Flooding in my village in Western Massachussets

Question

Flood

I don't know if this will interest my Spanish Dict friends, but it sure has my attention. This video was made very near my house; I live right across the river. The river came up something like 12', and you can see in the video a small pink one story building which was swept downstream. Normally this body of water is tranquil, like a lake. There is a power line over the river upstream, and the water was so high that the branches from a tree that was being swept down hooked the power line, and the telephone poles holding it up on either side of the river both snapped right out of the ground. We had to evacuate, and I think the house will be OK, although the basement may be a bit spongy.

We had almost no wind, just lots of rain, and the ground was already saturated from a wet summer. The river won't crest for another 8 hours or so.

• That's horrible Jeremias and I just realized you are from NE. I wish you the best outcome here. - Yeser007 Aug 28, 2011
• sorry, I hadn't seen the video , I bolded it just in case... - Heidita Aug 28, 2011
• Jeremiah our thoughts are with you all the way from Quincy, Mass! - Don_José Aug 28, 2011
• Gracias a todos - estamos bien. - Jeremias Aug 28, 2011

Answer 1

Hmmm, I can't see a video, but that sounds frightening

• I saw it Heidita and it was. - Yeser007 Aug 28, 2011

Answer 2

Jeremias, I live northeast of your area in New Hampshire. We were spared with only a little wind damage to trees, nothing so drastic as that. I hope all is well when you can return home.

• Hopefully our house is far enough from the river that it will be OK. Thanks! - Jeremias Aug 28, 2011

Answer 3

That looks scary, I've seen the power of flood water and it is awesome, I do hope you are safe.

• Yeah, just tons and tons of water pouring through every second. Escalofriantisimo! - Jeremias Aug 28, 2011

Answer 4

Best of luck to you and your family. Update us .

• Thank you! - Jeremias Aug 28, 2011

Answer 5

Good luck my friend! Is a horrible news

• Gracias! - Jeremias Aug 28, 2011

Answer 6

WIsh you the best, Jeremias! I also live in Mass, in Boston, and the hurricane didn't hit as hard here as it did in the video, but we still had lots of water, very strong winds and quite some flooding due to overworked sewers.

Be well, and keep us posted!

~Z~

• Gracias Z. Lo bueno puede ser que he aprendido una palabara nueva - escalofriante! - Jeremias Aug 28, 2011