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.
There was a ton of snow this winter. I'm thinking of taking a ride to the White Mountains In NH soon. The mountain Streams must be raging.
Ummm, Joe, I think we kinda figured that out :)
Ping
48 hours of rain today and tomorrow here in Vermont, and the ground still hasn't really thawed out. I had to run down and buy a sump pump for the basement this afternoon. Ice dams around the house are channeling water into it.
You know you are a FReepaholic when you keep on FReepin' as the floodwaters rise around you ankles...
Dontcha know HE took some crap in grade school...
I live, literally, right down the street from the East River here in Manhattan....where does one get a 'local river forecast'?
He and Ron Insana must have been close.
The ground freezes 2-3 feet down in the winter.
When rain and warmer weather hit, the snow and top layer melts, but down deep it's still frozen. That means there's no place for the water to go.
So it makes a sort of soup up top.
90% of the snow has already melted in the last week, though. It's been raining all day, but it's a light rain.
FYI, stay alert Sweetie
Worse than '72? I think not.
Yup. The creek behind my house is real close to flooding. I expect them to close the road soon. I'm glad we're 100 feet up, looking down on it.
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR AREAS OF PISCATAQUIS.PENOBSCOT & HANCOCK COUNTIES.
A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH.ACROSS NEW ENGLAND & IN TO THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY.SATURDAY & SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE ENTIRE REGION.WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE CNTL ME HIGHLANDS SAT EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUN MORNING.& ACROSS THE DOWNEAST HANCOCK COUNTY SUN MORNING.
THE FORECAST IS FOR ONE & ONE-HALF TO TWO & ONE-QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF THREE INCHES OVER TERRAIN ENHANCED LOCATIONS.THE EASTERN SLOPES OF CNTL & DOWNEAST ME.FROM TUNK & CADILLAC MTNS IN HANCOCK COUNTY.TO BAXTER STATE PARK IN N. PISCATAQUIS COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY.ANY SNOW MELT WILL ADD TO RUNOFF IN AREA WATERWAYS.
THE SMALLEST WATERWAYS.URBAN DRAINAGES.WILL BE THE THE FIRST TO RESPOND AS LOW AREAS IN ROADWAYS & STORM DRAINS BECOME OVERWHELMED BY THE RUNOFF. NEXT.THE SMALLER STREAMS & BROOKS WILL BEGIN TO RUN FAST.& SPILL OVER THEIR BANKS. FINALLY.THE RUNOFF WILL REACH THE LARGER AREA RIVERS.WHICH REMAIN HIGH FROM A PREVIOUS STORM.& COULD RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR BANKFULL UNDER THE PRESSURE OF ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN & SNOW MELT.
THE AREAS OF HIGHEST CONCERN ARE THE ICE COVERED STRETCHES OF THE PISCATAQUIS & PENOBSCOT RIVERS.WHERE THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ICE JAM.& THE SWOLLEN DOWNEAST COASTAL BASINS AND BOGS.FROM THE SEBASTICOOK TO THE UNION RIVER BASIN & THE UPPER NARRAGUAGUS. RESIDENTS OF DOWNEAST & CNTL ME.ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING & WORKING NEAR AREA RIVERS & STREAMS.SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATERS THIS WEEKEND.
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL EXIST FROM THE TIME THE FIRST HEAVY RAINFALL SAT EVENING.INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.AS WATERWAYS RESPOND TO ANY RUNOFF.
AN UPDATE TO THIS WARNING WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN CARIBOU NO LATER THAN 1:00 PM EDT SUNDAY.MARCH 3RD.
This is from the National Weather Service. When you get to the page, click on whatever area you live in and then find the river on that page. It has good current and forecast forecast info and is pretty accurate. It came in very handy here in Southern Indiana this winter when we had the floods.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/rivers_tab.php
ROTFLOL - or when the earthquakes are rockin' the house .. LOL.
Sounds like it came out of "Johnny Dangerously".
>>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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