The Great Rhode Island Flood of 2010

[primroseburrows]

Providence, mostly (I think) Atwells Avenue. Annoying bad panning is annoying:

Warwick Mall, about ten minutes away from me:

Local flooding in Cranston and Warwick:

Things are a little better now (the sun is out, yay!) but parts of 95 and other places are still closed. And I really don't know when the Warwick Mall will be able to reopen.

Comments

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about you when I watched the news. How are you yourself doing? Everything dry in your house?

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Right now I'm living on the third floor of an apartment building so we're okay. We've been told not to flush or shower unless we have to, but otherwise I haven't had a problem. I was on Block Island for the majority of the rainstorm, which didn't really have a problem at all because there aren't any rivers there.

There was a lot of flooding no more than two miles away, though. I've been very lucky.

Also, apparently Janet Napolitano is coming to RI to look at the damage.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Wow, seriously impressive.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Nature is awesome, in the literal, original sense.

[suchthefangirl.livejournal.com]

Wow, I used to live there! I worked in the mall and lived in Warwick. Years later I lived in Providence. That was all pretty impressive and scary.

I'm glad you're ok!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I live in Warwick now. Moving to beautiful Narragansett soon! \o/

[mickeymvt.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is stunning.

Thank god you are OK, if a little drowned.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Heheeyeah, only a little. *g*

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

\o/ Oh no! This boggles my mind. I hope you're high and dry and safe!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Yep. Fortunately I'm both. And it's so NICE out today.

[newleaf31.livejournal.com]

Holy cow. O.O It was wet here in P'ton, but nothing remotely like that! I'm glad your place stayed dry, though, and I hope the inconveniences re: showering/flushing will be cleared up quickly.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

It's much better today. I'm pretty sure most of the roads are open, and if the sewer treatment plant isn't up and running now, it should be soon.

[ceteramisto.livejournal.com]

Connecticut didn't get hit quite as hard as Rhode Island, but both Norwich and Stonington were declared disaster areas.

I hope you will be able to shower and flush soon.

The only major problem I had at my place is that the basement in our building had major flooding so we had to turn off the hot water heater for a day.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

There wasn't an all-out ban on showering and flushing, just a "don't do it if you don't have to" thing. I think one shower in four days is keeping with the program, but tomorrow I have to work, so yeah. That's me having to so I can keep my job. :)