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UP TO 200,000 ORDERED EVACUATED FROM WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA (FLOODING)
Reuters ^ | June 28, 2006

Posted on 06/28/2006 11:50:15 AM PDT by HAL9000

UP TO 200,000 ORDERED EVACUATED FROM WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, IN NEXT FIVE HOURS- COUNTY OFFICIAL


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: flood; flooding; floods; susquehanna; wilkesbarre; wx
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To: mewzilla

At Vestal we are looking at between 33 & 35 feet - '36 was 30.5 this is a new record. All of the people in the affected neighborhood except for a couple of *****'s got out without a fight.


41 posted on 06/28/2006 12:05:43 PM PDT by Shady
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To: fatima

I love the drive down along the Delaware Water Gap. Beautiful county. Looks like the NPS has closed the park due to the flooding.


42 posted on 06/28/2006 12:05:58 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: HAL9000
OK!!

NOW ALL TOGETHER PLEASE....one-two-three..........

IT IS ALL BUSH's FAULT!!!

43 posted on 06/28/2006 12:06:24 PM PDT by PISANO (We will not tire......We will not falter.......We will NOT FAIL!!! .........GW Bush [Oct 2001])
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To: HAL9000; All
Ongoing PA, NY, MD Flooding Thread Started Yesterday
44 posted on 06/28/2006 12:06:37 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: HAL9000

As I reacll, we had this kind of flooding up in the North East back in the last end of the 60s or the first end of the 70s. I don't think Algore was as interested in screaming about the global warming thing.


45 posted on 06/28/2006 12:06:49 PM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: MineralMan
You know, this doesn't seem all that humorous to me. Lots of folks are in danger from this flooding. If you find it amusing, how about laughing somewhere else?

I don't find anything about this funny either.

46 posted on 06/28/2006 12:07:00 PM PDT by muggs
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To: freedumb2003

If you read the article, it's Wilkes-Barre and surrounding areas of Luzerne County, which do in fact have 200,000 people.

On another board there's an unsourced RUMOR (and I stress RUMOR that the reason for the evacs despite the crest being below the top of the levees is there's a bubble in one of the levees.

I suspect that since Katrina there's just much less confidence in levees.


47 posted on 06/28/2006 12:07:11 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: 1Old Pro

I 88 in Delaware County - 22 foot hole in the road - My son drove that YESTERDAY!


48 posted on 06/28/2006 12:07:16 PM PDT by Shady
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To: fatima

Its already cresting? I thought it was still raining?


49 posted on 06/28/2006 12:07:39 PM PDT by eyespysomething
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To: Dems_R_Losers

For the Susquehanna, this is the worst I've seen since Agnes. I live to the west, and the worst we've had is some small stream and creek flooding. And, of course, the infamous Lowman Crossover is closed. Again.


50 posted on 06/28/2006 12:07:51 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: HAL9000

go here:

http://newweb.erh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=bgm&gage=wbrp1&view=1,1,1,1,1,1

and here:

http://newweb.erh.noaa.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=bgm&view=1,1,1,1,1,1


51 posted on 06/28/2006 12:08:19 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: trebb
"As I reacll, we had this kind of flooding up in the North East back in the last end of the 60s or the first end of the 70s."

You're probably thinking of Hurricane Agnes in 1972. This flooding event is being compared with Agnes.

52 posted on 06/28/2006 12:08:26 PM PDT by Think free or die
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To: HAL9000
I live on a hill and my septic is backed up because of all this rain here in PA. If it is brown flush it down does not apply... can't do anything... our drain field is saturated bad... Zionsville PA
53 posted on 06/28/2006 12:08:40 PM PDT by dubie
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To: HAL9000

Other thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1656680/posts

Extreme Flooding Situation Developing on the Susquehanna River, PA


54 posted on 06/28/2006 12:09:12 PM PDT by Graymatter
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To: HAL9000

Fox just reported that the Schuylkill River is over its banks in Philadelphia - already.


55 posted on 06/28/2006 12:09:38 PM PDT by Think free or die
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To: muggs

"I don't find anything about this funny either."




I guess the people who are making jokes are the same ones who make jokes whenever people are in trouble. It's a shame, and I hope they're never faced with an emergency like this one.


56 posted on 06/28/2006 12:09:43 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: mewzilla

I know,it is so beautiful.I hate to watch the news tonight.I have to take a nap now.Was up till 4 AM checking the basement and only had 4 hours sleep.Stay safe,fatima


57 posted on 06/28/2006 12:09:48 PM PDT by fatima (You can read History or make it,fatima)
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To: HAL9000
Wilkes-Barre, PA

According to unofficial vote totals for 2004,
Bush received 64,751 votes
John Kerry received 68,665 votes.

58 posted on 06/28/2006 12:10:50 PM PDT by rface ("...the most schizoid freeper I've ever seen" - New Bloomfield, Missouri)
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To: freedumb2003

LOL


59 posted on 06/28/2006 12:11:00 PM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: HAL9000

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2129431
At Least 10 Dead in Northeast Flooding

Storms swept into the Northeast on Wednesday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, including more than 2,200 who fled from a rising Maryland lake. A section of interstate highway was washed out in New York state and at least 10 deaths were blamed on the stormy weather. Three people were missing.

New York state emergency officials said two truckers were killed when they drove into a chasm cut across Interstate 88. A flooded creek under the road washed out all four lanes of the highway, about 35 miles northeast of Binghamton.

More at link


60 posted on 06/28/2006 12:11:07 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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