Quechee covered bridge flood

[CupcakeLuver26]

Oh my gawd!!! Be still!

[katiegaleyes]

Wow. I created a video about preservation of covered bridges. Hmmmm...perhaps---? they are not doing the job anymore? Any thoughts?

[djsimple007]

As someone who loves covered bridges, this sucks! However, if you are a Covered Bridges freak like me, check out the 'Covered Bridges' app in the iTunes App Store. Find more bridges you love, that havent been destroyed :( Cheers!

[a211345b]

hey is the bridge fixed? i need to go skiing soon and i need to go through queeche

[NONNIE357]

wow thats crazy !!!

[mguisti1]

hurricane irene away

[burt2481]

This video which the potential to be great was awful because the camera man could not hold the damn camera at least a little steady or least to zoom GENTLY

[a211345b]

I heard a rumor the bridge is gone is that true?

[wootness14]

@a211345b The bridge is still there, but the road ways on either side are washed out

[annig1213]

hold the camera still next time, please!!

so terribly sad, the destruction...

[annig1213]

hold the camera still next time, please!!

[shanjen100]

Thats my dentists office

[jimmyglen]

this has to be devastating

best of luck to you guys

[streamcaddis]

How in The ^&#@ are we ever going to recover from all this damage???. it's going to take years. Lord help us all....

[semperman52]

That's too bad. While you're fixing the bridge please give this camera person some lessons in photography. a) focus on one thing at a time b) zoom in and out as slow and as litle as possible c) stop scanning all over the place and sit still! The last 10 seconds of the video we can finally stop and see what's going on.

[liberalinthedesertaz]

Ironic that the water is actually not going over the bridge or if it is it knocked half of it over. It looks more like it went around it and eroded away part of it.

[123Jato]

I hope Simon pierce is ok

[PM3520]

Hey there, TheStonesinHD, looks like you went viral... COOL. Glad you and the kids are fine and your mom & dad, too. All's well up here -- never even lost power or DSL. Sometimes living on the top of a hill can be a good thing.

VTSolarGuy, a.k.a. PM3520

[MidnightStar665]

It's really sad that all these covered bridges were affected by Irene... there weren't many of them left to begin with!

[wildturkey1960]

I wondered how the Quechee gorge was gonna do with all that rain. My prayers are for all those folks affected by this.

[buddycake98]

@wildturkey1960 they stopped the dam. the river is all still!

[wildturkey1960]

@buddycake98 Oh, that's good to hear. Thank you. I just hope that they can repair/replace those bridges that were affected.

[girlfurmontana567]

:( i miss this place

[UDubFootballFan]

This footage was used on the National news. Great footage but a terrible loss.

[NKBarnett]

Does anyone know about the Parker House Inn? How much damage?

[marcussurfer]

lol at the "road closed" sign

[dlastqueen]

OHHH, I hope the town rebuilds it.

[crazychris4124]

@rdbibler nice sarcasm, asshole

[OldLadyUU]

Is there another bridge nearby, or do you have to drive a long way to get across the river?

[Styxhexenhammer666]

shit hahaha we used to pass by that bridge every week or two back when we lived in Woodstock and shopped in Lebanon.

[ZaPrawdy]

снимать не умеет

[chewy2633]

Nice camera work. Have another one.

[ducksgonewild6294]

somebody left the sink on.

[FatTonyCologino]

ya know that bridgestone commercial ?

[heinzie5]

i thought americans where just bad at using cameras in films as a plot device to stop you seeing the monster in full too early in the film :-p

[hyspooo]

operator needs a lesson how to not move camera all the time..

[Solidus1321]

Sign that say road close...yeah no shit.

[paulinotou]

is that bridge in the campaign of modern warfare 2? the solo mission with the honeybadger.

[nekodemon6662]

THATS WHERE I LIVE! HOW THE HELL DID THE DAM GET SO FULL?!?!!?!?

[iPodman39]

Anyone know if the rope swing up the river is still there. The tree looked like it was gonna go before the flood so I wonder if it's gone

[Actias1974]

Ugh keep the camera still.

[AnotherNutJob]

Note to self: Do not buy or live in a house near water.

[3salamanders]

@AnotherNutJob Unfortunately, the water came to them....

[TheFreemanuk]

thats nothing.

[El2lk]

@TheFreemanuk

youre a dickhead

[wietgr]

hey michael j fox, hold the camera still

[DemiGodofDreams]

pavelows that drop boxcars

[jmeove]

Use a camera much?

[marinaman100]

I was on the bridge during the storm of 1973. Had to evacuate the bridge as the water rose. It almost got to the bottom of the bridge that year. This is just amazing. There were propane tanks and hoses floating down the river banging into the bridge. I am curious, if anyone knows Mel Fogg's red barn ? DId the water get into it? My old friend Theron Boyd used to say that in 1927, the water was 4' high in Mel Fogg's Barn.. Would be interesting to hear how high it was during this storm

[ScoutieDog]

Holding the camera still for a little while would help.

[simonpirata]

Well I guess The Headless Horseman isn't going anywhere =p

[Shepherd2729]

I spent my summers in Quechee as a kid and teenager. I saw several floods that took down the Lakeland Course bridge, but never saw water come close to the underside of the covered bridge. This is just amazing to see and horrifying to witness. Did the bridge make it through the night or is it gone?

