I hope everyone is staying dry. I imagine a lot of folk here are in the heavy rain area. Saw more than 8" in an hour along lower Hudson. Not sure Vermont is doing better.
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Housatonic River has flooded part of my town in CT. Detours around the worst part.
Second time Vermont (and the northeast) has been hammered in just 12 years. With the change in climate and severe weather becoming the norm, society might have to start seriously thinking about abandoning development in floodplains and letting rehabilitated wetlands function as sponges again. The Cornwall Swamp of Otter Creek in Vermont is one example of how wetlands absorbed enough flood water from Tropical Storm Irene to reduce the volume of flow (and resulting damage) from 19,000 cfs (cubic feet per second) in Rutland to 7,000 cfs in Middlebury, 35 miles downstream.
I drove across Vermont today from Maine on my way to the Adirondacks. I guess I was half way between Montpelier and Londonderry, the worst I saw was in Bethel. Very high water in the rivers and shoulder and driveway washouts, no road closures. I let the Internet maps pick the route.
Some parts of the ADK’s got hit really hard too, roads all destroyed.
Jim
Some parts of the ADK’s got hit really hard too, roads all destroyed.
Jim
Yes Long Lake is one village that got hit bad.
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Thinking of all those communities… especially during one of their most economic dependent times
Town of Long Lake in the Adirondacks remains hopeful after dam break and significant flooding
Most roads in the town of Long Lake were washed out due to heavy rain and flooding Monday night.
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I’m headed up to Vermont for a family reunion. I had a reservation at a riverside inn. Then my cousin arranged for me to stay at an Airbnb closer to town, so I canceled the inn reservation.
My cousin emailed last night that the inn washed away into the river!
My cousin emailed last night that the inn washed away into the river!
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So sorry to hear that…
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Owners of destroyed Hardwick hotel have no plans to rebuild
Hardwick and surrounding towns have been nearly inaccessible due to washed-out roads but conditions started to improve Wednesday. But one local hotel hit by the floodwaters will not be coming back.
www.wcax.com
more water to come
annnnd.. Away we go again
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11 people rescued Monday after canoes capsize in Saco River
No one was injured in the incident on a remote stretch of water in Fryeburg.
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the renting livery has been fined. Unnamed so you need to do due diligence. There is a lot of forest detritus in the river.
"OTTAWA, July 22 (Reuters) - The heaviest rain to hit the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia in more than 50 years triggered floods causing "unimaginable" damage, and four people are missing, including two children, officials said on Saturday."
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Nova Scotia floods cause 'unimaginable' damage; four people missing
The storm, which started on Friday, dumped more than 10 inches on some parts in just 24 hours.
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"The Long Lake Park Dam, which includes the Jennings Pond causeway, are in the heart of the central Adirondack town and are privately owned by George Carrothers. He, and some adjacent property owners, received an August letter from the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) ordering them to submit a schedule for a permanent fix or complete rebuild by Oct. 16. Jennings Pond looks more like a swampy marsh than a pond now."
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Long Lake dam owners face costly replacement
The dam “failed catastrophically” following heavy July rainstorms and will cost $3.4 million to repair, engineers said.
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