Wednesday, January 9, 2008

High Water Season

Snow melting due to our recent "heat wave" combined with a bit of rain we've had lately, rivers and creeks are flooding onto roads and fields.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH THE RECENT SNOWMELT HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE IN FLOOD.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. (via Weather.com)

Coming into work today, I noticed a large amount of water covering our parking area.  I drove around to the other side of the building to see this fella, who tried to forge the river underneath the viaduct.


~a!

UPDATE: The Culligan Man and his crew just got stuck.  They are the 4th people to get stuck today.  Word has it that a minivan decided to go for it early this morning, and somehow, made it.

Culligan.  Trust the water Experts.  Cohort seen in background.

1 comment:

mrgypson said...

There's a guy around the corner pumping water from his yard into the creek which is overflowing around a bend into our parking lot and unfortunately, back into his front yard.