Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I live near Watkins Glen. We have had so much rain lately! We have a dairy farm. Last night when I went to get the cows out of the pasture (after a torrential downpour during the middle of the day) the creek I had to go across had turned into 3 creeks!!! Some of the cows didn't come over so I had to go a half mile up the road, go in the upper gate, convince the rest of the cows to go over the creek (s) and then go back around and get them from the other side of the creek and up into the barn. I've never seen that much water in our creek before. My hometown, Windsor, I heard had a dam that was breaking and causing alot of flooding there. We haven't been able to do any haying for about 3 weeks. I sure hope it stops raining for about 2-3 weeks very soon. I hope you all are safe and your homes are safe. Marcia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Wow, ! I hope everything dries up there soon. I live in Naples and we have had the rain but nothing like you guys are seeing. I saw pictures on the news of Elmira and couldn't believe it! That's not that far from us! It's amazing how it skipped around. I came home from work today in another torrential downpour. I sure will be glad when this weather passes. Stay safe! Katy Angelicglow () wrote: >How is everyone doing with this flooding situation? Things are bad in certain pockets here in the Binghamton area. State of emergency and no work. My family was evacuated and we are ALL here. My brother got a foot of water on his first level never before. And I'm worried about my soap supplies!!! > Gelnett >www.angelicglow.com > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 In a message dated 6/28/2006 6:57:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tracymeehan@... writes: I've been pumping my basement since 6 AM... seems endless. My driveway was under water this morning... it is slowly improving. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh dear. Hoping for sunny skies up there too, ! Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 In a message dated 6/28/2006 2:48:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, angelicglow@... writes: Things are bad in certain pockets here in the Binghamton area. State of emergency and no work. My family was evacuated and we are ALL here. My brother got a foot of water on his first level never before. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I did hear a little about that, . Somehow, we are fortunate here in Rochester. I certainly hope this stops soon! Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Lots of flooding here at Blue Mountain Lake, but nothing like the Mohawk Valley or Southern Tier! I've been pumping my basement since 6 AM... seems endless. My driveway was under water this morning... it is slowly improving. Hope all our members are safe! www.BlueMountainBotanicals.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Everyone please be safe! I can't believe how much water has been dumped everywhere recently. I saw a restaurant in Utica fall into a river or lake on the national news tonight. We had lots of rain on Monday, and there were quite a few places flooded, but nothing like what is going on up there. I hope all of you & your families are safe!!! Colleen Handcrafted & Decorative Soaps http://www.countrymeadowcreations.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Yeah, that was a restaurant in Dolgeville... fell into the West Canada Creek! Pretty scary when Utica and Binghamton make national news! Some of the river and road scenes they are showing are very very scary! www.BlueMountainBotanicals.com Re: Off Topic - Flooding Everyone please be safe! I can't believe how much water has been dumped everywhere recently. I saw a restaurant in Utica fall into a river or lake on the national news tonight. We had lots of rain on Monday, and there were quite a few places flooded, but nothing like what is going on up there. I hope all of you & your families are safe!!! Colleen Handcrafted & Decorative Soaps http://www.countrymeadowcreations.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Wow , I'm feeling guilty because we've had beautiful weather here. Did have a couple of downpours on Sunday but the rain is gone. Jeanine Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works _____ I've been pumping my basement since 6 AM... seems endless. My driveway was under water this morning... it is slowly improving. Hope all our members are safe! www.BlueMountainBotanicals.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 On Sunday, the powers that be did close one lane of the Peace Bridge due to high water. The rain was strange, a downpour here and a block away just spritzing. Jeanine Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Jeanine Van Voorhees Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:53 PM Subject: RE: Off Topic - Flooding Wow , I'm feeling guilty because we've had beautiful weather here. Did have a couple of downpours on Sunday but the rain is gone. Jeanine Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works _____ I've been pumping my basement since 6 AM... seems endless. My driveway was under water this morning... it is slowly improving. Hope all our members are safe! www.BlueMountainBotanicals.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 More rain overnight. The basement looks like it did yesterday AM....sigh... but, we are only talking inches, not feet like people in the hard hit areas. And, the driveway is just puddles... albeit BIG puddles! LOL. But I think I can get to my car without my knee-high rain boots! We're supposed to get more rain and thunderstorms today. www.BlueMountainBotanicals.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 I hope this rain stops soon! , got a canoe? Like Beth said, we have had some good rain but nothing like some of you. We've been lucky. Shaye .. <http://geo./serv?s=97359714 & grpId=2226641 & grpspId=1600162404 & msgId =28628 & stime=1151579481> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Man, it's been raining in the Adirondacks all of May and June. I don't think we've had even 10 days of sun in two months! Today, we are under a thunderstorm watch until 9:45PM. I just suggested to hubby yesterday that we should bring the canoe and kayaks up to the house from the boat shelter! LOL Enjoy your fine weather!!! Quoting Shaye <shaye@...>: > I hope this rain stops soon! , got a canoe? > > Like Beth said, we have had some good rain but nothing like some of you. > We've been lucky. > > Shaye > > > > . > > <http://geo./serv?s=97359714 & grpId=2226641 & grpspId=1600162404 & msgId > =28628 & stime=1151579481> > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Hi guys Yup, here I am in " The Mohawk Valley. " It's been awful. The next town over (Mohawk) a friend of mine and her husband and 1 yr old son had to be rescued from their house in a buckloader by the village.On the news they said the Mohawk River hasn't been this high since 1913. We NEVER have had water in our basement but WE DO NOW!! My basement is broken up into different rooms. A large family room, a furnace room, a laundry room and my SOAP ROOM. Well, needless to say it's wet. The family room is fine but the laundry room (which had dirty clothes on the floor) got water. The furnace room where I keep all my Xmas boxes, decorations, etc is WET. My soap room is wet. The floor is tiled but I have an old wool carpet on top of it for warmth and comfort. I think the water is coming up thru the floor because it's not coming down the walls. I had boxes of wrap, gift boxes, shred, etc.sitting on the floor. Luckily I got them all out before the water got totally thru the cardboard. I don't know how long it's going to take to get the carpet dry. I tried using the shopvac and it does suck up the water but I have a feeling I'm drawing up the water from the ground so it's fruitless. On top of all of this I'm putting on my daughter's graduation party Sunday with about 200 people coming. If you have any connections to " the man above " please say lots of prayers that it doesn't rain. I rented a 20 x 40 tent with the tables and chairs but there's no way that that many people will be able to fit underneath it. The garage is going to have all the food in it so there won't be much room for people sitting in there. Our inground pool is about an inch from flowing over and my husband won't backwash it to lower the water until the ground dries out somewhat. The only stress I DON'T have is that I'm catering all the food so at least I don't have to cook. I sooooo wanted to come to the gathering but as I stated before we have a wedding that day. Every time I read an email about the gathering I get sad. I could have really used a day away from this house with no stress. I'll be thinking of you all as I sit at that wedding. I hope you have great weather for it and be sure to post a lot of pictures like you did last year!! Take care M (in the flooding Mohawk Valley) Re: Off Topic - Flooding Lots of flooding here at Blue Mountain Lake, but nothing like the Mohawk Valley or Southern Tier! I've been pumping my basement since 6 AM... seems endless. My driveway was under water this morning... it is slowly improving. Hope all our members are safe! www.BlueMountainBotanicals.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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