[Calpernia]

NJ Office of Emerg. Mgmt.

Storm Brings Record Rainfall To NYC

FLOOD WARNING

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR...THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.

...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE ASSUNPINK CREEK...

FOR THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON THE LATEST STAGE WAS 5.6 FEET AND FALLING AT 9 PM THURSDAY. THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 2 AM FRIDAY AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9.0 FEET BY 8 AM FRIDAY. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EVENING. AT 10.0 FEET, MULBERRY STREET FLOODS. THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS FLOOD CREST OF 8.8 FEET ON FEB 6 2004.

DO NOT DRIVE CARS AROUND BARRICADES OR THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

[Calpernia]

Quack, quack

[Calpernia]

Psst. Did you know it's raining?

[Calpernia]

How's that new indoor pool coming?

[Calpernia]

Are you wet yet?

[Calpernia]

It's raining, it's pouring, the ole man is snoring!

[Calpernia]

Is also Tired of Rain.

[Calpernia]

You are being called back to duty!

[elli1]

Well, at least it ain't snow.

[Sarajevo]

the National Guard distributed 3,000 sandbags to help keep the rising Passaic River at bay

Just 3000? That's not many, unless you're filling them....

[Cagey]

Only thirty three days and I'm setting sail.

[Calpernia]

[Calpernia]

Over here!

[solitas]

A good link: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ahps/ -- click closest to your house and look at the nearest river statistics (height, volume, flood information)

[bvw]

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.