Vermont flooding

shoemak38 · Post by **shoemak38** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:35 am

To gain a sense of how bad the damage is in Vermont from all the flooding and you have a Facebook account. Search for Vermont flooding 2011. My hometown Windsor was down to one way in and out of town and they had it easy. Vermont lost many covered bridges, as did New Hampshire. If you have vacation plans, this way for Labor Day weekend I would change them.
Vacationers at Killington were unable to leave due to washed out roads.
The was a campsite in New Hampshire where the water rose 8 feet in two hours rising halfway up the sides of the trailers.
My wife's hometown Woodstock is in very bad shape

Lovermont · Post by **Lovermont** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:34 pm

Thanks for posting this shoemak38. The following FB page was set up as a community flood portal for our valley. https://www.facebook.com/MRVpostIrene
Have you seen the footage of the flood waters going over the Quechee Covered Bridge next to Simon Pearce? Shocking, and so sad.
We are in California and were due to return on Sunday during the storm, but of course our flight was cancelled. We are now going home tomorrow, and are very anxious to see our beautiful town and be in the Green Mountain State. I hope all is well in NH.

If anyone is looking for a way to give to those in need in Vermont you may do the following:
Vermont Foodbank: Text FOODNOW to 52000 to help fellow Vermonters! The Vermont Foodbank will turn your $10 donation into $60 worth of groceries for local families in need.

As is apparent, I Love Vermont!

Lovermont

Connie · Post by **Connie** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:35 pm

So sorry for all the people in Vermont. I've been watching the news and your state got hammered.

I thought we had it bad, but it is NOTHING compared to what happened in Vermont.

Good luck to all of you and to your gorgeous state.

loria · Post by **loria** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:57 pm

devastating what is happening there-- and in the catskills and other areas north-- I cannot believe how badly hit vermont was !--I hope all of our vermont/upstate/westernma forumites are ok-- this is going to be a long time to fix.

shoemak38 · Post by **shoemak38** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:24 pm

Photo's of bridge in the news
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PA Girl · Post by **PA Girl** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:19 am

Did the water rise to the bridge?

shoemak38 · Post by **shoemak38** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:19 am

PA Girl wrote:Did the water rise to the bridge?

yes it did, upstream is the town of Woodstock Some of the photos show propane tanks floating around I'm guessing the water rose in excess of 20 feet. There also are two more covered bridges which survived with damage. The building in the last picture housed a restaurant and a glass blowing artisan.

sailorgirl · Post by **sailorgirl** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:14 am

Heading for Conway NH this weekend for an all too short vacation, at the end of a summer without any real time off. So I took this warning seriously. Fortunately they were spared the worst of it, most of the damage was a little further north. In town there was some flooding as the Saco crested Monday close to 15 feet. But the flood waters receded and all power has been restored. The Kangamangus Highway is closed and I don't think we will be doing a kayak trip. The refrigerator full of food by friend left for us when she vacated the house last week is no doubt spolied, but we count ourselves very lucky!Nothing like what Im seeing from Vermont of upstate NY. Those folks are in our prayers.

Lovermont · Post by **Lovermont** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:33 am

Here's the video of the Quechee Bridge. Simon Pearce is a beautiful destination right on the river. I hope they can rebuild.
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STX lady · Post by **STX lady** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:50 am

WOW....that's unreal, the NH coast had very little damage, which is very unusual. Those "caines" normally hit the coast. My thoughts are w/Northern NH and VT and all the covered bridges!

linne · Post by **linne** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:21 pm

It's terrible to see all that damage.
I have heard that Irene was not so bad as feared, so I cannot imagine what could have happened.

Hope everything will go back to normal soon.

Linne

shoemak38 · Post by **shoemak38** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:10 pm

sailorgirl wrote:Heading for Conway NH this weekend for an all too short vacation, at the end of a summer without any real time off. So I took this warning seriously. Fortunately they were spared the worst of it, most of the damage was a little further north. In town there was some flooding as the Saco crested Monday close to 15 feet. But the flood waters receded and all power has been restored. The Kangamangus Highway is closed and I don't think we will be doing a kayak trip. The refrigerator full of food by friend left for us when she vacated the house last week is no doubt spolied, but we count ourselves very lucky!Nothing like what Im seeing from Vermont of upstate NY. Those folks are in our prayers.

Have you checked to see if the road to the place your staying at is open?
Link to road closures
http://www.nh.gov/readynh/

Connie · Post by **Connie** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:10 pm

Linne...it was really bad in parts of the US.

Some places were really lucky, like the NJ shore (where everybody was evacuated), but then there were other places that were slammed, like Vermont.

This was only a Cat 1 and in some places a tropical storm. I can't imagine if we get hit with anything bigger than a Cat 1.

There are people here in PA that still don't have electricity.

sailorgirl · Post by **sailorgirl** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:50 pm

Thanks Shoe, we did, the man who keeps an eye on the house, plows, etc., went by yesterday. he said it was all clear. Only one section of road seems to be closed now in Conway.

cocosmom · Post by **cocosmom** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:29 pm

There are still people out of power in MD, but lucky not to have the widespread flooding. Crews are still here from Kentucky and Alabama. My son-in- law has worked 16 hours a day since the storm on damage repair..with no end in sight.

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Vermont flooding

Vermont flooding