Wednesday, April 18, 2007

A bit of flooding...




The storm that crawled through the Northeastern US this week left behind a LOT of water! There were flooded houses and roads all over the state of Connecticut. I have put a link to some pictures I took of the Farmington River as it passes near my house. The first few pictures show the water almost completely covering an old broken dam. The dam is usually about 5 to 8 feet above the water on the upstream side of the dam and 8 to 10 feet above the water on the downstream side of the dam. Some of the later pictures show an island that is a little ways downstream from the dam and usually has the highest point about 15 feet about water level...it is being washed over... Enjoy!


Oh... the pictures are streaming from my personal computer, so after about 10pm EST they might not be available until the next morning.