I meant to comment the other day about the flooding...that is a LOT of water. Holy cow. The town I grew up in is right where the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers meet (which, idk if people outside of upstate NY would have this vast river knowledge
, but they are fairly large rivers and they tend to get higher in spring when everything melts, or you know..during Hurricanes, which my area was hit with Hurricane Irene). Anyway, so parts of my hometown have flooded over the years, and Irene caused the most recent flooding.
This is another town nearby..they had just awful damage. There are still people living in FEMA trailers in this town
And this is my hometown:
ahh the photos aren't linkable to the dis but if you are interested this is a flikr w/ some pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/julie_frances/6106328931/in/photostream/
And this..
Floods can be so devastating, I hope everyone in your area can overcome it all rather quickly.