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I imagine no matter where you live, the whole state will be affected what with road and bridge closures, wash-outs,etc. How did the Burlington area fare? My daughter lives southeast of Burlington, and when I spoke to her yesterday she was unaware of any significant flooding in her area.
From what I can tell Burlington managed pretty well, and most of the surrounding area.
Montpelier had flooding, but downtown cleared up pretty well without any significant damage, and Barre, which was hit hard by the flooding in May, escaped unscathed.
The southern parts of the state were hit hardest. Wilmington was isolated, with road washouts on all sides, and there are washouts in some of the other major roads, so travel will be difficult for some time.
Waterbury, Moretown (Village) and Richmond/Jonesville got hit pretty hard. At one point Waterbury had 3 to 6 feet of water in the downtown area. Water in Moretown was up over 10 feet in some areas.
Lots of towns are basically landlocked islands now, no way in or out (gives "you can't get there from here" a whole new meaning). Ludlow, Stockbridge, Killington, Pittsfield, Bridgewater, Mendon, etc., last time I checked, no way in or out. All the major roads are closed at one point or another. I got to parts of Shrewsbury, Wallingford, Clarendon and Tinmouth from Rutland but equally large parts of these towns are cut off and isolated. I hear there's now a detour that'll connect Rutland and Brandon, but haven't seen so myself. I believe the NEK fared the best, but, I don't see a way of getting there from here. The interstates fared best for roads down here I've heard, but getting from where you are to the interstates is another matter.
Very sad news (Rutland Herald):
Two men are missing this morning following the flooding in Rutland County on Sunday.
Michael Garofano, Rutland City’s water treatment plant supervisor, and his son Mike, 25, were checking on water flow near the system inlet in Mendon at approximately 1:30 p.m. when the city lost cell phone contact with them, according to Mayor Christopher Louras.
Tomorrow I'm going to use Route 30 to get from Rutland to Burlington for work. I'm not sure what the Brandon detour is, but I think (hope) 30 to Middlebury will be easier.
Not sure, but I've heard Route 103 in Ludlow is becoming passable.
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Originally Posted by arctichomesteader
Lots of towns are basically landlocked islands now, no way in or out (gives "you can't get there from here" a whole new meaning). Ludlow, Stockbridge, Killington, Pittsfield, Bridgewater, Mendon, etc., last time I checked, no way in or out. All the major roads are closed at one point or another. I got to parts of Shrewsbury, Wallingford, Clarendon and Tinmouth from Rutland but equally large parts of these towns are cut off and isolated. I hear there's now a detour that'll connect Rutland and Brandon, but haven't seen so myself. I believe the NEK fared the best, but, I don't see a way of getting there from here. The interstates fared best for roads down here I've heard, but getting from where you are to the interstates is another matter.
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Southern VT is devastated. Arlington VT was hit extremely hard. Homes were washed away on Kelley Stand Rd, Woodford Town Hall is gone, Killington Ski Base Lodge is gone. Towns higher up in the mountain are unreachable due to roads being washed away.
Rte. 7 North headed towards Rutland fell in at the Twin Bridges and Rte. 7 in Arlington is half gone. Many overpasses have collapsed and washed away.
I read a report on the Rutland Herald that 103 is open to I91 and Ludlow.
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