Hurricane News & Other Helpful Info

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by NJFemmie;408059One elderly woman in NJ called 911 when her car got stuck in a flooded street. Minutes later, they lost contact with her only to have found that she unfortunately drowned in her car in [B

16 feet of water.[/B] Last week, 2 days before the earth quake reverberations, we had two horrific storms blow though and dump two inches of rain in 40 minutes (we get about an inch a month) anyhow, our storm drainage system couldn't handle the water. Streets flooded(at rush hour naturally) and one roadway in particular, flooded 9 feet deep. Horrible scene. Somehow, some got away on their own, 11 were rescued on the roofs of their cars. An elderly lady was sucked down the sewer system (yes drowned) and found the next day in the river and a mom and two of her daughters were stuck inside in a mini van. The water pressure so fierce they couldn't open the doors to get out, while a young man hung onto to the top of a tree for dear life while striking the side window of that mini van with a pair of pliers to break that window and get them out. The water wisked him away, he grabbed another tree top and was rescued. They never found the mini van until the water receded. Too late.

Some dingbat in Massachusetts decided to walk out on a flimsy dock when the hurricane hit. He's okay, but wtf was he thinking??? People always seem to underestimate the po wer of Mother Nature.

Yes, we saw this too. Unfortunately it was used as a reminder of what happened here last week. How dangerous fast moving water is, and don't PLAY around.

You wonder, do they think? When I saw that I thought
*Stupid Tourist*.