Well, we've been getting hammered with rain quite a bit lately. Funny thing is, my town is said to have gotten off pretty easy so far. But they closed the roads - declared a state of emergency - and I couldn't even get to work even though I tried 3 different routes, 3 different ways. Yes, that is probably why I have been being annoying on here all day: Nothing to do. Not really supposed to leave the house (you can get a ticket for driving in a SOM unless you have an emergency). Nothing do to. Bored. So I went around and took like 50 pictures. Here are a few:
My neighbors yard:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/phaedrusGS/floods/flooded-neighbor1.jpg)
The park down the street from me:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/phaedrusGS/floods/flooded-park1.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/phaedrusGS/floods/flooded-park2.jpg)
And my street in general:
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/phaedrusGS/floods/flooded-street1.jpg)
Eh.
Wow that sucks... how did your house hold up? and the GS? safe and dry I assume :icon_mrgreen:
(you can get a ticket for driving in a SOM
SOM= State of 'Mergency? :) ;)
This may sound wierd...but I REALLY wish that would happen here.
SOM = shitty ol' motorbike?
shaZam! i would still drive my truck in it.
Quote from: scottpA_GS on June 28, 2006, 05:45:11 PM
Wow that sucks... how did your house hold up? and the GS? safe and dry I assume :icon_mrgreen:
Yut. :icon_razz:
Home, bike, car, all held up. I must be on some kind of knoll or something, because my driveway didn't even get wet. A couple oo the neighbors got it. The street, along witgh many others in town and around the area, got closed. So far I am "dryer n'a popcorn fart".
Quote from: sharkfin25 on June 28, 2006, 06:49:05 PM
SOM= State of 'Mergency? :) ;)
Yut. :icon_razz:
State of 'Mergency.
Quote from: rangerbrown on June 28, 2006, 06:56:10 PM
shaZam! i would still drive my truck in it.
Yut. :icon_razz:
There were actually kids (and some adults without kids oddly enough..) out playing in the nasty water. Nevermind the possibility of down power lines, sewer and septic, and other whatnots. And then some jackass in a blue Ford pickup decided to barrel ass through it. He gunned it down hard and rooster tailed it hardcore. Of course he was trying to splash people that were standing nearby. Rangerbrown, was that you? :icon_razz:
nnooo thats wasnt me, :dunno_white: i have had some one on the back tied to a rope pulling them on a boogie board
That's some nasty flooding... :o
here is a pic of some ding dongs playing in the flood waters. This is not the same area as the other pics, and it is a little further from the river, but it still got quite a pool going (about 2-3 walking blocks from my house). Notice that these are NOT children or even kids...late teenagers or young adults, I'd say.
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/phaedrusGS/floods/flood-fools1.jpg)
Haha. :laugh:
*edited to include inline image instead of clicky image
You need one of these.....
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:laugh: :thumb:
Damn, it's beautiful there. Um, except for the brown water.
people don't realize that flood waters have parasites, nasty bacteria and other kinds of "waste" products in it...yuk.
has anybody heard from our other PA people who might have gotten the big flood from the Delaware Water Gap river?
Well...Rich is in NY...I don't know about the PA people...
Hey Rich..Nate blew out his rear tire trying to ride to his house..he has no idea what he ran over..but something was hiding in the water. Stay safe!
Wow, thats pretty tough. Considering I just left a food safety & sanitation class, I won't even comment on that picture :cookoo:
so take a bath after, swiming.
The delaware, skuykill, and tribuary streams are at a record high. Some areas are flooded down here in south east Pa. A lot of bridges are closed. I crossed the skuykill today and the water was almost touching a railroad bridge, that bridge is usually 15 feet over the water!!!
Chris
anyone hear from rich? i called him 2x today and no answer
I spoke to him. He's doing better. He was even able to go to work today...lucky him. I was worried until he finally called me back. He was just driving when I called. Things in his area are getting better.
lol he didnt call me back! what does that say.. haha
:icon_razz: Yeah, cell service around here is pretty shoddy (and I only have a cell). We went over to my GF's parents a couple towns over, they were completely isolated yesterday but today they had one road opened to let supplies and people in. They got it a lot worse. The place her dad works is one of the largest employers in their area, and is closed until further notice. Sucks. And of course they are without electricity. I scouted around town and there were so many houses that were evacuated. Water was up to stop signs in some places, and still is. Police caution tape roped off a lot of areas, there were vehicles stalled and abandoned in the middle of the streets. Kim said it reminded her of "The Day After Tomorrow" or whatever. Heh.
But ya, I'm still kicking :thumb: