Scenes from the Flood
BY GUY PAGE ON JULY 11, 2023 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT )
Rural roads, downtown districts, and farmers’ fields all underwater
8 Photos current for July 10 / 23 inside link many list where
https://vermontdailychronicle.com/scenes-from-the-flood/
Barre, Montpelier underwater – expected rain could overwhelm upstream dam
By Guy Page
As of 11 AM today, the good news about the ongoing Flood of July 2023 is that the sun is shining and there are no reported deaths or injuries.
The bad news is that more rain is expected Thursday and Friday. And regions already the hardest hit – Barre Montpelier and northwestern Windham County – could suffer far worse flooding if surging waters overwhelm upstream dams, Gov. Phil Scott reported in a press briefing late this morning.
The downtown streets of Barre, Montpelier, and Waterbury – all large communities located in the Winooski River basin – are underwater as of late morning today. Rte. 302, the busy residential/commercial strip running through Montpelier, Berlin and Barre, also was inundated.
Barre – power was out all night, until 8 AM, and Main Street stores were flooded out and remain closed, according to eyewitness reports. A few vehicles are reported moving on the streets as of late morning. Rescue boats were seen moving between buildings at night. Parking lots have mud about eight inches deep.
Some Good Samaritans – like Brian Judd in the Academy Street neighborhood – scouted out the area and then stood outside offering drivers information on road conditions. Such assistance is in line with this morning’s plea from Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Jennifer Morrison: “Focus your volunteer effort at the hyperlocal level. Check on neighbors. “Please do not self-deploy. Please do not become someone in need of rescue.”
Berlin – Many of the town’s mobile home parks situated near the Dog and Stevens Brook rivers were evacuated ahead of the rising waters. Some neighborhoods (including VDC’s) were cut off from vehicular traffic. Traffic can be heard on Rte. 302. Gov. Scott found “the roads around my house [near Berlin Pond] were completely impassable this morning. Grateful for the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers trail network, which I was able to hike through to get to an open road and on to our emergency response center,” he reported on a Facebook post.
Waterbury – the state’s Emergency Operations Center in the Waterbury state office complex was closed due to lack of access.
Montpelier – the streets of the downtown district, including State and Main Streets, is underwater (see photos in today’s VDC). But of particular concern is the Wrightsville Dam, located three miles north of downtown.
Yesterday, authorities expressed concern that the water levels were just six feet below the level requiring a controlled release through the floodgates – an act of utmost necessity that would quickly, greatly worsen flooding downstream. That immediate threat appears to have passed.
“It appears at this point in time we’ll be able to work our way through that without opening up the gates,” Scott said.
It’s what might happen during and after the expected rains Thursday and Friday that have authorities “monitoring and modeling” Wrightsville and other dams.
“We have had 48 hours of steady rain,” Scott explained.
Vernon, in the southwesternmost corner of the state, got lots of rain but no flooding, resident Nancy Gassett reported.
Parts of Orange County also suffered flooding, according to resident and former award-winning reporter Allison Teague.
Rte 14, Williamstown Gulf – road closed due to flooding and land and tree slides.
South, in the East Valley, at least three bridges across Sunset Brook are washed out and people stranded.
In E. Randolph, campers and houses are flooded with emergency services on the scene pumping water.
“I am safe. The beaver dam broke sometime last night, and the nature reserve bridge is somewhere… between here and theah!,” Teague wrote to VDC this morning. “If we hadn’t killed all the beavers, straightened out the waterways, and paved everything… we would sail right through this!”
“Hope you are safe,” Teague added. “There was a reason settlers built on the ridges, by gar!”
https://vermontdailychronicle.com/barre-montpelier-underwater-expected-rain-could-overwhelm-upstream-dam/
Very True ,
It was recommended to Mr. Page to add some Context , for the Alarmists who Blither Muuuh Crimate Change .
1938 was a wind event
The Great Hurricane of 1938, also known as "Thirty-Eight," brought 100 mph winds inland to Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine on September 21, 1938.2 The storm was the first Category 2 hurricane to reach Vermont and New Hampshire, and it caused extensive damage to trees, buildings, and power lines.1 The hurricane tore up trees that, if processed collectively, represented an estimated 2.6 billion board feet of timber, the equivalent of 400,000 truckloads or 65 years of production at New England’s largest hardwood sawmill, Cersosimo Lumber of Brattleboro. Historians have extensively chronicled the damage to the coast, where most of the storm’s 700 fatalities were reported, and actress Katharine Hepburn’s Connecticut beach house was one of 8,900 buildings ripped away.0 The storm killed five people in Vermont.
http://vermontdeadline.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-great-hurricane-of-1938.html
Brazilian Faith Healer ‘John of God’ Is Sentenced To Additional 99 Years for Sexual Crimes – Once Promoted by Oprah, Serial Rapist Now Faces 370 Years in Prison, but Awaits Appeals Under House Arrest
For decades, from his small town in Center-west Brazilian state of Goiás, João Teixeira de Faria built a worldwide reputation as a medium and faith healer.
Both the common people and celebrities flocked to his house on the outskirts of the Federal District of Brasília, in search of his ‘healing touch’ and his highly controversial psychic surgeries.
O Globo reported:
“João Teixeira de Faria, ‘João de Deus’, gained a following of faithful foreigners – who call him ‘John of God’ – when he appeared on a program by American presenter Oprah Winfrey, in 2012. Among his international fans, figures like former US president Bill Clinton, actress Shirley MacLaine and model Naomi Campbell.”
But it all came crashing down in 2018, when a scandal of gigantic proportions broke, revealing that the medium had raped or abused hundreds of women and girls that sought his ‘spiritual help’.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/brazilian-faith-healer-john-god-is-sentenced-additional/