Ark Building - Revisited
With echoes of May 2006 reverberating in our memories, New England faced another round of major flooding yesterday.
Power was just returned to our street at 9 AM this morning - it had been out since 5 AM Monday.
Less than a 1/2 mile away, locals had to use a row boat to get from their car to their home, and less than 5 miles away, a grandmother and her grandbaby were lost in Little River when they tried to cross what they thought was shallow water to get to their home. A man who made an unsuccessful attempt to save them nearly drowned as all three victims were washed downriver. He was later treated for hypothermia, and released.
I know that what we’re experiencing doesn’t hold a candle to the nightmare lived by Dr. Hébert, but with our 3rd major flooding in two years, and our second extended local power outage in two weeks, we’re a getting a little ragged around the edges.
Husband and son were both out in the last 48 hours, and reported seeing some pretty amazing sites. Newmarket NH residents were being evacuated from their homes into the backs of 18 wheelers; parts of the town soon became completely unreachable, as it did last year. Dozens upon dozens of local streets were rapidly vanishing underneath quickly flowing water, and my son reported seeing a gazebo in Exeter, NH which was flooded to its roof. Getting from point A to point B began to be a race against the rising waters as street after street became impassable. The bridge between Berwick, ME and Somersworth, NH was closed, with the water reaching and flowing over the bridge.
Here in York County, Maine, January has been the warmest and most pleasant month of 2007 … that’s pretty sad, considering we’re in mid-April.
We’re ready for a bit of warmth and sunshine! More than ready!
And now that I finally have running water again (inside of the house, that is) … HOT water … I’m going to go luxuriate in the shower before having to leave for my doc’s appointment this afternoon. Actually … the last appointment I had scheduled with him also found me without power … hmmm … I begin to see a pattern here … 0.o
Leaving those of you who are interested with a few articles to read. I hope to get to a few things which I’m behind on when I get back home from my doc’s appointment today … like the piled up dishes and laundry, the emails in my backed-up inbox, and a live classroom lecture which I need to attend this evening, especially since I missed yesterday’s due to the power outage. It’s amazing how quickly a body can fall behind …
Storm Lashing Dover, Rochester and Beyond
156 MPH Winds on Mt. Washington
April 2007 Flood:
- Ark Building - Revisited
- … Aftermath …
April 17th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
How very sad for the lives lost… Congrats on having power and hot water!!! don’t forget to take a break now and then from work!!
April 17th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Glad you survived and hope this is the last of it for you. Every now and again nature reminds us who really is in charge here. Yesterday was an all round very bad day, in more ways than the weather. Very sobering.
Regards
jmb
April 18th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Yes, yesterday was an awful day. We didn’t have much flooding here, or lose our power, but I know it was much worse elsewhere. Glad to know you came through, and have power again. I hope your weather will change for the better, and you won’t endure any more flooding or power outages.
April 18th, 2007 at 10:51 am
May you escape unscathed, my friend, and my wishes for more temperate weather for you. I have been following the eastern seaboard woes in the paper and must confess I’m happy I’m on the other side of the continent at the moment. Mind you, we’ve had a rather lousy winter, too, and it’s still far too chilly. Still longing for spring.
Ian
April 18th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Hi Moof, I too have just resurfaced from that storm. I posted some pictures of it. It took two days to completely dig out of it. I was so thankful to have a fireplace. I was able to cook in it, and stay warm by it. Glad to know you are okay from yours. I hope that’s the last of it for all involved.
April 18th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
I thought our snow was bad. That storm was a real bummer. Hope the waters soon recede and things get back to normal for you. :o)
April 19th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Sad to read the effects of the storm. Hope you had seen your doc by now. Take care, Moofie.
April 19th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Hey girl…
You keep yourself safe.
So glad the power is back on.
And boy do I know how it feels to get behind in schoolwork.
*total stress*
God Bless.
later…
April 20th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Sheesh, that is really terrible.