The 100 Year Flood in The Mohawk Valley
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- In late June, 2006 devastating flooding took place along the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal system of locks in upstate New York. Much property including the CSX railroad line that runs along the river was heavily damaged. The flooding was not just limited to this area as the weather system would dump copious amounts of rainfall on several other regions of New York. However as a local resident, the region nearest me is documented in this video, which combines my video, photos along with graphics from various internet sources.
I'd like to get thoughts on this event, mainly how it eventually destroyed what was left of Canajoharie, New York's economy when the long time Beech-Nut facility was forced to shut down and re-locate, essentially leaving the lost tax revenue to be absorbed by the residents. Also why didn't the demolition of the facility didn't even take place until early 2024? The closing of this historic landmark had an effect on other businesses in town as well, with several more shutting down relatively recently. Finally, it is theorized at the end of the video that the likely cause of the extensive damage was the failure to open the locks on the river in advance. When they all became clogged with debris, it was too late and impossible to open them. Each lock at that point acted like a dam. This is really more fact than theory. On at least two occasions since the 2006 flood, the lock system has been opened in advance of storms when heavy rainfall has been forecast - A lesson learned the hard way.
We had 5 100 year floods in the last 20 years
Where, roughly? (if you don't mind)
@@KBuckyRailVideo in upstate NY, the Schoharie Valley
@@ocsrc The Schoharie Valley has definitely seen a lot of heavy rainfall events that weren't as severe in my area.
The state really needs to dredge the rivers again it's been nearly 40 years.
Great video, and an awesome look back.
Nicely done video.
Thank you very much!
Great vid , HORRIBLE MUSIC . I was out at this exact location last August and it is epic train watching !! Amtrak , CSX and great scenery....
One thing I have learned over the years is to accept the reality that it's impossible to find music that someone isn't going to complain about. Finding royalty free music is tough enough as it is! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. Certainly there was more interesting power back then!
The same storms that put the writing on the wall for the Utica Branch. We had 1.5' of water on the first floor in 06. Truly a wild time.
Correct me if I'm wrong but well after the flooding and the damage to the Utica Branch in 2006, wasn't the line finally repaired only to have another flooding incident shut it down again?
@@KBuckyRailVideo That is correct. The FEMA funds didn’t allow for mitigation, line had to be restored to pre disaster state, then in 2011, 2016, and 2021 the line suffered washouts in the same areas. They finally have it open again for the whole 2 cars they moved in the last 5 years. It’d be nice to see 15 car trains going through Norwich again, some day.
This storm washed out a lot of roads near my grandma and grandpas in otego ny I remember this flood
Wow I can believe its been almost 20yrs already! 2011 late Summer was also a bad year of flooding for the Eastern Mohawk Valley.
A wonderful video !! I live in Gloversville,NY
Thanks "neighbor"!
There was a reason the old NYC called their mainline ''The Water Level Route'' lol
Excellent Video!!!!
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
i was at palatine bridge in 2023 and no i was not there when it happened i was also railfanning there
I met you today along the Rj Corman, correct?
Hi Scott. Correct. I just got home last night. I wasn't on my computer during the trip and didn't use my phone for much except texts. My email is hope to hear from you!
Thank you for doing an excellent job on this video 📹 👏.
It also shows the incompetence of the New York State Canal Corporation for NOT RAISING THE FLOOD GATES!!!
They had plenty of time to do this but instead chose not to.
Little Falls is the highest vertical drop on the Canal and the water was ROARING down the rapids through town.
To this day, at Amsterdam, the scars to the stone museum at the Canal park are still viable.
Earlier this summer, with the threat storm moisture coming with heavy, heavy rains, the NYS Canal Corporation wised up and raised the flood control gates lowering the water in time. Somebody got a brain this time as when the rains came, so did the water.
It's ashamed that CSX endured Millions of dollars for New York states incompetencey of the Canal Corporation but the damage done to it's infrastructure was alot more.
Just goes to show incompetencey is rewarding. 😢😢
The blame was never really the focus after this, although everyone realized what the main reason was, including the people who made the poor decision not to open the locks. Perhaps the weather forecasting did not make it clear enough in advance, how much water the river was going to take on.
This is my neck of the woods, sorta. I’m Herkimer.
How bad was the flooding in Herkimer?
@@KBuckyRailVideo It was bad.