September 7th, 2011 Flood at Dushore, Pa

Also has a short clip at Schaad's Dam. Important to note, after the scene with the dark fire hall clean up, we put our trucks away and people started to go home. About a half hour passed, and the rain started again, this time the whole town filled up just as bad as it was in the late morning, early afternoon. All our hard cleanup efforts were wasted. From Thursday to Sunday, we worked cleaning up the streets and station. The Squad, Engine, Ladder and Heavy Rescue were used to power several businesses during the 25hr power outage. At one point, the traffic light was plugged into Engine 57 with an extension cord, while the borough's generator was used at the Sewage Treatment Plant. early Wednesday afternoon, the substation on Julia St. was covered with water from new directions, and exploded, causing the outage. I spent 0230-0900 at Dushore fire hall watching the damn creek. Nothing happened, finally, back teeth floating, I went home. Just as I crawled under the covers, I could hear this roar through my window. It was raining so hard I couldn't see the funeral home. So, I pulled my boots on and fire coat, and ran for the fire hall. The water was already 6" deep, and I just left maybe twenty minutes before. The water rose four feet, in probably ten minutes. There were no debris clogs, it was just raining so hard, that it had nowhere to go except out and about. At one point, we were near knee deep on West Main St. 220 North, South, 87.. All under water. The only way out, now, was 487. South Turnpike St. was covered with huge rocks, there was water and debris over Railroad St., and high water on Carpenter St. I took a pump to Ark TV, and by the time I got back, there was 3' of water at the fire hall, and I had water up to my door in Whacker One. About that time we inflated our last section of LDH (to keep water or current at bay for a while), and all fricken hell broke loose. The rain started coming down so heavy, it was like being sprayed in the face with a booster hose. Then we hear this squishy slosh, and muddy water comes down East Main. Here the bank across from the Hotel slid down over the street. At that point, you could officially not get 'there from here'. I hope that never happens to this poor little town again. On one note, while this flood had nothing to do with creek debris. When the Center St. bridge over the little Loyalsock was built, I could walk under it, standing up. I'm 6' 2", without getting my feet wet. Now, the rocks are built up so much, I'd have to crawl on my hands and knees... Our creeks need cleaned out BADLY.. and the creek walls built up and rebuilt.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Dushore
• Mildred
• Sullivan County
• Loyalsock

[idigghx]

Fitzgerald Excavating is doing a fine job dredging the Little 'Sock!

[aprildarkness]

Ya thx my Grandma lives there too

[tkterp]

thanks for uploading the video...my aunt pat lives there and its nice to be able to see what happened.