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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 188738" data-attributes="member: 12214">8-20-13:Nearby is a creek, Choconut Creek, that overflows its bank frequently.&nbsp; After the flood of 2008, the town widened the creek from the NY-PA state line all the way to the Susquehanna River.&nbsp; A distance of about 10 miles.&nbsp; More recently,we had two 100-year floods that made the one in 2008 look benign.&nbsp; The town highway department has been working on widening and deepening the creek bed, starting at the Susquehanna River end.&nbsp; There are a lot of small runoffs and smaller creeks that flow into Choconut Creek. Those cause a lot more water to end up in the creek than one would normally expect. The highway department has&nbsp; finally reached the outer reaches of the town and started working on the creek closer to where I live.&nbsp; Fortunately, I am not anywhere close enough to get flooded by the creek.&nbsp; Below are some photos I took today of the work they are doing.&nbsp; They just started working on it last week.You will notice some large stone in the middle of the creek bed.&nbsp; They used those stones to rebuild the bank after the 2008 flood.&nbsp; So far, they have re-channelled to one small portion of the creek bed, and are using a pump to keep water from flowing to where they are working.&nbsp; The last photo shows how they have created the temporary channel for the water.&nbsp; Hopefully, we don't get any torrential rain before they are finished.[ATTACH]48774[/ATTACH][ATTACH]48775[/ATTACH][ATTACH]48776[/ATTACH][ATTACH]48777[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 188738, member: 12214"] 8-20-13: Nearby is a creek, Choconut Creek, that overflows its bank frequently. After the flood of 2008, the town widened the creek from the NY-PA state line all the way to the Susquehanna River. A distance of about 10 miles. More recently,we had two 100-year floods that made the one in 2008 look benign. The town highway department has been working on widening and deepening the creek bed, starting at the Susquehanna River end. There are a lot of small runoffs and smaller creeks that flow into Choconut Creek. Those cause a lot more water to end up in the creek than one would normally expect. The highway department has finally reached the outer reaches of the town and started working on the creek closer to where I live. Fortunately, I am not anywhere close enough to get flooded by the creek. Below are some photos I took today of the work they are doing. They just started working on it last week. You will notice some large stone in the middle of the creek bed. They used those stones to rebuild the bank after the 2008 flood. So far, they have re-channelled to one small portion of the creek bed, and are using a pump to keep water from flowing to where they are working. The last photo shows how they have created the temporary channel for the water. Hopefully, we don't get any torrential rain before they are finished. [ATTACH=CONFIG]48774._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]48775._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]48776._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]48777._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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