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Longterm solutions focus around flood control dam upgrades, flood plain development
By Guy Page
Fifty homes are known lost in the heavy flooding Monday night in the Northeast Kingdom. That count could climb after more review – and more expected flooding, Gov. Phil Scott said at a press conference today.
Lyndonville in particular is still flooded. Heavy rains today are likely to cause flooding beginning at noon today, with a flood watch through midnight tonight.
“We are in the process of staging swiftwater rescues in central and northeastern parts of the state,” Public Safety Commissioner Jen Morrison said at the press conference.
The unexpected rainfall Monday night fell hardest on towns north of St. Johnsbury, including Lyndonville, 8”; Island Pond, 7”; and Morgan, 6”.
Landslides – Saturated soils are making landslides likely, she said. Bolton, Worcester and Barnet have seen severe erosion and landslides on private drives.
Dam safety – There are no dam safety issues at present. The Army Corps of Engineers has toured safety dams around Barre and Montpelier.
Road closures as of noon today include Rte. 5 in Barnet (bridge damaged), Rte. 2 in E. St. Johnsbury, Rte. 5 in St. Johnsbury, Rte. 105 in Brighton, Rte. 111 in Morgan, and Rte. 114 in East Burke (due to a severely compromised bridge).
Lamoille Valley Rail Trail current closures: from Mile 13.37 to 14.2 (Danville village), the route between the Hardwick and Wolcott trailheads, and St. Johnsbury to Marty’s Store in Danville.
Public drinking water systems. A lightning strike destroyed controller apparatus for a St. Johnsbury water system. The water main that broke during the July 10 flood was exposed, but is intact. Despite these incidents, all service is intact and there are no boil water notices. Town officials in affected towns are asking for conservation.
In Lyndonville, two public wells were inundated and are not now in use. However, there is enough water from an intact well. The Barnet school boil notice is in effect.
Sewer systems – a sewer system pump station in St. J was damaged, as was infrastructure in Brighton. All state parks affected by the July 10 flood have reopened.
Gov. Scott appears to be running out of similes to describe how the repeated floods have made him and others Vermonters feel.
I think I get more apprehensive with every storm,” noting the cumulative impact of saturated soils. “When we had Irene [in 2012], I thought it was going to be a 100-year storm.” But it was followed by last July’s storm – and last December’s – and this July’s – and Monday night’s.
“In December I called it a gut punch,” Scott said. When the flooding this July hit, he called it “a kick in the teeth.” But to Monday night’s flooded communities, first response crews, and road crews who have seen their work lost, “It probably feels much worse than a punch or a kick. It’s simply demoralizing. …If there is ever a time we needed our tightnit communities to show up, it’s now.”
Longterm solutions?
More than $100 million state and federal funding is being spent to remediate areas of actual and potential flooding.
Federally-funded work is ongoing to upgrade the Waterbury flood control dam.
Army Corps of Engineers experts toured flood control dams around Barre and Montpelier with state officials yesterday. The state is looking at exercising more operational control and maximizing flood control value of these dams, which are considered ‘passive’ dams.
Building a new flood control dam is unlikely in Vermont, ANR Secretary Julie Moore. The process would be “expensive and disruptive,” she said. When existing dams were built after the Great Flood of 1927, small farms and communities were flooded out. It was challenging in the 1930’s and it would be more so now, Moore said.
Flood plain restoration – Properties that are pursuing FEMA buyouts could become flood plain areas to absorb overflow.
The VNRC dam removal program has had and will have no negative impact on downstream flooding, Moore said in response to a VDC question.
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weather warfare creates a lot of work and more bonding and borrowing more money//// guess who has to pay////
Boomers used lots of gas/// Suing the people they bought it from/// Instead of taking responsibility
Rich idiots make impossible standards/// The poor pay for the wealthy’s mistakes
Dredge out the river bottoms to remove the years debris filling the rivers. Do so in important areas known to flooding. This allows the water to flow withing the banks and not fields and towns. The hole damn river doesn’t need dredging, so expense is is community or state disbursed.. More crap gets washed into the rivers with floods and the rivers spread out causing damage. . But socialized Montpelier rather spend money on Climate Change. 100 year floods are now yearly. Build on Mt. Mansfield or Camels Hump. I figure more population, Flatlanders, more buildings, where it wasn’t a problem is now a problem. Those Flatlanders in Government don’t want to fix a problem, because they can’t think, don’t know how.
