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upthesaukee · 10-09-2005, 09:05 PM

Last year during the runoff in April, I posted this picture of the brook behind my house:

I took this picture this morning 10-09-05 after the heaviest of rain had ended:

I have never seen the brook as high as it was this morning, and we have had this place since 1976. I can believe DRH's neighbor with the rain amount.

I left my house in Alton and went down to West Alton Marina to get the "stuff" out of the boat, put some gas in, and say goodbye to the "Upthesaukee" for the winter. The area on Route 11 that recently had construction for the "rock scaling" had a lot of erosion at the base of the rocks, there were washouts on either side of route 11 just west of the new Minge Cove road intersection, and between that intersection and 11D on the south side of the highway just west of the last rock face was the remnants of a mudslide.

West Alton had water that ran right through the marina and into the lake, and I heard a couple of barges that moor in the channel going into the marina had broken loose and had to be anchored out by the sandbar. Also heard reports of a lot of debris in the lake, so those of you going out, be extra careful.

Hope that everyone made it through safely, and our thoughts and prayers to those less fortunate, especially in the western part of the state.

10-09-2005, 09:05 PM	#7
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,595 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,449 Thanked 1,978 Times in 1,079 Posts	Here's a little of the rain. Last year during the runoff in April, I posted this picture of the brook behind my house: I took this picture this morning 10-09-05 after the heaviest of rain had ended: I have never seen the brook as high as it was this morning, and we have had this place since 1976. I can believe DRH's neighbor with the rain amount. I left my house in Alton and went down to West Alton Marina to get the "stuff" out of the boat, put some gas in, and say goodbye to the "Upthesaukee" for the winter. The area on Route 11 that recently had construction for the "rock scaling" had a lot of erosion at the base of the rocks, there were washouts on either side of route 11 just west of the new Minge Cove road intersection, and between that intersection and 11D on the south side of the highway just west of the last rock face was the remnants of a mudslide. West Alton had water that ran right through the marina and into the lake, and I heard a couple of barges that moor in the channel going into the marina had broken loose and had to be anchored out by the sandbar. Also heard reports of a lot of debris in the lake, so those of you going out, be extra careful. Hope that everyone made it through safely, and our thoughts and prayers to those less fortunate, especially in the western part of the state. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!