Relief

We got word mid afternoon Monday that we were going to lose our power and/or water, so we packed up the kids, got everything we could out of the basement, and headed 30 minutes north to stay with my father in law. If power went out, then the pump would go, and the basement would just fill up. Not something we wanted to hang around for. Also, more roads were closing by the hour, and we didn't want to get stuck here. Perhaps we were overly cautious, but the flood zone got within a block of my house and we weren't taking any chances.

I had to, of course, document this flooding, which is the worst this region has seen in 70 years. When we got home (and found that we had minimal damage), I hopped in the car and drove around to see what was going on.

Clearly, we will not be bowling any time soon. The local Brunswick is probably a total loss, as waters were actually higher than this yesterday. Notice the line of debris, where waters were presumably at their highest. In the 2nd picture, you can see the looky-loos walking around in their rain boots. Why they felt the need to go wading, I'll never know...dicks.

















And yes, our Brunswick arguably has the worst paint job in the country. It reminds me of those crappy vanilla oreos.

Below, we have a National Guard tank guarding a flooded roadway. As you can see, the CRO&BD is closed.






I guess it's safe to say that stranded motorists are on their own for the week...












Wha...what's this? DUNKIN'S? NOOOOOOO!!!! NOT DUNKIN'S!!! WHY GOD...WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN A HONEYDEW DONUTS, WHYYYYYYYYY???







These bloodsucking motherfuckers were trying to get over $300,000 for garden style "luxury" condos. $300k! Needless to say, I had a good belly laugh when I walked by.





Hey, check it! CBS news. You should have seen the morons trying to get into the shot, priceless.







And finally, the pièce de résistance...the local dam. Usually what you see here is a controlled release of water, and we call it "the falls." Ain't much fallin' goin' on, that's for sure. I'm told that yesterday, you couldn't even tell there was a dam at all.



And finally...a video to give you an idea of how fast the water is moving. This is a nifty new hosting feature over at Photobucket, which I will definitely start using more often:

River

So the waters are receding, and people are starting to go home. No deaths...yet. Though I'm sure we'll be hearing about the "tragic deaths" of some bunch of retards that decide to go swimming sometime in the very near future.

The only thing that's really bothering me are these assholes on the news who have the nerve to compare this to Hurricane Katrina. Yeah, ok, why don't you go home to find that your house has washed away, your family is drowned, and that there's nobody around to help you or anybody else in your neighborhood to safety. Then come talk to me about disaster. Your plasma TV getting wet isn't the end of the world you fucking morons.