Maine DUers - how are the floods?

[malaise]

Just heard that you're experiencing the worst flooding in memory!!

Stay safe!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aR2z7rt1GQLU&refer=us
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More than 100 businesses and homes were forced to evacuate in northern Maine as people fear the worst flooding in more than a century, the Associated Press reported.

At least three inches (7.6 centimeters) of rain, mixed with melting snow, has pushed the St. John River five feet above flood level, AP said. The town of Fort Kent has been flooded as a result, AP said.

All businesses in the town have been evacuated and about 600 people have left their homes, AP said. Authorities issued flood warnings across the river in Canada, AP said.

The International Bridge between the state and Canada has been shut and Maine's governor said it was ``ready to wash away,'' according to the news agency.
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[eShirl]

1. the Kennebec River is receeding

in Augusta
this is now:


and this is how high it got yesterday:


edit to add: This is actually a typical Spring flood for this area of the State. The worst flood in memory here in Kennebec County was in 1987, a month after I moved to California for one year.

[malaise]

2. Thanks for the pix

Stay safe.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. The only upside is the residents of the St. John Valley know that spring floods follow heavy winters

That doesn't mean they can anticipate how bad it will be but at least they were in a state of alert after 200 inches of snowfall. It looks like this was one of the worse floods in recent years. There will be a lot of property damage but hopefully little injury or death.

[malaise]

6. Maine Gov on MSNBC now

Damn look at water!!

[eShirl]

4. here's a story on the flooding from the other side of the Canadian/US border

"FREDERICTON — Flood waters continued to rise Thursday along the St. John River in New Brunswick, flooding basements, closing roads and crippling parts of the provincial capital.

Emergency officials said 460 families had registered with the Red Cross and evacuated their residences, and up to 1,300 homes were threatened by the river, which at points looked like a sprawling lake."

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"Schools, businesses and more than 50 roads were closed or partially blocked in the capital city and the surrounding area.

Across the street from the legislature, the landmark Lord Beaverbrook Hotel was evacuated Wednesday, and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery — home to masterpieces by Salvador Dali, Botticelli and Gainsborough — has moved artworks up from the basement."

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"Karl Wilmot, a spokesman for the Emergency Measures Organization, said reports of flooded basements and road closures are coming in from all along the river, which winds from northern New Brunswick to the Bay of Fundy in the south — a 673-kilometre journey.

“It’s the same story from one community to the next, just with different levels of water and the misery it’s causing,” said Wilmot. "

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http://winnipegsun.com/News/Canada/2008/05/01/5441426.html

[malaise]

5. Wow!!!!!

Stay safe DUers!
What about the international bridge that was about to wash away?