[Vision2020] fires
Sue Hovey
suehovey at moscow.com
Mon Aug 29 00:25:32 PDT 2011
It's after midnight and the winds are kicking up. Hope they get contained
pretty soon. The smoke is still heavy around here.
Sue
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Carscallen
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:18 PM
To: Betsy Dickow
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] fires
Couple big ones in Whitman county, was a small one off of old Pullman
highway, and a couple tree strikes north and east of town . . . For now
DC
On Aug 28, 2011, at 23:08, "Betsy Dickow" <betsyd at turbonet.com> wrote:
> Anybody know where the fire is or fires are...very strong scent of fire.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Ted Moffett
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 8:01 PM
> To: Moscow Vision 2020
> Subject: [Spam 4.37] [Vision2020] Vermont Battles Epic Flooding Throughout
> State: Woodstock Vt. Early Bird Report
>
> Hurricane Irene's coastal storm surge and wind damage was not as
> severe overall as feared, such as in New York City, but the torrential
> rains are doing extensive damage inland in the Northeast US.
>
> CNN just showed video of a raging river threatening to take out a
> bridge, with propane tanks floating downstream, in Woodstock, Vermont,
> where I lived for a couple of months in 2001. Many other cities in
> Vermont are facing serious flooding and infrastructure damage, as the
> following CNN and USATODAY reports reveals:
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/28/irene.vermont/
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-08-28/Vermont-battles-epic-flooding-throughout-state/50169536/1
>
> Below are local Vermont reports on the damage to the Woodstock area
> from Irene. I vividly recall from my 2001 stay, the Quechee Gorge
> that is described below, now plugged with about 200 propane tanks,
> hard to believe, with a washed out road and bridge damage. I guess
> the CNN video of the propane tanks floating down the river in
> Woodstock Vt. was for real...
>
> http://woodstockearlyworm.wordpress.com/
>
> 200 Propane and Heating Fuel Tanks Piled Up in Quechee Gorge
>
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 4 Comments
>
> Hartford Police Lt. Vail reports to Woodstock Early Bird that some 200
> propane and heating fuel tanks released from the area of West
> Woodstock today by the flooding Ottauquechee River have now gotten
> stuck and piled up in Quechee Gorge.
>
> As a result of propane leaks into the air and for public safety, the
> area around Quechee Gorge was shut down and evacuations ordered.
>
> Vail said they will do the best they can to mitigate any danger from
> the situation, but right now the tanks are stuck as the flood waters
> continue to rage through the small area often referred to as Vermont’s
> “Little Grand Canyon”.
>
> Lt. Vail also reports the Quechee Bridge in Quechee Village is still
> partially standing although the entire road and about a third of the
> bridge on the Quechee Village side has been washed away. The real
> estate emporium building has also been washed away and the Simon
> Pearce glass-blowing, restaurant and store has been severely flooded
> and compromised.
>
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>
> Aug
>
> Good News: Taftsville Covered Bridge Closed Off but Still Standing
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 19 Comments
>
> Woodstock Early Bird has just gotten off the ringy-dingy with two
> Woodstock Emergency Services personnel who were just at the
> Taftsville Covered Bridge. They report it is still standing and
> appearing to be intact (it’s dark and this is not an engineering
> assessment, mind you) despite reports that it was being knocked around
> a bit by both the Ottauquechee River floodwaters and those dozens of
> propane and heating fuel tanks that were propelling themselves
> downstream from West Woodstock.
>
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>
> Aug
>
> Quechee Covered Bridge Flooded Over
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 6 Comments
>
> A Woodstock Bird tipster reported the news awhile ago that the
> Quechee Covered Bridge was washed out by the flood swollen
> Ottauquechee River.
>
> This video (not WEB’s) at Youtube gives pretty dramatic evidence to
> what happened:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2oDT_fV6Vs
>
> Alas, Woodstock Early Bird is not set up to post actual video. But
> check it out. Amazing, we’d say.
>
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> Aug
>
> Woodstock Early Birds Report In…From Quechee, Route 106 and High Street
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 6 Comments
>
> The Quechee golf course bridges are both gone (the one on Whitman
> Creek between the par 3′s on the back of Highland) and the one near
> the clubhouse principally used for pedestrian traffic. The Quechee
> Covered bridge down in the village has water on the roadway and is
> blocked off to traffic, and is not expected to survive the flood.
>
> I live on Rt 106..when I saw the Kedron Brook rising behind my home I
> felt it was time to go…that was at 1:30PM….106 was difficult to pass
> with broken roadway and water. The golf course and peoples yards were
> inundated. Rt 4 was closed east and west.
>
> I had the TV report on all morning and saw little local coverage….as
> well as VPR. Hartford Vt residents received a recorded call advising
> where to go if flood waters approached. The firefighter I spoke with
> in town had no idea what to advise as to where to find shelter. He
> looked frazzled (who can blame him). The elementary school was not
> even open at that time. We are all responsible for ourselves, I
> realize that…but I think our town could have better taken care of us.
> I am safely sitting in the Braeside Motel…whose owners have gone above
> and beyond the call of duty to make us comfortable.
>
> Julia, thanks for great reporting. I am in NY trying to come home
> monday. I feel helpless here with so much horro happening in wdstk.
> Please con’t to keep me posted. I wonder if I have a house to return
> to.
>
> 2:19 PM Kedron just breached its banks behind our house on High
> Street. Looks like Court St may flood in a short time.
>
> Does anyone know if the Ottauquechee Health Center is under water? I
> would guess the top floors aren’t, but does anyone know if the
> basement is safe?
