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Flooding until June? Nooooooo!

by on May 6th, 2011

Clinton County emergency services officials now say that Lake Champlain won’t drop below the 100-foot official flood stage until we get “up to three weeks of good weather, with sun.”

They cite information from the National Weather Service.  Obviously, the worst of the crisis will pass much sooner, but Clinton County is emphasizing that they expect the big lake to go down very slowly.

(The crest is now expected to come some time early Saturday morning…)

“For the next three to five days, we are not expected to receive any additional rain, but swollen rivers and streams continue to flow into Lake Champlain.”

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  1. newt says:
    May 7, 2011 at 9:09 am

    We took the Grand Isle Ferry over to Vt. and back last night. Going over, starting about 6:30, it took an hour to cross the 1 mile causeway due to repair work and one-way traffic. The westbound lane was under a foot of water in some places. Going back (we called VT. State Police first), at about 10:30, there was no work going on and very light traffic. We crossed quickly. But the water looked to be higher. Some spots the car (high clearance Subaru Forrester) made wakes nearly up to the windows. We drove as fast as safely possible, fearing stalling out on the cause way.

    BTW, the downtown Burlington Ferry dock was closed due to high water. I’m assume ditto for Essex-Charlotte. I wouldn’t want plan on going to Vermont unless I absolutely had to for a while, and if so, take lots of extra time.

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