Chris Myers

[AKARaccoons]

That building that says "Quechee Associates", is where my mom works. :/ I hope that building, and Simon Pierce is okay!

[energyship]

@AKARaccoons Pictures of the aftermath here: imgur.com/a/jj8Y0#7r8XG

[AKARaccoons]

@energyship Thank you very much. Do you live near there? Do you know Sheron Frazier, or Barbera?

[energyship]

@AKARaccoons I live a quarter mile up the road and walked down to take these pics at 7 this morning. Sorry, I don't know Sheron or Barbera.

[haskellkent]

Does anyone know if the taftsville bridge held up?

[ekrubtap]

@haskellkent it's closed

[ekrubtap]

it's closed

[tanssi13]

Just last year, I drove over that bridge, lunched at Simon Pearce restaurant and walked along the Gorge to the hydroelectric dam. I have such great memories of the weekend and lovely photos. I am so sorry for the devastation and flooding and hope Quechee can recover soon.

[kmeyersgoogle]

Very sad, one of my favorite places in the world. Hope everyone is safe.

[hickey156]

We crossed the bridge at 2:15 to get back to Boston, but are so sad to see this go. My husbands family has had a home for 20+ yrs there!

[blueoxen7]

As long as everybody is safe, life is good. This should create some jobs in Vermont, which are rare.

[cityislandvw]

terribly sad. hope everyone is safe!

[mewimi]

When I say I dislike this video I don't mean the content, but more of what I see being destroyed :(

[lotusblossomed]

this brings me to tears...I loved this bridge, it was one of the first covered bridges I saw when I moved to Vermont.

[mewimi]

I dislike this video... but not as much as I hate Irene now.

[pscruggs1]

We love Simon Pearce and Quechee- so sad to see such damage to the place. Thanks for filming and posting. Hoping that all you guys suffered was property damage.

[gottired2]

I went across that bridge to soccer practice when I was at Hartford High. that sucks!

[buffygilmore16]

this is terrible i love quechee i hope everything will be able to be rebuilt....how is simon pearce?

[TheStonesInHD]

@buffygilmore16 I assume Simon is doing just fine - his building though, not so much... the water was all through the first floor windows from what I could see.

[upnorthone1]

@buffygilmore16

What is not seen or mentioned is how far above the river the bridge was on a normal day, which would give an idea as to how high the water was. If I remember correctly, it was at least 15 feet? Ii may be wrong.

[TheStonesInHD]

@upnorthone1 Easily 15 feet - probably twice that I'd guess? It had a rope swing underneath it most summers.

[no911x]

@TheStonesInHD

the jump from the beams under the bridge to the water is 45 feet during the summer...

[uanlemoyne]

@buffygilmore16 i use to work at Simons. Simons suffered damage to the downstairs kitchen and glass blowing operations. rumored to be closed for the next few months that is foliage.

[abrmessengers18]

wtf!!!

[jehshua1]

Sad sight...

[jsspielmac]

@Mechanochemistry That's the Ottauquechee. Though now the Connecticut is expected to rise a foot an hour...

[buddycake98]

i was there!

[dbambr01]

holy mother!

[lotsatunes]

A friend's house on rte 4 is totally flooded. Another one is about to be swept down the river, if it hasn't already. Awful awful situation.

[Mechanochemistry]

@lotsatunes i feel so sorry for your friend's loss, this is totally a terrible disaster. was that Ottauquechee? or Connecticut river?

[streaming1950]

@Mechanochemistry ... Ottaquechee

[Mechanochemistry]

this is terrible - i was just there yesterday

[jacobacarpenter]

Hey there! My name is Jake and I'm at CNN in Atlanta. How can I get in touch with you?

[TheStonesInHD]

@jacobacarpenter message sent - let me know!

[xyz12793]

unreal..



[smsteed1974]

wow



[bigtroublemr]

OMG we lived in that white house overlooking the bridge. Never saw anything like this.

[magbayross]

Try NOT using the zoom!!!!

[TheStonesInHD]

@magbayross lol thanks for the advice - I'm no expert with a camera (as you can clearly see). Had I known more than a handful of people would see this, maybe I would have been more careful!

[TheHollywoodClown]

@TheStonesInHD Thank you so much for this video. I'm originally from the Upper Valley and am currently living in Los Angeles, thanks to you and others like you, I can see how hardly my twin home states got hit. I'm posting a video using some of your footage because it moved me so much. I hope you don't mind. You're all in my thoughts.

[td241]

@magbayross try not being a douche

[timaigh]

@td241 Douche? Try not filming if you have no idea what you're doing. Give the camera to your wife or daughter.

[mguisti1]

@timaigh u personally no offense shouldnt be that me some r better than otheres and some are worse that can be really offensing sorry

[timaigh]

@mguisti1 Can't film and can't write either.

[gregiepoo123]

@magbayross is he epileptic?

[pokeryfoosy]

@magbayross I'm on team zoom. He just needed a steady hand.

[elvis55555]

@magbayross no excuse for the camera work, we're gonna have to dock your pay.

[lucerobbins]

wow.....



[RomanWildernesOfPain]

daaamn. up in btown watching this.