Tropical Storm Irene Flooding in Amsterdam - August 29, 2011
First stop: the Riverfront Center parking garage to check out
Riverlink Park and the Route 30 Bridge.
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Diverted Thruway traffic backing up both ways on the bridge.
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Caroline Street.
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Water rushing down West Main Street at Caroline.
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Over to Evelyn Street.
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Russo's and Guy Park Manor.
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Lots of debris is blocking the lock.
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Guy Park Manor is being badly damaged.
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Later in the day, this is at Henrietta.
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The water had been up here, covering Carmichael at Henrietta.
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West Main is still under a lot of water.
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Back at Evelyn, the water is down quite a bit.
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Lots to clean up at Lock 11.
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And on Ann St.
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Some items formerly at Carpetland.
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The water is way down from the crest, but this part of West Main (and
Carpetland) are still under a lot of water.
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More carpet samples.
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Now by the train station on the west end of Guy Park.
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Water was definitely well up into this park earlier.
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The train station, with a clear line showing the crest.
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For a while, this was the official detour of the Thruway, even though
it was under water.
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