TalcottWx Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 I took this today on the Farmington River in Simsbury at the Drake Flower Bridge. River is super high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 9 minutes ago, BrianW said: Sterling Market in Johnson. That’s the two feet above record crest right there. Johnson is in bad shape. That’s a lot of food gone to waste too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 11 minutes ago, TalcottWx said: Just do it. Swoosh Wife snapped a couple. But it’s really just like one massive waterway/lake all along I-89 between the Greens. Just water filled in the whole valley. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunafish Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Just awful. Stating the obvious here but the recovery efforts are going to be $$$ and last for months. Vermont's topography and the fact that most towns are settled along the rivers in the valley make it a "perfect" candidate for significant flooding. The water just has nowhere to go. And it's not like these are people building new multi-million dollar homes along the floodplains of prime hurricane country. These are hundreds of years old settlements. That is to say, you can't fault anyone for the losses they're experiencing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ineedsnow Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 5 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said: On your way back park at the discovery center in Turners Falls and walk down to see the floodgates on the Dam. Pretty spectacular. ya thats what I wanted to go to.. I dont know why I was thinking about the bridge of flowers but it was wild and that bridge was scary to walk over lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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klw Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: Wife snapped a couple. But it’s really just like one massive waterway/lake all along I-89 between the Greens. Just water filled in the whole valley. Is that the Richmond Park and Ride? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 1 hour ago, tunafish said: Just awful. Stating the obvious here but the recovery efforts are going to be $$$ and last for months. Vermont's topography and the fact that most towns are settled along the rivers in the valley make it a "perfect" candidate for significant flooding. The water just has nowhere to go. And it's not like these are people building new multi-million dollar homes along the floodplains of prime hurricane country. These are hundreds of years old settlements. That is to say, you can't fault anyone for the losses they're experiencing. Vermont also has a massive housing shortage which will make it even harder on the displaced. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 I filmed this around noon time. Still wasn’t quite at peak flow. Watch until the end and you’ll see the power of the water coming through the open floodgates. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 5 hours ago, eyewall said: A friend of mine (Sam Cantell) sent me this pic overlooking the dam in Winooski. I have taken many flood shots from the platform across the river in this image but today it is cut off and closed. The path by the mill is flooded and some water is pouring onto the platform. If I was there I could use the new LAANC system to get approval to fly a drone over the river there but alas I am not (BTV airport is close by). Ummm….which side of the building is the river? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 1 hour ago, klw said: Is that the Richmond Park and Ride? Yes. I just came back from buying a dehumidifier up at the Williston Home Depot. The fields all the way up looked like lakes. It looked like there were about 15 cars in the park and ride. A couple of them were parked on a tiny corner that looked like it may have saved them from being completely submerged. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Green mountain national. This is serious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 1 minute ago, kdxken said: Green mountain national. This is serious. Not that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, mreaves said: Not that bad. What does your course look like? Limited damage I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 27 minutes ago, mreaves said: Not that bad. I love that course. Probably my favorite in Vermont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Just a damage photo dump from social media. M.Davison in Hardwick. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Photos by D.Taylor. This first one is incredible to me. That's just so much water. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Photos by D.Taylor. This first one is incredible to me. That's just so much water. That's some damage! no worries... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauntonBlizzard2013 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 23 minutes ago, kdxken said: That's some damage! no worries... Flex tape and flex seal from around the country being fast tracked to Vermont as we speak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 @dendritethe paw paw farm still stands. Drove past it tonight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skivt2 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 2 hours ago, klw said: Vermont also has a massive housing shortage which will make it even harder on the displaced. It’s going to have a huge impact on lots of things in Vermont. It’s going to be interesting to see if isome of the investors leave or if it impacts Airbnb proceeds enough to result in eventually an unwinding of some of the Covid driven housing demand. It has seemed for the past year or two like everyone in the country wanted to either move to VT or own investment property in Vermont. For us we were terrified that our rental would flood and we would have to leave VT because we would have no where to live. Seriously was thinking my husband would have to quit his job in Vermont. He is a healthcare worker at the hospital so he is needed in Vermont but housing is so challenging that people who want to live in Vermont and who have jobs in Vermont have to leave because there nothing to live in. In the short run this storm will make the situation which is already dire, much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 11 minutes ago, mreaves said: @dendritethe paw paw farm still stands. Drove past it tonight. Posted yesterday… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, dendrite said: Posted yesterday… Lol. Dr. Chill sounds like a weed strain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 7/9/2023 at 7:50 PM, powderfreak said: SE flow ahead of the system hammering the east side of Mount Mansfield up here. Already 1.25”+ at base of the ski area compared to an inch less on western slope. The early observations, and final rainfall totals really showed the topographical effects of this event. It was a textbook SE flow orographic event that coupled with favorable upper level dynamics. High moisture levels (high dews and PWATS), abnormally strong prolonged moisture transport, with the NWS noting closed circulations aloft over western NY as the event developed... that just funnels moisture from the Atlantic up into the terrain reaching from western CT/adjacent NY northward through the eastern slopes of the Greens. In Vermont, there was low level orographics coupling with favorable upper level lift that took this precipitation event into historic levels. Just a wave of moisture into the terrain off the Atlantic, with peak efficiency occurring on the east slopes like a blocked flow. Best lift was upstream of the barrier and in the zone of rising air out of the upper CT/White River Valley. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Civilization has occupied vulnerable places in the past. Back in the day, being near a water source and in the warmer valley climate with good soil was the recipe to survival. This event hit those areas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 My favorite vid wow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchrnLker Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 From BTV yesterday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Second highest crest of all time (Number 1 is 1927 which was monumental at this location) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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