A few shots of the utter devastation in Pittsfield. Rte 100 is pretty much destroyed. The road in the ess turns is mostly gone. There is a huge gap in front Wintergreen and the bridge at the Clear is destroyed . . .They have it open now for 4 wheelers and maybe some emergency rigs. The the covered bridge at Riverside Farm is gone and the concrete bridge there at Tweed River Rd. is destroyed. The 100 bridge over the West Branch of the Tweed(at the yoga studio) is heavily damaged. Heading north from town, The 100 bridge at Guernsey Brook is gone. I know of at least 9 houses that were completely lost with many, many more sustaining considerable damage. Side roads are also mostly impassable.
There is no power. Some people have generators. Mostly , everyone realized the isolation of the situation and began pitching in anyway possible. Getting machinery and equipment to the bridge locations was a major priority.
Heading into Pittsfield from the south, approaching Tweed River Drive.
The entrance of Tweed River Drive.
A ladder was put in place to help navigate the wreckage of the bridge.
The covered bridge used to be here.
Looking north on Rte 100, near Lower Michigan Road
The area where the West Branch and the main branch of the Tweed River come together was hit bad.
Two people were rescued using ropes from this home during the height of the flood.
A pig was rescued from its pen behind this home.
Old Glory flying high behind the same home.
By late afternoon, townspeople had nearly filled in the gap at the bridge south of town near the Clear.
Rte 100, in the ess curves.
Last edited by ski on Aug 30th, '11, 21:50, edited 1 time in total.
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Do you have any information on the people that live in the ess turns? I know the photo looks bad, but i am looking for information about my friends that live there. Can you help? I
Ski, for everyone's benefit, please rehost the pictures. I highly recommend you use imgur.com, it doesn't have bandwidth limits like photobucket does. (And you don't even have to make an account, although you can to keep track of your photos).
