NY Flood 2011.

[koda6966]

It's looking nice out now. A few towns have had water receed but there's still more underwater. Bainbridge looks like Atlantis.

 

[koda6966]

Here's a couple videos.


http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Touring-The-Twin-Tiers-From-The-Sky--129506838.html

 

[AllanD]

thats insane. ive driven through binghamton to go to NJ a few times. never thought it would flood!

crazy how 5 hours north it's blue skys and dry!

Binghamton is there because the Susquehanna River is there.
(Cities are always near water.)

The Upper Susquehanna River is in relatively narrow valleys
everywhere it goes, so when there is Rain in Northeast & North-central Pennsylvania the water MUST drain somewhere...

And in the last five days this area has had 13" of rain, and that's in addition to what Irene dropped on the area leaving it saturated the week before.

What's suprising is not the flooding, but that anyone is suprised by it.

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[Snoranger]

Here's a couple videos.


http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Touring-The-Twin-Tiers-From-The-Sky--129506838.html

He needs to slow down. He's in a no wake zone!

 

[koda6966]

He needs to slow down. He's in a no wake zone!

I think he's in a National Guard flood vehicle, so he can go as fast as he wants in a no wake zone lol.

It's like a giant truck prettymuch, almost a unimog.

 

[Mac]

Binghamton is there because the Susquehanna River is there.
(Cities are always near water.)

Only major city not on a river is Indianopolis.
Seen a lot of those pictures and no words really work to well. Ought to send that water to Texas, they're the ones that could welcome it. That a whole different story down there.
Dave of the Nord

 

[koda6966]

I don't think anyone welcomes their house floating down river. But I see what your saying, they'd LOVE it in moderation.

 

[koda6966]

By the way, sweet avatar.

 

[adsm08]

Well I went up to the outlook to try and scout my path home tonight after work. The island in Norry was open, but the water was just not touching the bottom of the bridge.

The island itself had obviously been under water at the high point. I like going out and scouting the destruction after big storms.

 

[4x4mike2004]

I'm out with the PA gaurd in Wilkes Barre area, it wasreal close to going over the levee here. The water crested this afternoon at 41ft (unofficial). picks to come

 

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[whale]

I'm out here in Western Schuylkill Co. We got hammered pretty hard. Brilliantly, I left my truck parked in the north end of town thinking to myself "Well, Ivan left about 6" of water on the wheels of my car parked here, so even if it's 3times as bad, it won't get in the truck.

Wrong. 5' over the dash.

Pumps in the basement here were keeping up until one jammed, and then it filled up to 18". At about 4AM, I just opened the back door to the basement and the water was level with the deluge in the yard. Water rushing around the house due to flash flooding conditions on main street that lasted for about 8 hours.

Anyone have a link to a good checklist for what to drain / replace / dry etc. for a flooded vehicle (besides a new vehicle)? Sofar, I pulled the plugs, cranked it, drained the crankcase, tranny, transfer case & differential. Not necessarily in that order. Some screwy electrical stuff going on that I attribute to wet connections.

Will