Photo TR: Farmington River Flood

[Token Yankee Guy]

So yeah, most of you know that the North East has been having non stop rain for almost a week now, which has caused rivers and towns to flood. The Farmington River just a few minutes down the road in the Tariffville Gorge is roughly 3ft away from flood stage which is 9ft.

 

So I went down to the river to check out how high the water levels are and well, they're way above normal levels...

 

This is the old part of Tunxis Rd which dead ends where a bridge used to be.

 

The broken dam with the waters going over part of the dam

 

This is what the normal level of the water is at the dam is supposed to be at.

 

Looking down the river

 

That's a piece of the dam that's almost submerged by the river.

 

Another look at the dam

 

One of the branches of the river flooding

 

More river.

 

The water is usually at the base of this slab of cement....

 

Path along the river

 

Side look of the dam

 

One more look down the river

 

Another look at what the water level should be at.

 

Heading farther up the road

 

Walking down the path to the river.

 

River flooding.. When the water levels are normal, Kyackers dare to try the Farmington River. But beware, you MUST be an expert to try this, people have died trying to kyack this river.

 

i wonder if that is rated class 4 or class 5 rapids.....

 

Another look at the river.

[phazan]

Wow! That river is moving really fast!

 

That looks like a pretty cool area you live in. The same thing happened to the creek I live next to. It got so close to emptying out onto the road.

 

Nice pictures!

[CreativeForce]

Wow Craig, that's crazy! Be careful out there.

[apollo210]

Wow! And I thought that Winchester had bad flooding! 2 of out field were flooded and so was our highschool.