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Friday, September 9, 2011

Here we go again

Those who did not get enough rain from Hurricane Irene got even more from the remnants of Lee. The heart of PenNY Mixer country got hit with as much as 9 inches of rain.
Walt Linden reported the following:
.......the Candor school has the boilers underwater now.
All the roads are closed into Candor. I just spoke with Barb, who said that all the fields around their house are flooded like a lake, but their house is OK.

They have had some surface water in the basement causing some minor problems, but George and Barb spent the day trying to save other people with his boat. The fire dept. got an airboat from Ithaca to save quite a few people.
All the roads and bridges in Owego are closed and the streets are all flooded, as is Hickories. They moved the RV's out of the park and closed it down for the season. I spoke with the Jenkins who were parked in the Town Hall parking lot in downtown with 3 other RV's. There is no way out since all their roads and bridges are closed. 
Route 17 is closed and the river is just under the bridge. We have a friend who has a blueberry farm in northwest Owego, but the blueberries are under 9 feet of water. He had a flock of sheep that all floated away while the neighbors were trying to gather them back in.
In Binghamton the river overflowed the flood walls at 10 AM, and everything has been flooded since. The water is flowing very fast. Oneonta is closed and most of the towns along the Susquehanna are also. 

Unbelievable! Worse than hurricane Agnes in 1972.
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Below is a short video from the Huffington Post about Oneonta. Just click on it. You can come back to blog by clicking on the PenNY Mixer tab above. Tom

Video From Oneonta

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