>
> And….Cindy on High Street is offering accomodation at her home should
> anyone need it. Contact: earlybirdtips at yahoo.com and we’ll put you in
> touch with her.
>
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>
> Aug
>
> Woodstock Inn Flooded…Water Pressure Out….Power Still On
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 1 Comment
>
> The Woodstock Inn has water running through its basement from South
> Street to Mechanic Street
> One of the most unusual and dramatic scenes during this Irene deluge
> is the odd site of water coursing into the lower “Play room” lounge of
> the Woodstock Inn on South Street – the Route 106 side – and then,
> moving to the other side of the Inn on Mechanic Street, seeing the
> water rushing out over the end of the of loading dock in fact it is
> pouring off of the loading dock.
>
> In the same area, some of the residents of Golf Avenue and Maple
> Street area have been evacuated as water churns through the
> neighborhood.
>
> And…residents on High Street report a loss of water pressure. Oh, now
> we get it! No water, no flushy-the-toilette. Luckily Woodstock Early
> Birds “hip to the hurricane” filled their tubs with H20 or rum. But
> why waste rum by flushing it down the toilet?
>
> The Kedron Brook has flooded out “Teagle Landing” off Central Street
> and appears precipitously close to flooding the main street there.
> Here is a photo of the old mill building with water half way up the
> windows. (Apologies for raindrops on the lens….Early Birds are bit
> bedraggled by this time of day…)
>
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> Aug
>
> Riverside Park Dwellers Evacuated….Swift Water Rescue Underway
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 3 Comments
>
> The Ottauquechee River and the Kedron Brook in Woodstock are both
> overflowing their banks, causing problems in the Village and just
> outside.
>
> Police Chief Robbie Blish and Officer Joe Swanson just taped off
> entrances to the Woodstock “Middle Bridge in the center of town. River
> gawkers were getting too close for comfort to the edge of the bridge
> as cars, fuel tanks and other debris raced under it. A slightly off
> smell filled the air as a small propane tanks either exploded or
> off-gassed during their journey.
>
> Right now, preparations are underway — that means good fresh hot
> coffee is being made — at Woodstock Elementary School — the local
> emergency evacuation center — which is expecting a bus load of
> Riverside Park residents who have been flooded out of their homes.
>
> Meantime, at Riverside Park, which sits low along the banks of the
> Ottauquechee in West Woodstock, a rescue operation is underway.
> Hartford Swift Water rescue was called in to try to get people away
> from their trailer which has been surrounded by flood waters. Police
> Chief Blish says is was a very iffy situation.
>
> Here is a photo of the scene behind the Woodstock Inn. Vail Field has
> several feet of water covering it from the Kedron Brook which is also
> overflowing onto Cross Street. A three foot wall of water heading
> toward Rt. 106 South is preventing travel outside the Village beyond
> Vail Field.
>
> Cross Stree covered in Kedron Brook Water. Inn Housing Threatened.
>
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>
> Aug
>
> Taftsville Covered Bridge Cracking Under Flood Water Pressure
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 3 Comments
>
> The Taftsville Covered bridge, an oft-photographed quintessential
> Vermont scene is in danger of destruction due to flood waters. The
> Ottauquechee River has already overflowed its banks in Woodstock and
> is also threatening the so-called “Middle Bridge” in the Village which
> sits directly across from the Woodstock Inn and Resort. Emergency
> vehicles are posted at the bridges to keep cars and onlookers back
> from the raging waters which continue to catapult oil tanks picked up
> along banks heading downstream. Riverside Trailer Park tanks have been
> swept away, as have farm animals in the area.
>
> Simultaneously, the Kedron Brook in Woodstock has overflowed its banks
> onto Cross Street, Mechanic Street and Golf Avenues in the Village.
> The home belonging to Corwin and Priscilla Sharp has been flooded.
> Cars in the Woodstock Inn administration building parking lot are also
> under water.
>
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>
> Aug
>
> Dead River Propane Freed and Tanks Floating Down River
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 1 Comment
>
> Multiple propane fuel tanks were freed by Ottauquechee floodwaters
> in West Woodstock this afternoon. They were seen floating under the
> Little Theater bridge near the Recreation Center along Route 4 in
> Woodstock. Several propane tanks were heard hitting the bridge
> abuttments as they went under the bridge.
>
> In this photograph, taken by intrepid Woodstock Early Bird tipster
> Dianne Langona, a fuel tank is seen floating by what we believe to be
> the Macksoud household across the river at College Hill which has
> obviously succumbed to flood waters.
>
> Woodstock Emergency Services has been fielding many calls. When or if
> you call, the first thing responders need to know is whether it’s an
> immediate emergency or not. They are trained to “triage” calls so if
> it’s not an immediate threat to life, please be patient. They are
> doing the best they can.
>
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> Aug
>
> Ottauquechee Over Banks Flooding Rt. 4 West
> Posted by Julia Carlisle in Vermont. 1 Comment
>
> Woodstock Early Bird Photo
> The Ottauquechee River has overflowed its banks in West Woodstock,
> flooding the area by Dead River Fuel and the Woodstock Farmer’s
> Market. Waters are also at level with the White Cottage Snack Bar.
>
> The Woodstock Fire Department has set up a road block on Route 4 West
> by Woodstock Union High School to divert traffic. There is NO WAY
> THROUGH beyond the Woodstock Recreation Department bridge. Already
> pooling water on Route 4 in West Woodstock is approaching dangerous
> levels.
>
> The photograph here show a dumpster floating in the river next to
> Woodstock Glass building.
>
> Also…it does not appear safe to cross the bridge over the Ottauquechee
> that goes to Riverside Park and Carleton Hill. River level is fast
> approaching the level of the bridge deck.
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