The rain, it did come down. In buckets. And the floods, they are still coming up. I haven't been out and about (the governor and the mayor both said, "stay home." I've stayed.) but there are pictures up online of our town and area. Not good. It's not just the usual places this time; there is much flooding beyond the expected. My favorite grocery store - the parking lot is flooded (hoping the store isn't too damaged). The roller hockey rink JC played at - you can just see the edge of the boards around the rink.
Two nearby towns are severely affected, but according to this website, one of the rivers has crested and is dropping, the other might be soon. (Check it out! The colored dots take you to river level graphs. I assume there are maps for the rest of the country, though I haven't looked.)
Fortunately, the rain stopped earlier than predicted. Also fortunately, we did not lose power. There are numerous power outages in the area, mostly from trees taking out lines. But not us. Thank you, God. It was bad enough having three bored kids in the house yesterday. Three bored kids and no electricity and Internet? ... I shudder to think.
We are still better off than when Hurricane Floyd dumped on New Jersey in 1999. We had MUCH water in the basement then. This time? Just a bit. Got the fans and dehumidifiers going and it'll be dry soon.
It could have been much worse.
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I couldn't believe the pictures from up there. My dad still lives up on a hill (luckily) above the Passaic. Everything's underwater! I grew up there and never saw anything like it.
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