.../X.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /3.ER.040918T2200Z.040919T1600Z.000000T0000Z.NR/ 320 PM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT EASTON PHILLIPSBURG BRIDGE * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE * AT 02PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.6 FEET * NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 36.2 FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

FLD OBSERVED FORECAST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST

DELAWARE RIVER EASTON PHILLIPS 22.0 20.60 SAT 2 PM 36.2 SUN 12 PM...


this is back home. i just talked to my mom and she said the bridge might already be ruined. the town next to theirs is in a state of emergency. there's a lot of homes that are below the bridge level that are probably destroyed. i wish i could find out more but the whole area has no power. luckily my parents live in the mountains, so i'm not horribly concerned about them, but i don't want my hometown to be destroyed :happysad:

 

here's more:
... MAJOR FLOODING NOT SEEN SINCE AUGUST 1955 EXPECTED ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER...

FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IVAN HAS PRODUCED RAPID RISES AND RECORD FLOODING ON MANY SMALL STREAMS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN NEW JERSEY TODAY. AS THIS WATER MOVES DOWNSTREAM... MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. FLOODING FROM THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO SURPASS THE JANUARY 1996 EVENT, AND IN MANY LOCATIONS... WATER WILL REACH LEVELS NOT EXPERIENCED SINCE THE CONNIE AND DIANE FLOODS IN AUGUST 1955. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER ARE URGED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. DRIVERS CAN LOSE CONTROL IN JUST A FEW INCHES OF WATER. IN ADDITION, ROAD BEDS MAY BE WASHED OUT UNDER FLOOD WATERS. TURN AROUND... DON/T DROWN.

SOME SPECIFIC CREST FORECASTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

A CREST OF 29 TO 30 FEET IS EXPECTED NEAR TOCKS ISLAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE AT TOCKS ISLAND IS 21.0 FEET.

A CREST OF 27 TO 28 FEET IS EXPECTED AT BELVIDERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE AT BELVIDERE IS 22.0 FEET.

A CREST OF 36 TO 37 FEET IS EXPECTED AT EASTON LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE AT EASTON IS 22.0 FEET.

A CREST OF 34 TO 35 FEET IS EXPECTED AT RIEGELSVILLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE AT RIEGELSVILLE IS 22.0 FEET.

A CREST OF 24 TO 25 FEET IS EXPECTED AT WASHINGTONS CROSSING SUNDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT WASHINGTONS CROSSING IS 20.0 FEET.

A CREST OF BETWEEN 26 AND 27 FEET IS EXPECTED AT TRENTON SUNDAY NIGHT. FLOOD STAGE AT TRENTON IS 20.0 FEET....


i've seen pictures of the '55 flood, and it basically just wiped out the entire downtown area, knocking down both bridges.

 

hnoes:

i wish it would rain here

 

heh.

 

hows about capturing some lightning in a jar and shippin it my way. :happysad:

 

the rain is gone, its just the river is still swelling. i can send you a cup of that :happysad:

 

alls well that ends well. h:

 

yeah, it rained pretty hard up here too

 

:eek3:

 

:werd: Feeling dry around here.