re: #293 Gus 802

Well, the Great Falls are going to be a national park once funding and resources are in place - and I love to get to them when I can (but can’t do so when there’s flooding b/c I’m on the wrong side of the river and can’t get there due to flooded roads.

BTW, for folks in the New Hope/Lambertville area - prepare for major flooding (again):

The Flood Warning continues for
the Delaware River at New Hope-Lambertville bridge.
* From this morning to Saturday evening… or until the warning is
cancelled.
* At 2:45 am Thursday the stage was 12.2 feet.
* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
* Major flooding is forecast.
* Forecast… rise above flood stage by this morning and continue to rise
to near 17.3 feet by tomorrow morning. The river will fall below flood
stage by Saturday early afternoon.
* Impact… at 17.0 feet… water is up to the top of the free bridge
piers.

That means that the area will have been hit by yet another historic level flood. That would put it on par with flooding from 2005, when this photo was taken.

The Catskill reservoirs are pretty much maxed out from the Irene flooding, and there’s no additional capacity to divert waters, which means that the downstream rivers are flooding again.