How's your flooding?

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  • 04-16-2007, 09:31 AM
    GMichael
    How's your flooding?
    It looks like I'll be sleeping under my desk tonight. Many roads and bridges are closed in my area due to the heavy rains. I don't see a path home for me other than to drive north to Canada and back down though Ohio and around the other side of PA.
    How does your commute look?
  • 04-16-2007, 09:41 AM
    basite
    wow, though weather there...

    sorry to hear that...

    now this will sound a little teasing however, it has been 30° C (and cloudless) today and the entire past week :o

    well, what can I say...

    Good luck and I really hope the weather will become as good as it is here really soon...

    Best wishes,
    and get them spinning when you get home...
    Bert.
  • 04-16-2007, 09:59 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by basite
    wow, though weather there...

    sorry to hear that...

    now this will sound a little teasing however, it has been 30° C (and cloudless) today and the entire past week :o

    well, what can I say...

    Good luck and I really hope the weather will become as good as it is here really soon...

    Best wishes,
    and get them spinning when you get home...
    Bert.

    How was your skiing over the winter?

    :ciappa:
  • 04-16-2007, 10:18 AM
    basite
    what skiing? there wasn't any snow here, and nor where there any mountains to ski on...

    winter sucked here, even worse so, because the winter sucked, the flies and other insects never completely left, so now there are alot of those darn flies...

    Anyhow,
    still good luck,
    Bert.
  • 04-16-2007, 10:34 AM
    kexodusc
    Could be worse GM, at least it's not wednesday.
    Just use the ol' reverse underwear trick tomorrow morning.
  • 04-16-2007, 11:00 AM
    ForeverAutumn
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by GMichael
    I don't see a path home for me other than to drive north to Canada and back down though Ohio and around the other side of PA.

    You know you're always welcome at my place. I'm just under an hour and a half from the border. :)

    We just have a light drizzle here today. But, apparently, other parts of the the Province are getting hit hard with a large amounts of snow and rain and lots of power outages.

    We had a big freak flash flood here two summers ago. The only reason that I made it home was because I drive an SUV. Screw all the people who pooh pooh big cars. Without it I would have probably stalled in a flooded intersection like all the other cars. Instead, I cruised through it all and made it home where I could mop up the basement before any real damage was done.
  • 04-16-2007, 11:29 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by kexodusc
    Could be worse GM, at least it's not wednesday.
    Just use the ol' reverse underwear trick tomorrow morning.

    Eiyuuuuuwaaaa...
  • 04-16-2007, 11:32 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    You know you're always welcome at my place. I'm just under an hour and a half from the border. :)

    We just have a light drizzle here today. But, apparently, other parts of the the Province are getting hit hard with a large amounts of snow and rain and lots of power outages.

    We had a big freak flash flood here two summers ago. The only reason that I made it home was because I drive an SUV. Screw all the people who pooh pooh big cars. Without it I would have probably stalled in a flooded intersection like all the other cars. Instead, I cruised through it all and made it home where I could mop up the basement before any real damage was done.

    Thanks for the offer, but I'm about 5 hours from the border. It would be easier to stay here and try Kex's (via Al Bundy) trick.
    There are several bridges accross the Delaware River. One of them must be open.:idea:
  • 04-16-2007, 12:37 PM
    GMichael
    From one of the local papers on-line:

