Posted on 08/26/2011 9:40:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Approximately 65 million people are likely to be directly impacted by Hurricane Irene as the storm takes aim at the densely populated Eastern Seaboard. Evacuations are underway for high flood risk areas.
Mass transit cancellations, schedule changes and road/bridge closures are occurring throughout the storm warning areas. Please check with local news and Emergency Management Operations to determine the recommendations for your immediate area.
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“I spent about a week this summer digging a “seep-away” near one of my basement trouble spots. Dug a big hole about 5 feet from the house and a trench down towards it, loaded with gravel. This should be a good test to see if it was worth it. (Well, I did get a tan & some exercise, so it shouldn’t be a total loss).”
Sounds like a big French drain. I had a problem area in our basement despite two sump pumps. I dug a 6’ deep hole and put ANOTHER sump pump in that outside the leak. We also seal the joint of the floor with hydraulic cement. Haven’t had a problem since.
We are on the banks of the Erie Canal in Ilion NY. Just now a whole lot of plant and wood debris started coming down the canal. And the water has turned muddy brown. The marina manager told us yesterday that the canal water level had been lowered 2 feet in anticipation of the storm. The level is higher than yesterday, but nowhere near overflowing. It’s raining lightly and there are lots of people here watching the canal.
Fox news is reporting that contact has been lost with communication from the Gilboa dam in Albany, NY and that if people hear the siren they must take quick action to evacuate.
Where are you located?
FNC is following a flash flood story in Prattsville NY. It may be related to the dam issue. Prattsville is immediately downstream from the dam. Sirens went off about an hour ago.
Never a good feeling when debris appears and water color changes. Have you heard any local report updates?
Correction: Prattsville may be south of the dam, but it appears to be upstream.
Yikes!
Level A: Failure is imminent or has occurred
Level B: Potential failure situation is developing.
Level C: Advisory condition.
http://www.dhses.ny.gov/oem/planning...hops-rev-2.pdf
We are so lucky, here in NE NJ. We use to get water in the basement if we had a little summer shower. But a handy man did all kinds of work down there and painted the walls with some stuff that really worked. Even with all the rain this summer -— no seepage at all. I didn’t think we would be as lucky with Irene, and we weren’t. But — all we have is a light seepage in about 1/4 of the basement. A small pump should take care of it and a few beach towels. Worse part was that the kitty litter was in it!! Fixed that right away!
So we are counting blessings here. We can deal with the power outage with the generator, and I can do without Comcast TV as long as I have my FR! My bamboo is waving at me, my White Oak behaved and I am able to stay in contact with my fav people here with my B’Berry, when the generator is down.
Thank you NautiNurse for starting this thread and being able to follow Irene’s progress up the coast, with so many FRiends!
A quick check-in from Norwalk, CT. Power is out in about half the city due to trees down on the wires. Irene was downgraded to tropical storm as it came onshore and coincided with hi tide, flooding low lying areas of town. This was expected and not as bad as the nor’easters we get. We drove to check on family members across town and in general, inland damage appeared light. We did not get close to the coast. CL&P says power may take several days to restore. On the plus side, the air is clean and soft and smells of the ocean.
Very glad to know you are safe, with minimal property damage. Thanks much for checking in!
Thanks for your local update. Glad to hear there is minimal damage in your area. Hang in there through the power outage. Take care.
So how did the seep-away do?
It did the job on pretty well (pun not intended?), thanks. I may have to extend the trench a bit, and have to dig another one by the crawlspace under the porch (the neighbor’s gutter spouts in that direction). We have an old Victorian, so there’s no end to projects around here :)
With an 8 foot ceiling, you put up with 2 feet of water? Unbelievable.
Manhattan.
Hurray, the power is back!
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