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OJ
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Initially Posted - 01/31/2012 :  20:18:07  Show Profile
Guess the damage along the east coast was so severe in 2011 - I completely missed this bit of news. Huge repair project. Imagine being stuck in a canal system.

Look at the slide show.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Erie-Canal-likely-shut-until-spring-2167630.php#photo-1594664

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 01/31/2012 :  20:55:54  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
So, the slide show had several folks tied up in one of the locks, are they stranded, or are they normally there and just can't get out?
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Response Posted - 01/31/2012 :  21:29:56  Show Profile
Rough stuff! That was the rainy side of Irene... I was on the windy side of what by that time was barely a tropical storm. VT had some even worse wash-outs as Irene swung to the east and her water crashed down into the narrow valleys.

The Northeast is still long overdue for a major hurricane, which Irene was not. We need to look back at 1938 for lessons on what Mother Nature can do to us at any time. Irene was a "rainy day" compared to the Long Island Express, which killed 600-800 people (nobody knows for sure) and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. When it hit Long Island and CT, it's rotational wind speeds are estimated at around 125 mph. Its forward movement of about 50 mph meant the wind speed on its east side was up to 175. To make things worse, in those days, nobody really knew what was coming.
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