Fall River Streets Flooded, Buckled And Broken
FALL RIVER (WBZ) ―About 1,000 National Guard troops were ready for action Tuesday as more rain pounded Massachusetts, making it the wettest March on record and putting additional strain on residents already weary of dealing with flooded yards and basements.Here's what it looks like:
A potentially dangerous situation was developing in Fall River, where six inches of rain over the last two days pushed the South Wattupa Pond well above normal, flooding some nearby homes.
Ouch. Like commuting on the moon...
That is all.
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as I said in my own blog this morning, things are crappy for us, but there are loads of other people who have it MUCH MUCH worse!
Now just image what would happen if we had a larger scale disaster.....
Many people now adays are not prepared.
"Like driving on the moon..."
Well. You're well equipped. The truck can more than easily handle those lil' bumps.
I saw that on NECN last night. The street is completely impassable, by any mechanical means whatsoever. Even a monster truck would have trouble. The residents are cut off, unable to get in or out except on foot. If I recall right, they said there's some kind of emergency storm drain sewer buried under that street, for precisely such situations as this. It was completed less than ten years ago. And it failed catastrophically in its first real test. NECN had a brief clip of an interview with a town alderman who was clearly mad enough to spit nails.
"See kids, this is why Daddy drives a bigass truck. Al Gore's simultaneous acute myocardial infarction and massive anyeurysm is just a nougatty bonus!"
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