whoa!

[lizziebelle]

There's a state of emergency in my city because of the flooding. I didn't know until I got home and turned on the news. Fortunately, the route I take to get home was fine; it's the other three routes into/ out of town that are affected. Parts of Westfield are pretty low, and we're surrounded by rivers, but where I live is pretty high up and far from water. I'm feeling pretty lucky right now.

Comments

[ami-1.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering about you. I'm glad you're home safe. I talked to a couple of our friends as they were headed home through Westfield and they had a hell of a time driving through. Judging from the news video you're going to be soggy for awhile to come.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

The worst area is Route 20 heading toward West Springfield. I'm not anywhere near there, and I come home through Southwick. I used to go through there, but now I take the scenic (and dry!) route.

Thanks for thinking of me! :)

[ami-1.livejournal.com]

yup, they were coming back via route 20 from the west headed for the pike

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Eek! That road was closed. And under several inches of water. Glad I don't live down that way!

[corachaos.livejournal.com]

I am so stealing your icon.

:-)

Glad you got home safe.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Steal away! I did. ;)

I'm glad, too. It's probably a good thing I didn't know how bad it was before setting out.

[sea-dark-wine.livejournal.com]

You are really lucky to be on the one route that isn't messed up!

A couple of years ago, there was a microburst in our neighborhood right at the evening rush hour. I had stopped at the grocery store before going home, and normally it would only take me another 5 minutes tops to get home from there, but I ended up driving around at least 20 minutes all over Millis because 4 out of the 5 "short cut" streets that lead to my house were blocked by downed trees and power lines. The only way left had *part* of a tree lying on it. That was a creepy experience!

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Wow! I have firsthand experience with microbursts, and they are not fun. Especially if you are camping. :O

[sea-dark-wine.livejournal.com]

Oh -- I remember hearing about that. It really sounded pretty scary.