The Aftermath
Let’s hear your storm stories, and what damage you have seen or suffered.
I just returned from a drive around Brandywine Hundred. Some billboards on Concord Pike in Talleyville are blown out. Trees down alongside Silverside Road. Traffic lights are out at various intersections, notably at the intersection of Marsh and Washington Street Extension. A tree fell and destroyed a house in Bellefonte on River Road. Governor Pritz Blvd. is flooded out at Merchants Square.
My lawn got wet.
No real damage down here in Ocean View. We never even lost power.
No damage here.
Of course, I’m near Watson Lake, Yukon Territory. I just got the message from home. No damage, power is on, no flooding, and only a few branches down.
Grateful.
all’s well here, but there is MASSIVE flooding over by delaware park. Like over the car windows flooding. people were pulling over on the overpass (near Rt. 7? I’m bad with road names) to get pictures. Also a lot of power out over there.
Wind, wind go away. I’m watching a couple of 60ft tall pin oaks in my front yard dancing and swaying, and that ground is really-really squishy. Hang in there trees.
Does anybody know if the Roth bridge over the canal is reopened. It must me by now, right?
That’s the Red Clay Creek flowing under Rt. 7 at Stanton, right before it joins the Christina and enters Churchman’s Marsh. There is an Artesian water facility there and I wonder how they are doing.
I remember Stanton flooding there even before they built the overpass. Now it is even worse because of all the asphalt and shingles upstream.
Power was never off in my neighborhood in Hockessin but has now flickered a few times in the last hour. The wind has picked up and I too am looking at our big trees with some concern.
Just a lot of rain, and some wind in the Poconos. I can see a few leaves on the ground, but no damage. We’re under a flash flood watch, but even if that happens here, my house won’t be in its path.
I did have to make an emergency run to the grocery store for more Mountain Dew and junk food, though!
Actually it is the White Clay under Rt. 7 at that point. Red Clay passes through Glenville, which got flooded out during Floyd. I wonder how they are doing today.
Most of Glenville was abandoned after Floyd. the plan was to build a huge detention basin there, I don’t know if the plans were carried out.
So, I guess tubing down the Brandywine would be a thrill today.
If you like feces.
Sunny and breathtakingly beautiful here in Myrtle Beach. At home the report was a little water entered the basement by the back door leading to the hot tub (totaly my fault and plans have been drawn up to fix the problem, just haven’t got around to it yet). The chickens abandoned the coop and roosted under the deck in the dog pen during the worst of it.
My mother went back to Bethany and declared “What storm.” We used to live in the neighborhood she does now and it was always flood prone after intense rains, but no standing water after Irene. I saw the official precipitation at the G-Town airport was only 4 inches at midnight. Lucky vs overhyped I guess.
Four flights canceled (2 from Milwaukee to Philly and 2 from Charlotte to Salisbury). We ended up flying to Charlotte, renting a car and driving to Salisbury to get our car so we could drive home.
Never lost power in my neighborhood in Claymont, but I know plenty of people who did. No trees down, no flooding. More skeptical than ever of people who make their living using potential weather disasters to scare the shit out of people.
I was watching TV this morning when some talking head reported that the chief of police in Darby, Pa., said if Floyd was a 10, Irene would have to be a 3. Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz looked downright indignant that someone would dare say Irene was more bark than bite.
Some great photos that show the fury of Irene.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/frightening-hurricane-irene-destruction-photos
Those photos are frightening, nemski.
Glenville did flood in Floyd (99). Glenville flooded again in ’03. That’s when all the homes were bought and demolished. There is now a 12′ deep hole in the ground covering most of the area. It holds the overflow from the Red Clay and Christina. Unfortunately, there was more water than it could hold this time and RT 4 by Peirson’s Flags was once again flooded.
http://www.delawarespeedtest.com/
Still w/o power as of Tues. AM. Arden got hammered.
Either lightning or a mini-tornado took out the transformer around 10:15 pm. Some huge trees came down.
Our future electrical fate is intertwined, along with the lines, with a hyu-u-u-ge tree (at least six feet in diameter) that came down at Harvey & Meadow Lanes. Probably looking at Thursday before power comes back.
If the Arden Fair wasn’t this Sat., not sure if we’d have power back even then.