind us that was still open. Even Sullivan Trail from Easton to Stockertown was flooded out for a while. Needless to say that one road was packed all day with traffic. Thank heavens there were no emergencies that required someone to get to the hospital with the tens of thousands of residents served by this one road. They most likely would have had to medivac the person out because of the traffic snarls.
Three of five worst floods recorded in Easton's entire history have now occurred in less than three years. For us at least there is no such thing as 100 year floods. It seems that they are now almost every year. But then this is what happens when we decide to start experimenting with our climate before we can accurately predict the effects.
William, I can't imagine someone leaving their child behind and my kids are grown. We only had a couple of young ones and I saw them leave with their folks. I wonder who this was? I will try to find out more information...thanks.
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