The Bug House Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 ...Mother Nature unleashed her fury in the form of Tropical Storm Irene. She literally carved her name into the landscape here, the damage was widespread. Received 16" of rain in about 20 hours. We had hardly a few minutes warning we were being evacuated by bucket loader, I managed to put PFD's on the 3 kids and my wife grabbed medication (oldest has T1 Diabetes) and we loaded into the bucket and drove through 2' foot deep raging flood waters. Several of my neighbors lost everything, we escaped with a flooded basement.. This bridge used to be a few miles down the road from me, it stood for 141 years prior to the flood..the town is goig to try to rebuild it. Bartonsville Vermont Covered bridge Collapses - YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 That's awful. Hope they can rebuild that bridge one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 That is too bad. I know what you Were thinking about getting the insulin for your son. Everytime we're under a tornado watch that's the first thing that goes with me too. When did your oldest get it? I've had it for 14 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bug House Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 That is too bad. I know what you Were thinking about getting the insulin for your son. Everytime we're under a tornado watch that's the first thing that goes with me too. When did your oldest get it? I've had it for 14 years PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
535hunter Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I would always take that bridge to head to the in-laws. now is a longer not so enjoyable ride to get there. it is a shame how it happend. my wife got stuck up in vermont for an extra week because of irene. i saw the aftermath of it in noember of last year and wow i have never seen such destruction. i think it was worse then when the flood happened in alstead nh a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Thank God you were all kept safe !!! That's a lot of rain and some pretty trying extenuating circumstances to have to deal with yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bug House Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Ahh... I see what you did there. Very clever.......well, not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bug House Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Ahh, I see what you did there. Very clever.........well, not really. Like I mentioned, it was a few hours of uncertainty, but we escaped with minor basement damage. Many of my friends were not as lucky. I spent weeks afterwards volunteering my time to help with cleanup, even took time from work to do so. Because as we all know, if we don't help each other out, there is no on else that will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted September 6, 2012 Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 Never been in a Huricane..but have been through some pretty good Blizzards..only thing the basement flooding dont come til spring along with the washouts. Duluth area had much flood damage this summer and thats how they all made it through everybody pulls together and helps each other out..people from all over voluteered to go help too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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