Red Cross Update: Flooding in New England

[bkdelong]

As I'm sure you've heard on the news, flooding in New England is horrible right now after 8 straight days of rain. You can see live flood gauges from the Army Corps of Engineers. All the red dots are rivers that are actively flooding. Not good. There's discussion of opening shelters up for possible 1000 people in Norton, MA as well as other locations in Framingham and Andover. Radar seems to be cleaning up. Hopefully this is the end of it.

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[darcey321.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing this.

[clodappleleft.livejournal.com]

I was in CT this weekend, hoping to perform at the Connecticut Renaissance Faire. These are pictures from Saturday....

http://photobucket.com/albums/a336/BluebeardPics/CTRF%20Closed%20because%20of%20Flood/

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Good gods. What is the address of that location? Is it the CT River that flooded or something else? How badly was the faire damaged?

[clodappleleft.livejournal.com]

The faire is in Woodstock, CT at the Woodstock faire grounds. www.ctfaire.com

That "river" is actually a small brook that runs through the center of the faire site. it is normally about 15 ft. wide, and anywhere from 3-4 feet under the bridge. It was all from the rain.

The faire itself was decimated. No way to open on Sunday, even though it was gorgeous weather for it. The land around the bridge was just a big sink whole, merchants were washed out, and the people were just mentally destroyed. Fortunately the faire rents the site from the town of Woodstock, and it should be repaired and ready to go for next year. The faire is down, but not out...