Flooding Along the Mohawk River
Thursday, June 29, 2006
June 2006 Mohawk flooding photo slideshow
As most folks know at this point, the southern tier of NYS experienced massive flooding this week, closing many roads (including a major portion of the Thruway) and doing extensive damage, particularly along the Mohawk River. The waters had receded slightly by this afternoon, so I decided to combine a bike ride with checking out some of the flooding along the Colonie/Nisakayuna sections of the Mohawk-Hudson Bikepath.
It was pretty impressive. Water, water, everywhere. Part of the path was blocked by fallen trees. The effect on the local wildlife was also quite interesting - I saw several muskrats both along the path and in the water just off the path, and a group of deer seemed a bit stymied at one point. I guess with all our concerns for the effects on man-made things, we forget that the critters are at a loss for homes and food at times like this too.
Before heading over to class I drove down to Lock 7 (making my way around a number of fallen branches... guess the storms hit Niskayuna pretty hard.) The amounts of water were incredible. I can remember sitting and eating lunch on the bank of the channel below the lock a few years back - all that was under swiftly moving water. Off in the distance, just past two light poles engulfed by the water, a heron perched on a pole of some sort. I have to wonder what he made of all of it...
JMH
Thursday, June 29, 2006
June 2006 Mohawk flooding photo slideshow
As most folks know at this point, the southern tier of NYS experienced massive flooding this week, closing many roads (including a major portion of the Thruway) and doing extensive damage, particularly along the Mohawk River. The waters had receded slightly by this afternoon, so I decided to combine a bike ride with checking out some of the flooding along the Colonie/Nisakayuna sections of the Mohawk-Hudson Bikepath.
It was pretty impressive. Water, water, everywhere. Part of the path was blocked by fallen trees. The effect on the local wildlife was also quite interesting - I saw several muskrats both along the path and in the water just off the path, and a group of deer seemed a bit stymied at one point. I guess with all our concerns for the effects on man-made things, we forget that the critters are at a loss for homes and food at times like this too.
Before heading over to class I drove down to Lock 7 (making my way around a number of fallen branches... guess the storms hit Niskayuna pretty hard.) The amounts of water were incredible. I can remember sitting and eating lunch on the bank of the channel below the lock a few years back - all that was under swiftly moving water. Off in the distance, just past two light poles engulfed by the water, a heron perched on a pole of some sort. I have to wonder what he made of all of it...
JMH
