Flood 1985 Clarksburg, WV

[smithwes629]

You know, I missed this flood barely. My family moved to to Alaska summer of 85. Our house sold and closed three days before the basement flooded out. Yikes.

[blott1978]

I was 6 when this happened. I can remember it pretty vividly. Epic stuff. Hasn't been a flood of that magnitude since.

[TheRobert2254]

i was 11 i rember the flood hit ,when 12 news reported it mon river up tuching westover bridge northern wv was under water that year

[SuRihtanil]

It must have rained for weeks to get this high in the middle of town???

[BlueOrchidMoon77]

I was 8 years-old, lived near Keyser.  Very scary for a little kid.

[ironhead0301]

At about 32 seconds there is a sign for Consolidated Supply Company. A relative of mine was the owner of that company. He lost the whole business that day!

[netjames9280]

I remember that..it was something you will never see again..but thanks to you other people will get to see it..cool how you got kroger in there to show them how far the water honestly got to

[badassfrontier]

my mom was close to tha tplace when it happened

[Guzzball17]

whoa if the mcdonalds is there and thats the kroger then is taken from up on locust? I used to live on sycamore st. right up a road, few hundred yards away

[Guzzball17]

hey I live here

[daggerspinedarkart]

I was 14/15 years old and lived in downtown clarksburg at the time of this flood.

[Littlekanawhamaster]

you should have seen the little kanawha in burnsville lots bigger than this

[isaiah304]

I live right where you're shooting that at, on Summit Ct. crazy

[mrv1967]

The flood wiped out all my wife's family belongings in Meadowbrook. I remember taking back roads through Saltwell to get to work.

Terrible deal for West Virginians.

[40AcreMule]

I grew up in Clarksburg, but was living elsewhere in 1985. My mom used to go shopping at that Kroger all the time.

[GarKeith]

That is a great video. I was like 6 or 7 at the time but my mother worked at Kroger at the time so I do have some memory of how much water was there. I wish the video was longer I would love to see some other areas of town. I live on Elm st, I would love to know where the water was during that flood.

[goiningnaked]

this video hit home, live in Westmilford at the time -n- help out as avoulnteer fire figther, seen alot of bad stuff,

[oldsteinar]

It was bad. Real bad. Dead cows hanging from bridges. God keep us from all harm. Gramps

[MAMsMom97]

I know the picture you're talking about. That was one of the first pictures featured in the "Killing Waters" book. Once you see that picture, it's forever burned into your memory.

[JoeYankee555]

I'm glad I wasn,t born yet 1993 for me I'm supriesed thought that the Mc Donalds was still there on Main Street or Pike I forgrget don't go downtown to much now I'm a freshman at Byrd

[um6xr]

i was there two the old cantion

has a lote water in it

[BillyDOOM23]

I took a picture of the Canteen in Clarksburg during this flood, because the sign said "We never close".

It did close when it was in 5 feet of water though.

There's a famous picture from the 85 Flood of a cow stuck up under a highway overpass.

[MAMsMom97]

That picture you're talking about was taken in the town of Saint George in Tucker County. The cow was actually stuck under the bridge that spans the Cheat River.

[BillyDOOM23]

Thanks for the info.

It was a wild picture.

[viper782006]

that took me back wow i was just a kid living in lamberts run when that happened i remember we was going around in row boats and stuff

[eyeheartchrist]

it took me a while to figure out where you were shooting from. lol That's crazy!