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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Sep 19 2004 - 11:00:23 EDT
At 07:02 PM 9/18/2004, Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) wrote:
>Here are some amazing photos that I took today of the floodwaters here in
>Centre County, Pennsylvania. Today's flood exceeded all others since 1972
>in parts of the county. Also included are USGS gauge graphs and radar
>estimates.
>
><http://www.weathermatrix.net/2004/0918/>
>
To expound on this a little... I knew that the rains that I had witnessed
Friday night were unusual... I didn't know how unusual until I got up at
6:30 Saturday morning and, on a whim checked the local USGS gauges on the
Internet. To my surprise, they indicated higher water than there had been
in 30 years. At that point I geared up the cameras, cell phone and mobile
Internet and drove out to document the flood. I saw probably 10 different
places where the water was up over bridges, in fact I didn't think I was
going to be able to get to Milesburg at all, my wife had to talk me through
some country roads to get there. I was glad I did finally reach my
destination because these are the best flooding photos I've ever taken.
I have added links to a number of articles & photos available from our
local newspaper:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/2004/0918/cdt/
Centre Daily Times 09-19-2004 Storm floods region
MORE PHOTOS
Centre Daily Times 09-19-2004 Across the county, cleanup begins as people
assess damage
Centre Daily Times 09-19-2004 Buffalo Run floods I-99 treatment pond
Centre Daily Times 09-19-2004 Crews help folks get to higher ground
Centre Daily Times 09-19-2004 Rendell seeks federal assistance
Centre Daily Times 09-18-2004 Disaster emergency declared in Centre County
Widespread flooding, road closures reported
The best quotes from the first article are included below:
"Some residents of Milesburg, Philipsburg and Coburn were rescued by boats
as floodwaters surged into their homes after the remnants of Hurricane Ivan
dumped 4 to 7 inches of rain on the region, pushing creeks and streams over
their banks.
At 2 a.m. Saturday, Centre County commissioners declared a disaster
emergency as the second massive rainstorm to hit the county in a week
caused flooding that closed roads throughout the region and combined with
high winds to leave 1,500 homes and businesses without electricity."
"Roads to Coburn are completely closed off; no one can get in or out" by
vehicle, Timothy Boyde, the county's director of administrative services,
said Saturday afternoon. "Spring Mills is 2 or 3 feet under water."
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 between Milesburg and Bellefonte were
closed by flooding early Saturday... the Juniata River was still rising
late Saturday afternoon, prompting the state Department of Transportation
to close U.S. Route 322 in the Lewistown Narrows at 6:45 p.m.
A state of emergency was declared in Milesburg at 11 a.m. Saturday... Bald
Eagle Creek experienced record flooding, with 16 feet of water reported,
AccuWeather forecaster Michael Sager said. Penns Creek was 4 feet above
flood stage at 11 a.m. Saturday, recording a depth of 12 feet... Talleyrand
Park and Schnitzel's Tavern were under water...
"We're at the mercy of nature at this point," Boyde said. "We have to wait
for the water to recede to see if the roads are even still there."
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