lol, I bet it’s down stream somewhere. Wasn’t there a video of a car floating down the river lol.
Amazing how ALL of the water is already gone down stream.
Checking in. Garick shared that image from Route 4 in Mendon. That is only 1 of MANY of the major washouts on that road. That scene is echoed along pretty much every major route throughout the state.
From seeing things first-hand, it is a mess. Entire towns are totally cut-off with no power, no phones, and no way to get in or out. More than 260 roads are closed from damages. 30 bridges have been washed out. Many homes were entirely washed away, including homes built in the early 1800s. LOTS of people without power, and it will take MANY days for them to get power back. Power crews are rearing to go, but they simply cannot do anything until roads are repaired and they can move to the damages.
I work for the electric utility. I just got home from a 14 hour day. I’ll post some more photos once I have had a chance to rest some…
People are bitching that this storm was over hyped. Those people need to stop watching Hollywood movies.
Over 40 people have died.
On Sunday at Dunntire Raceway we watched a lot of fire trucks driving down the I-90 headed east. We thought it might be a funeral at first but they were going to help out downstate.
Again, I will say that the Category of the storm doesn’t tell the entire expected impact.
My parents live on the water in Long Island and had water several feet over their dock, and that’s pretty far inside of the bay, and up a narrow canal.
Heeding the warnings is ALWAYS appropriate!!! The storm wasn’t over hyped at all. They predicted floods and power loss, and that is exactly what happened, in MANY MANY places.
Yeah on Saturday there were caravans of utility trucks headed east on the 90. I haven’t seen anything like that since the caravans of ambulances headed to NYC in the days after 9/11. shudder
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How about taking route 7 to 9 across the state? Is that going to work?
The part about this storm that had everyone worried (and the reason it was “hyped”) was the track of it. The last few years these storms just stayed off coast so people got used to just a few waves and no land-fall.
Also, the weather pattern we’re in tends historically to spawn 2 east coast storms per season. Hopefully that won’t be the case this year.
This is pure internet gold. I laughed so hard at this yesterday.
http://www.wfaa.com/video/featured-videos/128610333.html
I couldn’t get the damn thing to embed. It is SOOO worth watching though trust me on this one.
Reporter covering Irene confuses raw sewage for sea foam
The things reporters do for a live shot. A reporter from Washington D.C. will likely be taking a lot of long showers over the next few days. That’s after he delivered a live report during Hurricane Irene that will likely become the stuff of Youtube legends, thanks to a mysterious “sea foam”.
“Our chief meteorologist back at the station said, that it’s some sort of organic matter, I guess plankton or something, mixed in with sand and salt. And I can tell you first-hand, it doesn’t smell great,” said reporter Tucker Barnes.
Barnes was reporting from a boardwalk in Maryland and, we’re sorry to say, he was misinformed about the “foam” that was covering him from head to toe.
It turned out to be raw sewage that was being whipped up, by the hurricane winds.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, things got even worse. The “foam” went into his mouth.
“Excuse me, it’s in my face as well, and as you can imagine, it doesn’t taste great,” Barnes said, still unaware of what the mystery muck really was.
It’s not clear how long the reporter actually stayed out there, but you can bet he headed straight for the shower – and maybe the dentist – after that!
Reminds me of George Carlin talking about swimming in raw sewage
"After replacing fiber from a washout that occurred, they determined there was another break on a bridge that was being hit by houses floating down a waterway. "
This is up near Albany
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My brother is a hazmat specialist for Syracuse Fire and has been called out to VT by FEMA. He didn’t give any details, but it is probably not a good thing.
lol I was just listening to the governer’s press conference (recorded) on the radio. Something about bridges over the mohawk closed while they wait for a crane to float past? Sheesh
i bet more than 40 unsolved murders occured in both Detroit and Philidelphia during this storm.
i’ll admit that the post-devestation does appear to be in-line with how severe the storm was advised to be.
Detroit?
Can someone please tell National Grid they can stop emailing people in WNY with their disaster recovery updates? We got MAYBE a 30 mph wind and a few sprinkles. WE WILL REBUILD! I’ve had at least 6 emails from them since the storm started tracking this way.
I unsubscribed from allll of their emailing because of these things.
Route 7 is largely alright with the exception of a MAJOR washout just south of Rutland. Four-lane bridge was significantly undermined. 3 of four lanes collapsed.
There is currently a detour around that though for personal vehicles. Route 9 experienced heavy flooding and is still closed. They just completed a single lane dirt access path to get through Route 4 to get utility and emergency crews up into Killington as a result of this:
Still no traffic in or out though.
All east-west routes through the state south of Waterbury are closed.
Route 100, which is the famous route that all of Vermont’s ski resorts are located on or within very close proximity to, has seen quite unimaginable damage.
This:
Left this:
and this,
water is strong