Posted on 10/13/2005 7:39:31 PM PDT by Calpernia
Mulberry Street gets flooded all the time. It's low lying and the creek culvert is undersized, considerably. It's a poor and disreputable nieghborhood -- a crack alley at times. Brick row homes some dating back to the early 1800's.
I haven't heard anything about evacuations. The winds are still very high but the rain has let up.
Toms River should be okay and I hope your folks are fine.
Live cam from Belmar.
Have you had enough yet? Commuting has been a nightmare.
Wow! That is ominous! Thanks for the Cam shot.
Good news! It's raining again!
::ducks!::
quack quack
Yeah, that drought did a number on the last crops of the season in my garden.
Even my rain barrel was dry as dust.
Now my rain barrel is overflowing.
Worse yet though, on the way back from taking my kids to school, I saw rats by the storm drains. Seems they are going for higher ground. GLAD I have cats!
MAJOR RUMORE ALERT!!!!
Word is there is sun, somewhere, in our future!
Oct 14, 2005 7:50 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Much of the waterlogged Northeast entered its eighth straight day of rain Friday, a deluge that has trapped motorists, delayed airline flights and sent streams surging over their banks.
At least 10 people have died in the region since last weekend because of the downpours, and four others were missing in New Hampshire. Forecasters predicted another 2 to 3 inches of rain.
Flood warnings covered parts of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and residents in some New Jersey communities were urged to evacuate their homes.
When water from the rain-swollen Passaic River began seeping into Nick Sitarella's home, he loaded a moving van with his belongings and got out.
"I'm not taking any chances," Sitarella said. "It's a horrible way to live."
Northern New Jersey received as much as 6 inches of rain in two days. A surge of rain over the weekend dumped about 5 inches across the state and as much as 10 in a few spots.
"We are keeping a close eye on the rivers and waiting to see what happens, how high the water levels will go, especially during the overnight hours," Sgt. Barry Leventhal, spokesman for the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management, said late Thursday.
The National Guard handed out thousands of sand bags in New Jersey's Essex and Passaic counties. Inmates from the Passaic County jail were pressed into duty at a public works garage filling the bags with road sand normally used during snowstorms.
Water lapped at the foundations of some Bergen County homes, and officials there expected rivers to swell even more.
"We're just bracing for the next storm," said county Executive Dennis McNerney. "But we're not building an ark just yet."
In New York's Central Park, 1.98 inches of rain fell between midnight Wednesday and 6:30 p.m. Thursday on top of 4.26 inches on Wednesday. It also broke the record for the day, which was set at 1.96 inches on Oct. 13, 1927.
Incoming flights at two of the area's three major airports were delayed by more than an hour and a half.
In Connecticut, thousands of homes and businesses lost power, including the University of Bridgeport, which canceled classes Thursday. The downpours came after widespread dry spell.
"We literally had a drought meeting the day before. I highly suspect when we get together next week, the drought for the time being is over," said Douglas Glowacki, an environmental analyst with the state of Connecticut.
Alstead, N.H., a town of 2,000, suffered the most damage from last weekend's flooding. At least 12 homes were washed away and dozens more were damaged heavily. Other parts of southwestern New Hampshire also suffered serious damage.
State lawmakers were organizing a fund-raising effort - originally planned to help Hurricane Katrina victims - for flood victims in New Hampshire.
Oct 14, 2005 7:55 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) FAIRFIELD, N.J. Rushing rivers surged over their banks, spilling across roads and lapping into flood-prone neighborhoods across central and northern New Jersey as rain fell on the Garden State for an eighth straight day on Friday.
Authorities reported widespread moderate flooding, especially along the Passaic and Ramapo rivers, and flood warnings were posted for rivers from Trenton north, with several expected to reach flood stage early Friday.
``We are keeping a close eye on the rivers and waiting to see what happens, how high the water levels will go, especially during the overnight hours,'' Sgt. Barry Leventhal, spokesman for the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management, said late Thursday.
No fatalities or widespread forced evacuations were reported, but dozens of families in communities such as Wayne, Lodi and Bound Brook left voluntarily as knee-deep and higher floodwaters isolated their neighborhoods and made access to their homes difficult.
Authorities went door-to-door Thursday night in Wayne, Little Falls, Totowa and West Paterson alerting residents that they might need to get out on short notice. Totowa officials handed out fliers advising residents that the Passaic River was expected to rise 8 to 14 inches above the level it reached when it flooded in April.
In Fairfield, water from the Passaic was lapping at the foundations of homes in Nick Sitarella's neighborhood. He had put most of his belongings in his basement while an addition was being put on his house. But as water began to seep in Thursday, he hired a moving van and loaded it up.
``We got hit in April, we got whacked real bad, so I'm not taking any chances. It's a horrible way to live,'' Sitarella said.
The northern section of the state got more than 6 inches of rainfall over the past 48 hours, and the precipitation was forecast to continue through Friday. The National Weather Service said an area of low pressure stalled off the coast was responsible. A front moving in from the west was expected to bring relief on Saturday.
On Thursday, the state activated its emergency management center, mustering high-water vehicles and rescue teams for use in flooded communities.
In Essex County prisoners from the county jail were pressed into service at a public works garage filling sandbags with sand normally used during snow removal operations.
NJ Transit warned that two of its heavily used park and ride lots, on Route 23 in Wayne and at the Willowbrook Mall, would probably be flooded Friday morning.
Since Oct. 7, Wayne has had 12.85 inches of rain, according to Bob Ziff of the North Jersey Weather Observers. Ramsey has recorded 14.96 inches of rain, Pompton Plains 14.06 inches and Paramus 10.55 inches.
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