# Binghamton Flooding from Lee **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 9, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336 "2011-09-09T07:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/1 "2011-09-09T07:29:48Z")
First off, We are ok. We are higher than the flooding. But it looks like this is worse than we had in 2006. ![http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=19&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60](http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=19&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60) This is the main road in my fire district (opposite end from my station) ![http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=37&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60](http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=37&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60) This is hte other side of the city I live in. ![http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=47&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60](http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=47&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60) Towne Square Mall in my district ![http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=56&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60](http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110908&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109080804&Ref=PH&Item=56&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60) [http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CB&Dato=20110908&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=109080807&Ref=PH](http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=CB&Dato=20110908&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=109080807&Ref=PH) Video: [http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Touring-The-Twin-Tiers-From-The-Sky--129506838.html](http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Touring-The-Twin-Tiers-From-The-Sky--129506838.html) Video of Vestal: [http://www.wbng.com/home/Vestal-Flooding-Covers-Parkway-129462893.html](http://www.wbng.com/home/Vestal-Flooding-Covers-Parkway-129462893.html) Been running some calls and making sure my parent’s and brother’s houses are ok. Lots of people with water in the basements, and a lot of my friend’s from Owego, their parents houses are under water where it breached there. Going back over to the fire department later today to run some more calls now that my place is all set. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/2 "2011-09-09T07:32:57Z")
dang ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/3 "2011-09-09T07:39:59Z")
Best of luck to you guys and everyone else down there. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/4 "2011-09-09T07:45:11Z")
anybody got a jet ski you can borrow… you could go do some pulls on the highway ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/5 "2011-09-09T07:55:25Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > anybody got a jet ski you can borrow… you could go do some pulls on the highway How awesome would that insurance claim be if you sunk it because you hit a telephone pole or some other random land based object like a store sign. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/6 "2011-09-09T08:02:49Z")
Good luck. My wife is from Endwell but her family all live up in the hills. If they flood it would mean the areas near the river are several hundred feet under water. ---
**Author:** ![ChevelleGrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@ChevelleGrl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ChevelleGrl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/7 "2011-09-09T08:05:39Z")
woooow! Good luck with everything! ---
**Author:** ![Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Saxon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Saxon)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/8 "2011-09-09T11:55:36Z")
good luck up there, the “valley” (athens , sayre, waverly) ![http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312150_258014477566809_257988360902754_852117_1857625447_n.jpg](http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/312150_258014477566809_257988360902754_852117_1857625447_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/9 "2011-09-09T12:05:41Z")
^ Holy shit ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/10 "2011-09-09T16:29:43Z")
I have a friend on facebook who MUST be down there somewhere. He’s been updating his status every few hours…The latest was that his house had been washed away and the cat was missing. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gonzo891](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonzo891/32/5250_2.png) [@gonzo891](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gonzo891)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/11 "2011-09-09T18:38:10Z")
ive been thinking of taking my canoe up there and trying to help out think it would help??? ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/12 "2011-09-09T19:29:12Z")
That blows. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/13 "2011-09-09T19:49:39Z")
![http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p8XKotJkcQo/TgSxddnp21I/AAAAAAAABY4/JiyUZzmFhrg/s1600/flood.jpeg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/1/f17d9c390291f8156f9951d09bf84fbb4d0cd1ae.jpeg) On a serious note… WOW. This really sucks for those people. I have several branches that have been shut down and lots of employees affected. Hopefully it gets sorted soon and insurance steps up and handles this properly. ---------- Post added at 10:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:47 PM ---------- > [@gonzo891](#): > > ive been thinking of taking my canoe up there and trying to help out think it would help??? Unless you have proper emergency training they often prefer that you do not. The best thing that I can think of is to figure out what it would cost you to go there and help and make a cash donation to the city/town in that amount. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/14 "2011-09-12T06:31:42Z")
yeah, the water is receeding now, and now is the mounds of garbage. You would not believe the piles of debris by the roads and such here. ![http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110911&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109110808&Ref=PH&Item=11&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60](http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110911&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109110808&Ref=PH&Item=11&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60) ![http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110911&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109110808&Ref=PH&Item=16&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60](http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110911&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109110808&Ref=PH&Item=16&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60) ![http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110911&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109110805&Ref=PH&Item=9&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60](http://cmsimg.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=CB&Date=20110911&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=109110805&Ref=PH&Item=9&Maxw=620&Maxh=465&q=60) > **[Binghamton New York News - pressconnects.com is the home page of Binghamton New...](https://www.pressconnects.com/)** > > Binghamton New York News - pressconnects.com is the home page of Binghamton New York with in depth and updated Binghamton local news. Stay informed with both Binghamton New York news as well as headlines and stories from around the world. I would like to thank Upper Mountain Fire Department in Lewiston. They sent a Ladder truck and crew thursday and they stayed through yesterday, helping us handle calls and filling in when needed. They were not the only crew, but they stayed the longest. We also had crews from Long Island, Youngstown, Phelps, and Rochester come down and help us out specifically, and I know I saw more that were helping other departments. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/15 "2011-09-12T06:56:25Z")
So my father in law’s place did get messed up because of the floods, despite being way up on a hill in Endwell. I guess the sewer treatment plant shut down, causing a massive backup that pushed up the hills and it flooded raw sewage into his downstairs. He was working from home sitting at the computer in his finished basement when suddenly his feet were wet. He opened the door to their downstairs bathroom and brown water was blasting out of the toilet like a geyser. He called the insurance company and I guess they had a water backup exclusion buried in the policy somewhere so he’s pretty pissed right now. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/16 "2011-09-12T07:25:35Z")
Wow, I’m sorry to hear that. The main Sewer plant in vestal, although they won’t tell you if you ask, was down and under water from thursday on (I believe it is still down.) We spent one night monitoring pumps that pumped out the basement of the plant that had their electric panel and some pumps so they could start getting back online. I can’t really even describe the smell there. On a side note, even though there was a travel ban on thursday and part of friday, I apparently have to take vacation time for not coming in to work. Does anyone know if this is legal or correct? Many of the employees didn’t come in because of it and we were told it was either vacation or lost time if we weren’t here. I planned to take it off anyways, but still would like to know for future reference. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/17 "2011-09-12T07:51:58Z")
> [@jimmyfloyd](#): > > On a side note, even though there was a travel ban on thursday and part of friday, I apparently have to take vacation time for not coming in to work. Does anyone know if this is legal or correct? Many of the employees didn’t come in because of it and we were told it was either vacation or lost time if we weren’t here. I planned to take it off anyways, but still would like to know for future reference. My guess is they can’t punish you for not breaking the law to get to work during a travel ban, but they also aren’t required to pay you since you’re not at work. So either take vacation time and get paid, or be docked for missing the time. This is a guess, not based on finding any specific laws after a quick search. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/18 "2011-09-12T08:11:14Z")
yeah, that’s what I figured. I don’t have a gripe with it, but it just got me wondering. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/19 "2011-09-12T09:19:15Z")
you do computer programming, can’t you work from home? ---
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336/20 "2011-09-12T13:39:25Z")
I can do some of the programming from home, but I don’t have a driving position to test stuff on, and we don’t have external access to the office network to be able to move files over to work on them. Besides, i was busy with fire department most of the time… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/binghamton-flooding-from-lee/216336.md?page=2)