[AT] OT - Remnants of Ivan

[charlie hill]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for posting the pics.  I've attached links to sites sent to me by 
Gerald Johnson.  I don't think he will mind me posting them.

The first link is photos of Ivans flood in the NC mountains.  The second 
link is photos of Francis' flood a few days earlier.  Francis apparently 
softened things up and Ivan delivered the knockout blow.

IVAN
http://raysweather.com/ivanpics.php?pic=0

FRANCES
http://raysweather.com/francespics.php

Charlie Hill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Remnants of Ivan


>A local retired state trooper sent me 6 meg of images he took before and 
>after the rains, illustrating much of what Rob mentioned. If anyone is 
>interested, I will post some of the more interesting ones on my Fotki site.
>
> We had 7" of rain in my gauge on Saturday morning, and the little stream 
> that runs down 1/4 mile of my property line overflowed and ran over the 
> road where the culvert was too small to handle it. Aside from water in my 
> dug cellar, which is unfortunately normal for a very heavy rainfall, we 
> had no damage. Just two weeks ago, I used the Case 430CK with loader and a 
> neighbor's JD 530D TLB to rework the drainage ditches along our private 
> dirt lane, and the effort paid off very well, as all the water was carried 
> off the lane with no damage to the fragile surface. I did post a few 
> images at: 
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/kasper_road_allamuchy/kasper_road/page2.html>
>
> I have 5 tractors (Case 430CK, Farmall H, 560, and two Cubs) that don't 
> fit into storage buildings and have to be kept outdoors. I have blue 
> plastic tarps over them, and all did fine - there was plenty of wind, but 
> nothing at all compared to what they got down in the LA/FL/AL regions over 
> the last several weeks.
>
> Mike
>
> Rob Gray wrote:
>
>> Did anyone else get water damage in the northeast from the remnants of 
>> Ivan? I had some significant water and wind damage on my place although 
>> nothing like those folks down in the Florida panhandle and surrounding 
>> areas. I had several trees down on my lane, sections of my lane washed 
>> out, water over my pond's dam, and flooding in my basement (which had 
>> never occured in the house since my grandpa bought it in 1950). Locally 
>> we had flooding not seen in these parts since hurricane Agnes hit in the 
>> early 70's (although Agnes was worse). The high water on the Delaware 
>> River threatened the old bridge at Easton, PA which had withstood all 
>> floods since its construction in 1870 or so. It was amazing to see water 
>> touching the bottom of the bridge road bed when the river surface is 
>> usually over 30 feet below the bridge. The bridge at Belvidere, NJ was 
>> also in danger but seems to have made it now that waters are receding. 
>> The number of roads washed out near me is also significant. Ivan snuck up 
>> on a lot of people up here.......
>>
>> Rob
>> Northampton County, PA
>>
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