Town flooded..film at 11 *UPDATE*

[KrazyKefka]

This is KrazyKefka coming to you, live from the scene

As some of you may (or may not) know, I live in Marietta, Ohio, which is right on the Ohio River. Yesterday, the remanents of Ivan passed through here and as a result, most of the town is flooded. I took a walk around earlier today with my mom and took some pictures. Thought I'd share them. I put descriptions below the pics:

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This is the intersection of 7th St. and Pike. Pike is probably the busiest street in Marietta (it has most of the restaurants and stores located on it). A hour before I took this picture, I drove through here, just checking out how high the water was.

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Another shot of Pike St. You can see Wendy's and Alltel, both flooded.

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A picture I took of two people wading in the water. You can see that the water comes up to their waists. It was even deeper in other spots, or so I heard. In the distance, you can see Food 4 Less, one of the local grocery stores. It sits on a hill, so it's safe...for now.

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This is the drive-thru at Captain D's, also located on Pike St.

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This is a shot from the Marietta College campus showing the dowtown area. The entire downtown area is flooded.

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Another shot from the campus. Something about that cone just struck me as funny. Wet? Really?

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This is the top of a car in the college parking lot.

As I was writing this message, they had a news report. Apparently, a state of emergency has been declared in Marietta (you're not supposed to be on the road unless it's an emergency). They say that the river is at 41.5 ft, 6 feet above flood stage, and it's not supposed to crest until tomorrow at 43.5, 8 feet over flood stage. Yikes. This certainly wrecks any weekend plans I may have had. Bleh...

This is KrazyKefka signing off. Back to you at the news desk.

[tyecko]

those are some good pics, good job krazy

[hutno]

Its time to get a canoe

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Nice pics.

[the_deej]

wow

[LV-426RS]

I wonder if people realize that in flooded standing water a lot of that water has some good possible sewage.

But anyway.... nice pics, hope your home is safe.

[CheapyD]

wow

Heh heh...I said wow about 10 times while looking at those.
Nice pics...Hang in there!

[bignick]

Is wendy's gonna be ok?

[daria19]

We had some minor flooding earlier in southern CT (near the shore). The water was up to the front fender of a minivan parked across the street from me. Fortuantely, the parking lot where my car is did not get much water.

PLEASE do not try to drive in this if you have the option. Back up away from the water and take another route if you can. I totalled my car last year because water got in the air intake port (which is located at the bottom of your front fender) and into the engine. The car stalled and all of the lights on the dashboard came on at once. There were metal shards in the oil pan when the mechanic looked at the car afterwards. The woman who stalled in front of me was able to restart her eclipse after some time had passed, however smoke came out from under the hood. The water did not look very high, but it rises fast!!!

[daria19]

I wonder if people realize that in flooded standing water a lot of that water has some good possible sewage.

But anyway.... nice pics, hope your home is safe.

The water is pretty disgusting, as you can tell from the pictures. And it would be fairly cold on top of that.

[dcfox]

http://img23.exs.cx/img23/3239/flood8.jpg
Another shot from the campus. Something about that cone just struck me as funny. Wet? Really?

I think they put that cone there for liability purposes. They didn't anybody to sue them, just in case somebody slipped and fell not knowing it was wet.

[epobirs]

Brutal hit on a lot of people.

It would be good time to have a lage stock of industrial strength ziploc bags to store items like books, games, etc. Sometimes all you can do is give yourself the best odds for recovering the stuff intact later.

[KrazyKefka]

KrazyKefka here with an update. While the river was supposed to crest at 43 feet, now they're saying that it'll crest at 45 sometime tomorrow. It's at about 43 feet right now. We're still in the state of emergency and they're advising people to stay out of Washington county.

For those of you wondering (or not) yes, my home is safe. We live on a good sized hill, so I'm none too worried about the water reaching here. I am worried, however, about my fiancee's apartment. Her apartment is down by the fairgrounds, which is fairly flooded. A co-worker of hers went by there and said that there was water around the back of the building. With the increase of the crest we don't know if it'll get inside or not. We're going out tomorrow morning to see how it is and to move stuff up and/or out if needed. We're just trying to figure out where we're going to park, considering we'll most likely have to walk down to get there.

Here are some more pictures I took today. I went back out with my mom a couple hours later to see what, if anything had happened. The first set was taken about 2 or 3 this afternoon. This batch was taken about 6 this evening.

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/8691/floodx.jpg

Remember that first picture I posted? You see that No Parking sign? That's where I was standing when I took it. The water had risen that much in just a couple of hours.

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Here's a better indicator of how high and fast the water had risen. This is the Captain D's drive-thru on Pike St. The little picture was the drive-thru speaker a few hours earlier. You can see how much the water had risen since then. On the right is a trash dumpster that was just floating along, floating off to who knows where.

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Float on, my friend. Float on.

This is just so unreal. We had a bad flood back in 1997, but it was never this bad...

So, that's the situation as it stands now. We live on a hill so we should be OK. We're lucky. A woman that works with my mom lost everything. Her house was completely engulfed by water. She's a single mom trying to raise three young boys and now they've lost everything. It's really heartbreaking.
I'll keep you guys updated, provided anyone's actually still interested.

[pimp tyranny]

meh

[biggestinuyashafan]

where i live a bunch of places got flooded by Gaston. the water actually went up to my neck at one point early in the day and got a ton worse later. great job with the pics though.

[Skylander7]

Well, I just got my power back today. I'm in Montgomery, and it was still a hurricane when it came through here. Mobile (2 hours south) got slammed pretty hard with the hurricane at full strength. Of course I'm in Alabama, so you can imagine how the population reacted: People piled up in their pickup trucks to go sight seeing just as the eye wall moved through, so they'd have something to talk about and thus block emergency vehicles. And said people probably had a NASCAR sticker somewhere on said vehicle. Bridges are out, and a ton of trees and branches are still lying around. We got a ton of rain here too, but no fast food restaurants underwater. Hang in there man, good luck!

[Neo]

I am so damn sick of hearing about the hurricanes and flooding. Does everyone have to hear about Minnesota's snow all winter? Nope.

[Scorch]

$5 for a picture of someone going through the drive thru in a boat.

[KingDox]

great picks, I hope you and everyone in your town turns out to be ok. And I'm sure you'll be able to buy fast food again really soon.So I'm guessing there are no problems with looters.

[Spacepest]

So I'm guessing there are no problems with looters.

*imagines looters trying to load a canoe with TVs and other hot items, unnoticed* :lol:

[Moxio]

LMAO to that dumpster that's just floating. *salutes*

Nice work, Kefka. Excellent photos.

[MorbidAngel4Life]

I am so damn sick of hearing about the hurricanes and flooding. Does everyone have to hear about Minnesota's snow all winter? Nope.

Neo, my freind, You are an assclown.