West Warwick, RI: Pawtuxet River - March 30, 2010 Flood

[bmi914]

yupp i live in that condo, second floor first building.. im still out and its January 1 2011... and we are still paying the mortgage.. its been a great year

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@bmi914 I can't imagine being in your shoes. So many people have been completely screwed because of this. There have been three buildings that have been demolished by the bridge. Best of luck trying to rise above this trajedy!

[slipknotlover89]

my fam & i were in 2 diff hotels due 2 this retarded ass flood

shit so sucked ,, i so hated it & so hope it don't happen again!!

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@slipknotlover89 Sorry to hear that. I hope you are all ok now.

[konvictmuzik34]

I'm in WW and I 'm from Providence street !I used to goto the school long time ago.

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@konvictmuzik34 Must have been a loooong time ago! When did that school close? I grew up in NP so I wasn't familiar with this school other than it was at the Providence Street intersection with Wakefield Street. It was closed down by the time I came to this town in 2004. At any rate, crazy situation when that flood happened. LOTS of people out of home and business :o(

[konvictmuzik34]

@AndrewJamesLiles School close in 1999.I'm from WW and been here my whole life.

[davieholifield]

What does NP Stand 4?

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@davieholifield NP = North Providence

[twentyrvet20]

What a DESASTER!

[bmi914]

i live in those condos.. this sucks

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@bmi914 I'm so sorry to hear that. So many of you in that one little area were wacked twice. I hope you and your family are in a good place temporarily.

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@ragtopcat70 I know what you mean. My wife and I have taken our 12 year old son with us to all of these areas so he can witness first hand the devastation. We may not compare to Mississippi or New Orleans with the shear size of destruction, but this is bad enough when you are the thousands left homeless!

[Rambaldi3]

i lived for 4 years on 25 river street west warwick ri ...and moved into cranston about 6 years ago....it was the small gray single house right around bridge......it was my first apartment and never have i seen anything like it...sorry for all

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@Rambaldi3 Good for you that you wern't there. Anyone in that area is displaced. I hope you aren't pumping water where you are. Keep all who are not in there hgopes in our prayers :o)

[TheBossMan1973]

@Rambaldi3 Hey i lived there 2. I was the last one that did live there. It was my partty house

[AndrewJamesLiles]

At 0:24, ironocially enough, you see RIVER STREET!

[hallbe]

So sad...Do they have an idea when it will recede?

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@hallbe It is starting now. Whew!

[Kimmybeans81]

Your near the pawtuxet river not the blackstone.

[AndrewJamesLiles]

@Kimmybeans81 Oops! You are correct. thanks for the catch!

[saltym4n]

wow, that is crazy. cool vid

[AndrewJamesLiles]

It was done with a Kodak camera with a limited video option, but it helped show the damage.