Comments on: Ypsi’s RiverSIDE Park? http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/03/11/ypsis-riverside-park/ it's like being there Sun, 27 May 2012 01:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cmadler http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/03/11/ypsis-riverside-park/comment-page-1/#comment-13050 cmadler Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:55:22 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=15854#comment-13050 Glad I live on high ground near the water tower! Glad I live on high ground near the water tower!

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://annarborchronicle.com/2009/03/11/ypsis-riverside-park/comment-page-1/#comment-13049 Edward Vielmetti Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:44:51 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=15854#comment-13049 Here's the real time Huron River flood stage graph at Ann Arbor - <a href="http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=dtx&gage=annm4&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1" rel="nofollow">link</a> At 7:45am the river was at 15.92 feet (Flood stage is 16 feet). The level indicator says 17.0 WATER MAY BEGIN TO BACKUP DRAIN ON WALL ST AT CANAL ST AND ALSO IN PARKING LOT OF APARTMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION. PARTS OF CANAL ST FLOODS. WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD ISLAND DRIVE. 16.0 RIVERSIDE PARK DIRT PARKING LOT FLOODS. WATER MAY BEGIN TO BACKUP STREET DRAINS ON ISLAND DRIVE BY ISLAND PARK. 15.0 FLOODING BEGINS AT ISLAND PARK, RIVERSIDE PARK AND FULLER RECREATION AREA. Upstream at Ore Lake in Hamburg it's even worse <a href="http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=dtx&gage=hmgm4&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1" rel="nofollow">link</a> at 7.11 feet, predicted to go to 7.6 feet: 8.0 MANY HOMES ARE SURROUND AND INUNDATED WITH FLOOD WATER ALONG THE RIVER AND ORE LAKE. 7.0 WATER BEGINS TO REACH FOUNDATIONS AND CRAWL SPACES OF MANY HOMES ALONG THE RIVER AND ORE LAKE. 6.5 ***FLOOD STAGE*** WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD YARDS OF HOMES ALONG THE HURON RIVER AND ORE LAKE. MANY BOAT DOCKS BEGIN TO BECOME SUBMERGED BETWEEN 6.5 AND 7 FT. 6.0 BANKFULL. Here’s the real time Huron River flood stage graph at Ann Arbor -

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At 7:45am the river was at 15.92 feet (Flood stage is 16 feet). The level indicator says

17.0 WATER MAY BEGIN TO BACKUP DRAIN ON WALL ST AT CANAL ST AND ALSO IN PARKING LOT OF APARTMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION. PARTS OF CANAL ST FLOODS. WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD ISLAND DRIVE.
16.0 RIVERSIDE PARK DIRT PARKING LOT FLOODS. WATER MAY BEGIN TO BACKUP STREET DRAINS ON ISLAND DRIVE BY ISLAND PARK.
15.0 FLOODING BEGINS AT ISLAND PARK, RIVERSIDE PARK AND FULLER RECREATION AREA.

Upstream at Ore Lake in Hamburg it’s even worse

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at 7.11 feet, predicted to go to 7.6 feet:

8.0 MANY HOMES ARE SURROUND AND INUNDATED WITH FLOOD WATER ALONG THE RIVER AND ORE LAKE.
7.0 WATER BEGINS TO REACH FOUNDATIONS AND CRAWL SPACES OF MANY HOMES ALONG THE RIVER AND ORE LAKE.
6.5 ***FLOOD STAGE*** WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD YARDS OF HOMES ALONG THE HURON RIVER AND ORE LAKE. MANY BOAT DOCKS BEGIN TO BECOME SUBMERGED BETWEEN 6.5 AND 7 FT.
6.0 BANKFULL.

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