Flood of Sept. 2011 Danville PA

Currently untitled song written and sung by Van Wagner about current flooding taking place on the Susquehanna River in Danville PA.

Four Days of Rain
Sept. 8, 2011
Van Wagner

All my life I've heard stories of 72
Hurricane Agnes brought the river up to 32, feet.
I thought that record would stands for all my life.
But the river may hit 32 later tonight.

The river looks angry after 4 days for rain.
She's gonna remind us who's in charge again.

We got word this morning to go sand bag in town.
So we headed over Bald Top road the only road around.
Had to bag a wall from Mahoning Creek.
By noon a foreman said we built 6 feet.

Chorus

People come together in a flood from all walks of life
I saw a banker on my left and county inmates on my right.
If the levee holds then most of town will stay dry.
But they don't have a levee across the river in Riverside.

Chorus

No one talks about it thought it's on all our minds.
The worst will be the clean up next week some time.
Eventually the mud will dry and town will start anew.
It will just be a legend like the flood of 72

Chorus

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Flooding
• Susquehanna
• Van Wagner
• September flood
• Danville
• Pennsylvania
• Montour

[98bennyj]

Can ya put lyrics in the description? I love this song but im too lazy to make my own :)

[vanwags]

@98bennyj

I tried posting but there are too many words and youtube has a limit.  Let me think of a way around this....

[vanwags]

OK...got it up there now. Thanks!

[stellarcarbonic]

The problem with flooding is mankind. Look at the big picture. If you live near a flood prone river, expect to get flooded occasionally.

[vanwags]

@stellarcarbonic

can we talk about this some time other than during the flood? Leave my town alone.

Van

[RaspberrryRose]

Dear people,

no dissing my earth science teacher's music.

Kthxbai.

Raspberrry

[98bennyj]

@vanwags No,no,no! Thank YOU!

[bigfootbert]

Great song.. Still remember trying to get some sleep and looking out my bedroom window and seeing the street looking like a river. I will never lose the image of that for as long as i live.

[pytiii]

Suggested title "Call to Action". Leave the ringing phone at the end.

[doggles13]

Omg THIS IS MY TEACHER!

[nv607]

All the comments about building near rivers aside, industrializing increases flooding and droughts as a byproduct. Roads are designed to move water off them as quickly as possible, same as parking lots, buildings, towns, cities, ect. Anytime you put a building down you're going to increase local flooding and droughts as a byproduct. Which in reality is why we're having such difficulty with both extremes on the spectrum.

[donslilone]

Great Song Van. U got a great song title in the Song"The Riveris Anger". As for you StellaCarbonic. We do not live below sealevel like those in other areas and the good people of Danville and the Surrounding areas that were flood do not need you to attack them. God would want you to extend yourself to them as people have for others in LA and other places that have been touched by floods or anything from Nature in General.

Jen

[wendywissler]

awesome song Van. Hard times. Still soggy all over PA....