    Updated road closings due to flooding
    April 16, 2007
    Here are roads closed as of this afternoon because of flooding:
    Orange County
    Blooming Grove: Mountain Lodge and Perry Creek
    Route 94 and Station Road
    Tuthill Road between Willow Creek and Route 208
    Route 208 south of Clove Road
    Cherry Hill Road
    Prospect Road between Round Hill and Peddler Hill Road
    Peddler Hill Road between Route 208 and Tanager
    Route 94 and 208 intersection into Washingtonvillle
    Chester: Black Meadow Road
    Kings Highway
    Cornwall: Reservoir Road
    Hudson Street between North Hudson and Maple
    Crawford: Bruyn Avenue
    Ulsterville Road at County Line
    Deerpark: River’s Edge Road
    Edgewater Lane
    Shore Drive
    Guymard Turnpike at Shore Drive
    Areas near 86 Sleepy Hollow Road, 215 Franke Road and 140 Galley Hill Road
    Prospect Hill north of Franke
    Florida: Route 17A and Quarry Road
    Hamptonburgh: Twin Arch Road
    Everett Road
    Maybrook Road near Neelytown Road
    Goshen: Philipsburg Road along the Wallkill River
    Route 207 and Greenwich Avenue
    Clowes Avenue down to five corners in the center of the village
    Route 17A at Quarry Road
    Everett Road
    Greenville: Mullock Road between Lewis Landing and Decker Drive
    Minisink Turnpike near the swamp
    Middletown: Sterling Street between Spring Street and Sprague Avenue
    Minisink: Goodridge and Meyers Road
    Langlitz
    Fordlea
    Monroe: East Mombasha and Orange Turnpike
    Montgomery: Route 211 and East Kaisertown
    Canning Road and Route 416
    Mount Hope: Robins Road between Old Mountain and Whitlock Road
    Route 211 from Whitebridge to Kelly Hill Road
    Newburgh: Gardnertown Road near Black Angus and the area near the old swamp on the Lakeside Road
    Chestnut Lane near Catalpa down to one lane
    Lester Road just off 9W down to one lane
    Albany Post Road between Crest and Sloane
    Powder Mill Road near 29
    Lattintown Road at Candlestick trailer park blocked by fallen tree
    Innis Avenue at Route 52
    Otisville: Robbins Road between Old Mountain and Whitlock Road
    Tuxedo: Route 17 from Harriman to Sloatsburg
    Warwick Brook Road between 17 and County Route 84
    Arden Valley Road at International Paper
    A bridge that runs to Tuxedo’s East Village has been covered by a foot of water from the Ramapo River.
    Wallkill: Bisch Road
    Walden: St. Andrews Road between Route 52 and Plains Road
    Warwick: Warwick Turnpike
    Newport Bridge Road and Timlow Lane
    Little York Road and Chardavoyne Road
    Maple Avenue and Locust Street
    Furman Lane and Liberty Corners Road
    Jersey Avenue
    East Shore
    Four Corners Road and Lakeview Drive
    17A and Homestead Village Drive
    Covered Bridge
    Foley Road and Silo Lane
    Dekay Road and Miller Lane
    Ryerson Road
    Nelson and Lakes
    Mirman Lane
    Elm Street
    Orchard Street
    Washingtonville: Cardinal and Peacock
    Cardinal and Woodcock Mountain Road
    Route 94 between Patricia and Hudson
    Patricia and Beverly Lanes
    Parts of Route 94
    Ulster County
    Accord: Route 209 from Mettacahonts Road to Whitfield Road
    Highland: Routes 44/55
    New Paltz: Route 299, Springtown Road, Dug Road, Plank Road, South Ohioville Road (near Route 299). Cedar Lane is reduced to one lane.
    Rosendale: Route 32 North, before the Rosendale Recreation Center, has one lane closed. Route 32 near River Road Extension has water across the southbound lane.
  • 04-16-2007, 12:42 PM
    ForeverAutumn
    Wow! That's a lot of roads. Good luck my friend.
  • 04-16-2007, 12:43 PM
    JohnMichael
    Time to invest in an amphibious vehicle.
  • 04-16-2007, 12:52 PM
    GMichael
    After swimming to London last week, this will be cake.
  • 04-16-2007, 04:02 PM
    ForeverAutumn
    So? Did you make it home or are you still at work?
  • 04-16-2007, 07:42 PM
    bobsticks
    Be safe G, and good luck to everyone on the right coast.
  • 04-17-2007, 04:54 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    So? Did you make it home or are you still at work?

    Hey E.

    I made it home and back. Rumors of the main bridge being closed were greatly exaggerated.

    Thanks for asking.

    M
  • 04-17-2007, 05:58 AM
    Bernd
    Hey Mike,
    How are the wetlands? Just sent you some B.O.T. I feel a bit greedy as we had it over here for the last seven days. Temperature was like early summer.:ciappa: And I don't ski.
    Stay safe friend.

    Peace

    :16:
  • 04-17-2007, 06:12 AM
    GMichael
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bernd
    Hey Mike,
    How are the wetlands? Just sent you some B.O.T. I feel a bit greedy as we had it over here for the last seven days. Temperature was like early summer.:ciappa: And I don't ski.
    Stay safe friend.

    Peace

    :16:

    That explains why I drove to work today with my wipers and my sun-glasses on at the same time. It was a little strange. Floods everywhere, rain coming down, sun shining bright, and the ducks going freakin' crazy. Never saw ducks swimming on their backs before.
    Does this mean the world is ending?
  • 05-13-2007, 07:54 AM
    trollgirl
    Rivers have been at or near flood stage here in the Kansas City area for the past several days. The rain has let up, so things will be better, but two days ago [the last time I looked] the Missouri River was still out of its banks. Sadly, last weekend we let our pet map turtle go in a stream north of here, not knowing the forecast very well, and the next morning, the same stream was a torrent. We had had her since she was a hatchling, but decided that she needed a chance for a real life. We should have waited another couple of weeks, after having her for eight years. I hope the best for her, but feel badly...

    Laz