Vermont Floods May Be As Bad As 'Monumental' 1927 Flood

[nadinbrzezinski]

05:54 pm

August 29, 2011


by EYDER PERALTA


EnlargeToby Talbot/AP
People walk along a washed out section of Route 12 on Monday in Berlin, Vt.
In Vermont, Tropical Storm Irene will not be remembered as overhyped. The flash floods its pounding rains created have proved historic. Scott Whittier of the National Weather Service told Vermont Public Radio they will compared the floods of 1973 and the "monumental flood" of 1927.

The damage is widespread. The Burlington Free Press reports flood waters moved through Wilmington, Grafton, Ludlow, Brandon, Waitsfield, Waterbury and Montpelier. VPR reports that three are dead, 260 roads have been washed out across the state, bridges have been carried down rivers and emergency management officials have yet to get a handle on just how badly damaged state office complexes in Waterbury, Montpelier and Rutland are.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/29/140044467/vermont-floods-may-be-as-bad-as-monumental-1927-flood?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Some great vids and photos there as well.

A necessary update and sad one too... we are at 40 confirmed dead.

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via @YidNews: Irene death toll rises to 40 with several deaths reported today in Flooded Vermont.

[gateley]

1. Thank you so much, nad. Randi Rhodes was talking about

Vermont, and that it's not getting any press. I haven't heard a peep except here and on her show.

:(

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. CNN has been covering and so has MSNBC

One of the reasons for the less press is the roads are truly impassable... not making excuses they could use a chopper, but that is one of the reasons

[gateley]

4. Ah, that explains it - haven't seen TV all day. Glad to hear

it's getting coverage.

[Kat45]

3. I have a friend in Vermont so I just wrote him on FB to see if he's ok

Of course, he may not have power to get his FB right now, but I'm concerned about hm after I saw all the damage in Vermont on the news. Ironically, when the storm was heading up the coast, they didn't seem to really expect it to be significant in Vermont. (At least that's what I heard on the news/weather.)

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. They did, they warned about this last wendesday

they spoke of saturated land et al... and this was per FEMA.

Which reminds me FEMA is sending in supplies.

I am starting to conclude media is a Roeshart test.

[SheilaT]

6. I keep on hearing that the flooding in Vermont is

the worst since 1927. That was the year the Mississippi flooded which is the subject of a book called "Rising Tide" by John M. Barry (who also wrote an absolutely amazing book about the 1918 flu epidemic) and so I'm fascinated to learn there was serious flooding in the northeast that same year.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. It was not a usual year