Flooding in Central Ohio..

[shais_mom]

I'm ok. My family's ok.
First day of school has been cancelled.
Carey is in my county.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/front
Findlay is where the dog park is, and where Carl and Diana live. You guys ok?
I can't send post links to the videos but if you go to the front page just follow the flooding links.
Please keep everyone in your prayers. No one has been injured in Carey yet, not sure about Findlay.

[joycenalex]

glad to hear you're okay. those pictures look ugly, and the weather.com site shows more storms on the way. a whole summers' worth of rain in one week isn't good

[Angus's Dad]

Staci, I'm glad to hear that things are ok in your neck of the woods. I talked to Carl earlier on our way home from MI to get an alternate route since we were hearing the interstate was closed, they are doing ok. He didn't say they were having any problems there thank goodness.
We did run into some of the flooding on our way to the race and OMG it was terrible We were really surprised that the road was still open...we thought we were going to float away. I'm just glad we were in the Durango and not the van. I did take some picture although it was still really dark (around 6 am or so). At least you can see how high the water was right beside my door and how high it was on the road signs. Very scarey.
I'm just glad I-75 was open when we went home


I've added a few pics I took (looking at the pictures again I just can't believe the police were still letting cars pass through!)

[shais_mom]

glad you guys made it home safely.
even tho it wasn't really what you'd hoped for!!

[lizbud]

I'm glad you guys posted some info on the flooding. I saw coverage and
some film clips on last nights news program. Wow, that looks so scary.

I'm so glad that Anna & Mark made it back home safely. It sure better
all dry up before Labor Day.

[Cincy'sMom]

We were watching ont he news last night all the coverage of Findlay and Carey. My parents are on the north side of Findlay, and like Anna said, really don't have too much to worry about there. Although you would never know it, the elevation change is drastic in Findlay, and where they are height wise is the same elevation as the top of the courthouse downtown (where a good deal of the flooding is). The whole town would have to be 40 ft underwater before it would reach them! Dog park isn't so fortunte, being right by the river and could be pretty soggy Labor Day!

Toledo hasn't been too bad. They have had some flooding in the normal high risk areas but no problems in our area.

[Romance]

is Moraine near the flooding area?

[Cinder & Smoke]

Is Moraine near the flooding area?

The City of Moraine, Ohio, is a south-western suburb of Dayton, Ohio;
* west of Columbus
* north of Cincinnati

Probably not badly impacted by this week's flooding.

[gini]

Goodness, I saw Staci's videos - and it looks pretty scary to me. I just hope everyone stays safe and has no damage to their homes.

[Romance]

thank you

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Fox news is showing film of the flooding right now.

I had posted on the meetings thread before I saw this.
Stay safe everyone!!!

[jazzcat]

I just saw footage of the flooding in Findlay on our local news here in Knoxville. Wow! Glad you guys are okay.

[lizbud]

Oh, I just posted in the meeting thread as well. I hope all this rain
moves out of here pronto.

[cyber-sibes]

Poor Findlay! I suppose our house is alright, I haven't heard otherwise from the neighbors or our realtor, but if it's like from last spring's flooding, I'll bet the dogpark is under at least a couple feet or more of water. I couldn't even drive into the park last spring, the water was up level with the large tressel bridge over the Blanchard River. I'm sure part of Findlay's problem is that they have been experiencing a drought all summer, farmers have lost a lot of crops, and the ground may be too hard to soak up a heavy rain. there's probably a lot of houses in town that have flooded.

If the rain stops, it could all soak in by Labor Day, but I would bring boots for the pic-nic, just in case it's still squishy.

[4 Dog Mother]

Sorry, I haven't posted yet. I am having some health problems and on some very strong pain meds. My work has been cancelled the last few days because it is very close to the Downtown area. The basement was flooded and yesterday my boss said it was up to the doors - I won't be working today either. The only way to get from one side of town to the other is I-75. Hopefully the water is going down now - but many people have lost their homes and businesses. It is so strange to see your town on the national news. I will try to write more later when I am not so "high" on the meds.