Last Monday we had a rain system move in. It dumped anywhere from 2.5" (at my place) to 6+" up north. This was bad news as the ground is frozen so the rain had nowhere to go. But it was especially bad up north where they had a good snow cover, which melted from the warm temps and rain. There were a lot of road wash outs and housed flooded, as well as some bridges taken out. In this video, you can see a water truck being washed down a river (ironic, I know). I also saw videos on FB of huge propane tanks floating away - I think there were 3-4 of the tanks in total.
Tuesday I noticed that the builder of the house next door (at the former swamp) visited for a short while. That house is still empty, but I just figured they were finishing up a couple of things as the inspection had taken place the week before. The builder left the light over the garage on, as well as the basement light for the room where the regular door is situated. I was grumbling to myself that it was shining in my kitchen bay window. A short time later, I heard the backup beeping of a truck. Well, there came a uhaul backing in. It was a smaller uhaul, so couldn't hold much. A SUV I'd never seen was also there.
I figured the person for whom the house was built was moving in and the small uhaul was just to get them in for the night. BUT, I haven't seem or heard any more moving vehicles. And curiously, the SUV stays parked outside, not in the garage, which is big enough for the vehicle. Thursday, upon hearing a backup beeper, I saw that the cable company was there and hooking up service.
I put 2 and 2 together, and came up with perhaps this person is someone using the house because they got flooded out for now. That may or may not be the case - only time will tell.
And, BTW, NH did not get as hard as Maine did, where nearly 400,000 were affected by power outages. After getting NH all set, Friday morning 12 volunteer power crews went to ME to help out getting things up and running. I personally know someone in ME who just got power back yesterday and their town's small grocery store got completely washed out. He said he knows people that still don't have power (as of last night) and have no way of leaving their houses because of road conditions.
Never a good time of year for this sort of thing to happen, but I'm sure it hit those affected especially hard being Christmas time.
Abandoning one's home for incipient flooding is a tricky thing to accomplish. When is too soon? (It becomes obvious when is too late!)
You have to be patient, I guess. Good luck that you don't get hit, again.
Posted by: Cop Car | December 25, 2023 at 02:06 AM