Sunday, June 13, 2010

The Road is OUT!

We are by NO means experiencing horrid floods like Louisiana, Mississippi or probably Kansas...but we have a few issues. It has been raining quite a bit of inches in a day and the creeks and ponds and ditches and river is FULL..all backed up. The water is raging. Of course I have the pictures backwards but the pipe that goes under the road for Eggerton Creek (our creek) erupted on the neighbors side (pic 3).. Within an hour the water was on the road raging demolition to the top as well as the bottom the bottom is seeing a LOT more raging action than the top. Our side still has the pipe and that may help the road base.

This shows the erupted pipe with the water on top the road. Really washing. there is a road closed sign up and idiots continue on through...will it be the next one or the twentieth one to try and pass when the road caves??
the third picture shows the pipe errupting. i think the tree stuck in it might have caused the intial lift off. Rain through tuesday...!
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5 comments:

MrCachet said...

Yes, Mary - we have some of the same issues here. Always an idiot or two willing to chance it, isn't there?

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Holy cow. You sure were in the right place at the wrong time to see this incredible event. I'm amazed at these shots. It's raining here as I type. I've been in my basement for two days trying to keep the flooding at bay. It's always a challenge this time of year. Hope the road doesn't collapse before your county or state DOT can repair it.

Bea said...

I will put money on the "idiot's" being male. lolol There is just something about water on a road and flying through it that does something to their brains.
Happened here. I got to the flooded road and did a Y-turn and went back the way I came and took a longer route home. Three cars behind me kept going, at higher speeds..........yeah....you guessed it. Not a woman driver in those cars. lololsnort :)Bea

tracyozzie said...

how wonderful to find you on the blog hop. Your blog is a lovely as always.

Anne Gaal said...

Hi, Mary! Oh no! I don't think the pipe is supposed to do that! Ack! Such a BIG pipe, too! Hope it gets fixed soon and that it isn't out long! :-)