Build an Arc…

...And fill it Two by Two.

September 2004 was bad.
April 2005 was worse.
June 2006 is worse still.
Agnes in 1955 still tops them all.

Who’d have thought the residents along the Delaware River would have it so bad. I never would have thought that there could have been 3 record floods in 3 consecutive years. The River will crest at 2am Thursday, higher than what it did in April 2005.

People were just starting to settle back into their homes along the river. They were putting finishing touches on their twice-ravaged homes, thinking “this would never happen 3 times in my lifetime”. Think again. I’m interested to see what the NWS says about the climatology of the situation, when it is all over. If April 2005 was a 500-year storm event, is this a 1000-year event, or just another 500-year event? Say what you want about global warming and climate change, I’m a firm believer.

Lisa and I will be going to dinner on Thursday in Bethlehem, so we can try and check out the Lehigh and Delaware rivers then.

Pictures here.