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GiqueCee

(5,180 posts)
20. Areas well north of us...
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:25 PM
Tuesday

... didn't get walloped by Irene near as hard as we did, even so far as pooh-poohing "a little rain". That is, until they came down to have a look. A long stretch of the highway was washed out down to bedrock by the river, which was normally around 50' wide, but was now over 500' wide, with pickups, coffins, and big chunks of houses roaring downstream. The Army dropped off chopper-loads of MREs in the first few days, and the little elementary school was giving away free donated food. BIG fun.

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Here malaise Jun 28 #1
Stay safe. H2O Man Jun 28 #2
Thanks Waterman malaise Jun 28 #7
People forget how active and earthquake area the Carribean is... 31j20b3 Jun 28 #3
Oh! I didn't know that! electric_blue68 Jun 28 #5
Such ambiuity, well played 31j20b3 Jun 28 #8
Stay safe! electric_blue68 Jun 28 #4
This was was a Meh malaise Jun 28 #6
All too often... GiqueCee Jun 28 #9
Yeah; that'd be -my- thinking! electric_blue68 Jun 28 #15
Ohhh, boy. (Future eeeks) Any are not "meh" to me! electric_blue68 Jun 28 #14
When I lived on the Left Coast... GiqueCee Monday #17
Woah; re: Irene! electric_blue68 Tuesday #19
Areas well north of us... GiqueCee Tuesday #20
More Woah! .... electric_blue68 Tuesday #21
Yeah, but... GiqueCee Tuesday #23
Good to hear. That often happens. A semi-rural area? electric_blue68 Tuesday #24
Quite rural central Vermont... GiqueCee Tuesday #25
This message was self-deleted by its author electric_blue68 Tuesday #26
Got it! Our family vacations were often in the countryside of Vermont, NH, NYS..... electric_blue68 Tuesday #27
so many quakes there . AllaN01Bear Jun 28 #10
Stay safe Malaise. n/t Greybnk48 Jun 28 #11
YEEEHAAAAW, WHAT A RIDE! SergeStorms Jun 28 #12
May all of you in harm's way be safe and well. niyad Jun 28 #13
So say we all! electric_blue68 Jun 28 #16
Hang tight, malaise, Totally Tunsie Monday #18
Like many other posters have said MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #22
Stay safe, Malaise and All SheltieLover Tuesday #28
We're so freaking lucky this time around malaise Tuesday #29
Venezuela is heartbreaking SheltieLover Tuesday #30
Glad you're okay (n/t) PJMcK Tuesday #31
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