Quincy Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Some bad flooding around here, lots of schools running on delayed openings or complete closures. Some car dealerships under water, many roads closed. Pictures attached from Brookfield, CT: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrials Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Some bad flooding around here, lots of schools running on delayed openings or complete closures. Some car dealerships under water, many roads closed. Pictures attached from Brookfield, CT: Gotta love the still river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atownwxwatcher Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Impressive! How much total rain did you receive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 upton showed 4.43 for Danbury--wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverrat Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Not good for Wayne, Pompton Plains,Little Falls. Passaic river forecast to crest late Tuesday night with another round forecast for late week. Guess we'll be on TV again. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I'm about 20 minutes from there (and near the top of a hill), I can take pictures of the hoses running out the basement door from the pumps if you'd like Yeah we got a lot of rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 5th highest crest on record at the Stevenson Dam. http://valley.newhav...ic_river_floods 1. 24.50 ft on 10/16/1955 2. 24.50 ft on 08/19/1955 3. 23.50 ft on 03/12/1936 4. 22.36 ft on 05/30/1984 5. 21.68 ft on 03/07/2011 6. 21.50 ft on 09/22/1938 7. 19.98 ft on 04/16/2007 8. 19.97 ft on 12/31/1948 9. 18.88 ft on 01/27/1996 10. 18.09 ft on 10/15/2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 at least you can buy a cheap used car now...I can't believe they didn't more those cars to higher grounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Not good for Wayne, Pompton Plains,Little Falls. Passaic river forecast to crest late Tuesday night with another round forecast for late week. Guess we'll be on TV again. :-( Flood plain is so built up in those areas that some homes flood if three people upriver flush at the same time. During my NNJ years (up thru 1973) I can remember two mega floods (8/1955, 5/1968) and perhaps a half dozen other lesser but still serious events. ("Serious" threshold, for me, is closing Route 23 for multiple days.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverrat Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Flood plain is so built up in those areas that some homes flood if three people upriver flush at the same time. During my NNJ years (up thru 1973) I can remember two mega floods (8/1955, 5/1968) and perhaps a half dozen other lesser but still serious events. ("Serious" threshold, for me, is closing Route 23 for multiple days.) I agree. There are multiple issues that exacerbate the problem now. Much more upstream development has led to more retention ponds for developments therefore causing a slower decline in flood waters. In addition you have the Pompton Lakes dam which was created to alleviate flooding problems in Oakland. I'm not a flood gate expert but it seems to me that if your expecting large runoff from winter snows and the lake is already at max you would open the gates BEFORE flooding rains arrived. If they open those gates after Thursday-Friday's rain it will most certainly be a huge disaster downstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Here's another video from the Stevenson Dam: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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