Posted on 04/02/2005 1:03:13 PM PST by capecodderathome
From Joe Bastardi, Accuweather's top forecaster: THIS STORM HAS POTENTIAL TO LEAD TO FLOODING OF HISTORICAL PROPORTIONS IN SOME PLACES., THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF SUCH THINGS IS THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DEVELOPING SITUATION ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. He's talking of floods equal or worse than the historic floods of 1936. PA,NY.MA,CT, VT, NH... If you're in the areas above, check your local river forecasts, or if you have friends or family in these areas, let them know.
>>Ice dams around the house are channeling water into it.
Speaking of ice dams, wasn't there massive flooding in Montpelier about 10 yrs ago when the Winooski River backed up due to an ice dam under a downtown bridge?
http://www.usgs.gov/
http://search.usgs.gov/query.html?col=&ht=0&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=1&la=en&qm=1&si=0&ct=1628170799
Kinky.
Maybe god is trying to tell them blue staters something! But I doubt you'll find anyone building an ark.
I wasn't here then, but I've heard so.
I was working outside in the Rutland area today, and didn't even get my hair wet. It appears that a 'dry slot' in the storm set up over Vermont this afternoon...it won't last. (By the way...lots of sleet around Killington today...Route 4 was a real mess for several hours.)
Just go get a canoe :)
thats funny
>As March 11, 1992 dawned, Vermont entered the fourth consecutive day of an early spring thaw and police in the state capital kept a watchful eye on the city's rivers. The North Branch was high and the Winooski was brimful of snowmelt and rain and chocked with floating chunks of thick winter ice.
Minor spring flooding and ice jams had been a way of life throughout Montpelier's two centuries of history, and no one had an inkling this day was destined to be unusual. But at about 7 a.m., the groaning river of ice in the Winooski river shuddered to a momentous stop just downstream of the Bailey Avenue Bridge. The ice had jammed, shutting the door on the river as decisively as the closing of a bank vault. With nowhere to go, the Winooski backed up, pouring calamitously over its banks into the heart of Montpelier.
In less than an hour, the two swollen rivers effectively shut down 120 businesses, left more than 50 residents homeless, threw the workings of much of state government into disarray, and caused upwards of $5 million in damage. Miraculously, there was no loss of life, but the lifeblood of Montpelier's historic downtown was devastated by the second great flood to strike the city in this century
Great picture. We have quite a collection of ancient iron-girder bridges over the Winooski.
I was hoping to brushhog our pasture twice this summer to keep the weeds from reseeding themselves, but it looks as if it may stay too soft to do it. It seems like the water table over much of our property is about an inch below the surface.
I drive down from Montpelier to Rutland on Monday as part of my weekly commute. The rain should be letting up a bit by then.
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