Jon wrote:
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> Everyone has probably noticed by now that the list is back online -
> sorry for the inconvenience!
>
> We had some monster storms roll through here last night, there is
> massive flood damage to the entire area. At the end of King Rd near
> the general store, there is a tiny creek which is actually dry most of
> the year, but it was well over the road surface last night, ate away
> part of the road, slammed some big trees into it and took down a
> nearby telephone pole. Near the other end of the road, a creek
> crosses the road - this is the same creek which empties into the
> ravine at the lower falls, so most BBQers are familiar with its size.
> At the point where it crosses the road, it is about 4 feet wide and a
> few inches deep. Last night, it was easily 50' wide and 4 feet above
> the road surface. There was a 3' standing wave above that, where it
> came over the road. It was really moving too - the water flow was
> probably 50mph or so. I haven't been down to the woods yet to see
> what it looks like but my Dad has and he said that where we drive down
> to get to the ravine on the way to the lower falls, where that 3' bank
> drops down into the creek (which has been eroding away), the water was
> about 2' above that, there is apparently silt covering the entire
> area. A few miles downstream, there is a mobile home park on the bank
> - well, I should probably say there WAS a mobile home park there
> because the river picked them up off their foundations and played a
> rather expensive game of pick-up-sticks with them.
>
> This flooding is probably nothing compared with what has happened
> in the midwest, but sure is a reminder of how powerful water can be!
>
> Fortunately no real damage that I know of here at DML HQ - we are
> on relatively high ground. I'm sure there's lots of topography change
> on the trails and especially at the creek though. Currently the water
> is too high to even get to the lower falls, but it may drop in the
> next few days if it will EVER STOP RAINING! :-)
>
>
I was watching the radar on wunderground.com when that storm rolled through NY state... and I
thought.... whoooa boy...
We have been getting a lot of rain out here, southern counties in Wisconsin, lots of counties
in Iowa, and some in Illinois are having flooding problems... but I dont know if its been like
what your area has been hit with. Most of Bob Smiths Facebook posts this year are "Not more
rain!?!"
Heh... so I've been aware of how frequent and of how much rain you guys on the east coast have
had. I knew the trails were going to be slop, but I didn't think it would this bad. I have a
feeling there might just be very little offroading this year. I'm not taking the Ram out in
any of that... not after the bazillion dollars I just dumped into it. I need it for going back
and forth to my cabin this summer/fall. Maskalans might be the only one who can handle the
trails this year.
I also noted when you guys lost power heh. "hmm - twisted bits is down... ahh yup The List is
down too... damn - Jon must be getting hit hard with that weather there." heh
Poor folks in that trailer park...heh ... mobile homes always make me think of this bit a
comedian used to do - about tornadoes.
He would say "...never really worried about tornadoes, just go down to the basement you'll be
fine... unless you live in a trailer, then yer F'ed. ... Well honestly if you live in a trailer
you were F'ed way before the tornado anyway."
Harsh, but funny. heh
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