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Recent bridge
Bridges with recent construction did well in the storm, older ones...not so much.
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Uploaded on Sep 18, 2011
8A/Hawley Road
Railroad embankment showing repairs
Here you can see the new gravel (lighter colored) that has been used to repair the...
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Uploaded on Sep 18, 2011
8A South/West Hawley Road
Closed since the flood, as of 9/18 apparently this is just now open again (single lane).
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Uploaded on Sep 18, 2011
Zoar boats in trees
Zoar Outdoor employees pick boats out of trees in a flooded section of woods downstream from the Zoar base
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Chickley River bridge on Tower Road
This is not a low bridge -- evidently it got overtopped. The large trunk to the left is about a...
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Boundary markers and road erosion
Classic granite boundary markers (not sure what the boundary is) in an eroded trench beside Tower Road and Route 2.
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Erosion gully at Mohawk Park
Looking at this, you can see the path of the water, which was NOT up from the river (to the right) but from up the road, probably from the Cold River.
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
View upstream from Route 2 bridge
That tree is not supposed to be in the middle of a rapid.
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
A stone boat don't float
The Stone Boat house by the 8A bridge in Charlemont. Just above the waterline is the gunwales of the "boat".
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Shunpike
View upstream from Shunpike rest area. It's hard to see how flooded it is from this picture, but if...
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Roadside snag
Driftwood deposited beside Route 2 just west of Charlemont center. To the right is the hayfield...
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Erosion on Route 2
Mud on road
Just west of the 8A junction, large deposits of mud on road from flood. In the distance you can see...
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Zoar Outdoor van with snags
Zoar Outdoor van parked on Route 2, showing snags caught on tires. Obviously this was not here...
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Road erosion
Road erosion on Route 2 by Zoar Outdoor parking lot. I didn't realize this when I went for my walk, but this was a pretty mild example.
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
The height of the flood
The riverbank is beyond the tree that you can see in the distance. The river got to about 1 vertical foot of the post office and Route 2.
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Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011
Bundled garlic hanging up
Finish the tie with a couple of half-hitches, then tie a loop and hang the garlic for storage (somewhere out of the sun and the damp).
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Uploaded on Jul 11, 2011
