mahantango#1

Wind is still blowing but backed down some. Had a gust to 37 today.

Flood Advisory National Weather Service State College PA 1156 AM EST Fri Feb 21 2025 PAC041-043-099-211900- /O.NEW.KCTP.FA.Y.0001.250221T1656Z-250221T1900Z/ /00000.N.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Cumberland PA-Dauphin PA-Perry PA- 1156 AM EST Fri Feb 21 2025 ...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Flooding caused by an ice jam is possible. * WHERE...A portion of central Pennsylvania, including the following counties, Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry. * WHEN...Until 200 PM EST. * IMPACTS...River or stream flows are elevated. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1147 AM EST, trained weather spotters reported rising water and ice along S Main St. south of the Rockville railroad bridge in Marysville. - Along S Main St. near Marysville is the most likely place to experience minor flooding. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Marysville, Rockville, Fort Hunter and Dauphin Borough. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. If water will impact your home, do not delay and move to higher ground immediately. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and ice floes can become unstable and unsafe. &&

That means Blizz still will be presenting model guidance on possible snow events that could effect you into April.

Daylight Saving Time 2025 begins Sunday, March 9 (in 16 days)

Just another day of wind.

That sounds good, for your heating bill

Got a dusting of snow today.

Glad I could be of service!

Since November 18, 2024 I have burned 5920lbs of coal.

Low was 11 here. NWS said I should expect around an inch today. Can't wait for those winds again...NOT!

The floor is gone at several places but some people still access the bridge despite Dauphin County spending almost $20,000 in 1992 to put up a chain link fence with barbwire at the top. But now the barbwire is rusted through and breaking up.

I would assume all liability associated with it. Some one gets hurt on it, the bridge falls in the creek i'm responsible to remove it out of an approved trout stream. The bridge was used for vehicles and school busses until 1983. The road is still there. Shame the county didn't want to spend $500,000 in 1993 to fix it. That quote was from Professor Kim of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. He went around the country He was an engineer rehabilitating, and fixing bridges.

Nothing now It was a bridge that was used to connect Dauphin and Northumberland counties. But was closed in 1983 due to being unsafe. The county wanted to sell it to me for a dollar, an then I assume all liability that goes with it. We also found out the county of Dauphin wanted to tear it down and sell it to an outfit in Oregon. In the meantime my wife did her research with a professor from Bucknell University in 1993 and the got the bridge on the National Register of Historic Places. thus stopping the sale, as they would have to do an archeological dig. The bridge is unique because the the turnbuckes on the bridge are opposite than a regular bridge. This bridge is often called the Seaman Bridge (named after my grandfather) it's also known as Dauphin County Bridge #27 There was a plaque on the bridge that said it was built in 1896 by The Chambersburg Bridge Company. But the plaque is missing now. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/93000720.pdf

The ice this morning on the Mahantango Creek is doing a good bit of creaking and cracking. It was very loud earlier. I don't expect the ice to go. The water level is just fluctuating Making the ice creak and crack. I wanted to get closer to the creek but there is thick ice in the yard. So I'm not attempting to go down there. After last weeks episode of me thinking I could walk in the yard on that thin ice which was thicker then I thought i didnt break through it. I took a nice fall and hurt both my wrists and had to crawl out of the yard to the road. Thankfully I didn't break any thing but I sprained the one wrist pretty good.