Actually the sky was falling yesterday morning. Two inches of rain in 15 minutes had all the creeks in the area out of their banks and then some. Spots that you would never think of as being flood prone had 2 feet of water.
The sewer company spokesman said that 13 billion gallons of water were dropped on the area in that 15 minutes.
Here's a truck floating by the rear of a business that's flooded.
The hail was so thick in some places they had to bring out the snow plows and plow the streets. Here's a firefighter trying to clear a drain of debris and hail blocking the inlet.
The lesson here? If you live near a creek, even if it's dry most of the time, buy flood insurance. If you live downhill from most of the rest of your subdivision, buy flood insurance.
Oh and thank the federal government for your flood insurance because the 'for profit' insurance companies don't want to have anything to do with you.
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A fascinating fact! Thanks, Mike!
Even though the heavy rain was well to our north, the Finley River was up and running fast and muddy!
What this in your area Mike? If so hope you and family are high and dry.
So if I buy flood insurance they don't actually pay for anything?
Geez. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Flood insurance seems to be a big deal now, when it used to be seldom heard of. I wonder if the water issues come from all the man-made channeling that is being done with water.
Flood insurance is a good idea in most places out here, even though we have a drought,
Peggy - I'm not close to a creek and we are sort of uphill from most of the land around us.
You have to buy flood insurance from the federal government.
There was a flood in NY state when I was a teen. Though the river was a small one, it broke through the dikes and devastated the town. Water is probably the most destructive natural disaster there is. Here in NJ, we're still recovering from Hurricane Sandy and insurance companies have stiffed thousands of people, even though the feds are eventually responsible. They just don't want to pay out.
~allenwoodhaven
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