Dredging just makes the problem worse downstream. And the problem is concentrated in the areas Vermont was initially settled – at the confluence of rivers.
So let’s stop the EV nonsense dead in its tracks and stop that financial avalanche from creating next year’s flood, while we dig into HAARP, seeding clouds, and other Al Gore/NetZero nonsense that is flooding us now.
Tim Page – might you start digging on HAARP and reporting on it?
H hilltop
Have many documents about this’ Have two web sites of good info, will post and send if allowed.
HAARP, the most powerful ionosphere heater on Earth
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/68/12/72/415022/
Chemtrails EXPOSED https://welovetrump.com/2022/06/04/chemtrails-exposed/?utm_source=newsletter_ssp
And this shows the lunacy of thinking we are going to destroy the earth and impact the climate changes here in Vermont. Guess what; after years of laws and millions in expenses via legislation, nature wins the battle with a couple of cloud bursts in a matter hour hours and days.
Natural forces…periods like this have happened over time, as recorded in history, and legend, and carbon credits didn’t exist then.
Take all the money spent on hairbrained laws dealing on climate fluxes and put that money on flood infrastructure projects, dam controls, dredging and levies then Vermont will be more prepared for future climate fluxes, that have always occurred throughout history.
when vermont had many dirt roads the rivers were dredged out and the material crushed and placed back on the roads//// there are many uses for crushed gravel////
What’s the answer to the government’s geoengineered skies and resulting flooding?…..Enhanced government power and dependency! Coincidence? I think not.
Whether man enhanced or natural cycles documented (details which may be censored or deleted,) the doom loop is part and parcel of the globalist narrative and plans for complete power and control over every living thing – if that thing survives through their war on humanity of course. Since 2020, has anyone felt as though the worst may be over or is just beginning? Depopulation is key to the plan – they don’t hide that fact. They have removed the Deagel map – Deagel is an interesting man as is the website.
Some creators are deep diving into historical research going back into the 1800’s – contrasting and comparing buildings, infrastructure, and settlements to population numbers and resources at the time. The theory of previous resets and mass depopulation has happened before and they’ve lied about it for centuries. Were places buried in mud and dug out? Were timelines and times not exactly as they say they were – information was controlled much easier then than now.
Nothing new under the sun – but they do demand you believe it is “unprecedented” whether they are helping it along by design…more than likely as we know them by their fruits regardless.
I’d like our legislators to explain how spending so much money to cut CO2 emissions, to subsidize expensive solar and wind power, prevent people from using inexpensive fuel oil and natural gas to heat their homes in winter, and mandate electric vehicles, is going to stop the next thunderstorm and resulting flash flood that destroys people’s homes in the NEK. Wouldn’t it be smarter to spend all that money helping those people move out of those flood plains?
weather warfare/// find the source/// terminate/// one of our persons that comment is confused on this subject//// the goal is not to move people, but to terminate the problem//// no more eight inch rain events///
Re: “the goal… terminate the problem//// no more eight inch rain events///”
Sure. I’ll believe it when I see it. In the meantime, I’m living up on a hillside, to be certain I’m safe. And I recommend others do the same… just in case our legislators can’t really figure out how to meet ‘the goal’ before they run out of our money.
From the article: Building a new flood control dam is unlikely in Vermont, ANR Secretary Julie Moore. The process would be “expensive and disruptive,” she said.
What a world we live in when the state leadership thinks spending hundreds of millions of dollars building high-speed internet to the last mile of every dirt road takes precedence over refurbishing and constructing low-cost, time-proven headwater flood control dams.
We can not prevent all flooding or damages during extreme rain events, but it is not uncommon to see these 6—to 8-inch rainfall events in Vermont. I personally remember them every few years. The fact we did not often have catastrophic damages over the past many decades means the structures put in place 80 to 120 years ago were silently working. Nothing lasts forever, and now, these pieces of our infrastructure need to be overhauled and possibly expanded.