Anyone else waiting for the floods to come?

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

OMG. Is Penn Street near Vanity Fair? It's ringing a bell for some reason. I hope they evacuated before all that happened.

The outlets at Vanity Fair are technically in Wyomissing Borough, but are very close to West Reading which is on the western side of the river. That are is higher in elevation. They were evacuating residents this morning and RACC canceled classes last night through at least Thursday.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Good news - the river has crested at just over 22 feet in Reading. The waters have begun receding and residents may return to their homes by Friday.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Well, just got up and turned on the news from Allentown that also coves Reading and Berks County. The river has receded overnight to 17 feet. It's another 4 feet back to flood stage. I wonder how today's commute will go? Yesterday the "bypass" (Route 422) that runs along the river was shut down, causing tie ups everywhere else. But, I think a lot of people stayed home because so many roadways were flooded.

 

[4chitlins]

We are in the Phila suburbs and the flooding could be the worst in a century (or so they say). We are pretty lucky that we don't live near a body of water but our streets get pretty backed up. Our stone fireplace sprung a leak and it trickled into our built in curio cabinet . I know DH will be out working tonight.

I know how you feel. I live in Massachusetts and spent Mother's Day up to my ankles in cold, spider filled water in my basement trying to save as much as we could.It was awful

 

[RUDisney]

iNTeNSeBLue98, thanks for your pictures. They gave me chills because I know the area so well.

We've opened our branch in Shavertown this morning since the water never made it into the branch, but the drive in building will be closed for a few more days as they dry it out, recarpet and then give me the all clear to have new PCs and a printer installed there.

There's supposed to be a press conference at 9:00 that will let us know who can start moving back to their homes and when they can.

I hope it's soon and that people will be back in their homes, pleasantly surprised that they have NO damage.

 

[SillyMe]

Well, just got up and turned on the news from Allentown that also coves Reading and Berks County. The river has receded overnight to 17 feet. It's another 4 feet back to flood stage. I wonder how today's commute will go? Yesterday the "bypass" (Route 422) that runs along the river was shut down, causing tie ups everywhere else. But, I think a lot of people stayed home because so many roadways were flooded.

That's good news! The quicker it recedes, the sooner people can get their houses and businesses cleaned up and hopefully less damage.

 

[PaulaSue]

Stay Safe Everyone!!!

Thankfully the York area didn't get it too bad.

 

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

The 200,000 people that evacuated were not only from Wilkes Barre but the Wyoming Valley which covers alot of small cities. Heard on the radio this morning that they think the worst is over and the levees held but they are still watching them because of the great amount of pressure on them. There was also fear of a dam collapsing but thankfully that held. There are still tons of road closing and roads that collapsed. We live not too far from Old Forge, PA and parts of that town got flooded once again. The river crested there on Wednesday afternoon. We got a little seepage in our basement that made for some wet spots on our carpet but our prayers go out to the people who were really flooded out. I don't know how some of them do it because they keep getting flooded out and they clean up and start over.

 

[monarchsfan16]

Glad to see that rivers are starting to crest and water is starting to recede. Being from southern NH, we went through this nightmare about six weeks ago, and it's rained steadily since (my town has seen about 30'' of rain in 6 weeks). I hope things continue to improve for all of you. There's nothing quite like that feeling of being cut off from everything because every road in and out of your town is flooded or washed out. Best wishes to all of you, and here's hoping that the rain stops for real soon

 

[SillyMe]

The 200,000 people that evacuated were not only from Wilkes Barre but the Wyoming Valley which covers alot of small cities. Heard on the radio this morning that they think the worst is over and the levees held but they are still watching them because of the great amount of pressure on them. There was also fear of a dam collapsing but thankfully that held. There are still tons of road closing and roads that collapsed. We live not too far from Old Forge, PA and parts of that town got flooded once again. The river crested there on Wednesday afternoon. We got a little seepage in our basement that made for some wet spots on our carpet but our prayers go out to the people who were really flooded out. I don't know how some of them do it because they keep getting flooded out and they clean up and start over.

I'm glad to hear the levees held. What a relief that must be for everyone. I would say they did a good job evacuating everyone just in case. At least they prepared.