‘Waters rise around Roosevelt Island’
courtesy of ‘snapzdc’
As the flood flows on, more pictures flood in — this time, with news of the parks.
Great Falls and its ever-popular Billy Goat Trail have been closed since Friday. Earlier today, a park official told me the towpath was accessible for a short distance around Old Angler’s Inn, but underwater above and below that point.
In addition to inundating Washington Harbour and the Mt. Vernon Trail, the Potomac has spilled into now-closed Theodore Roosevelt Island and covered parts of the Potomac Heritage Trail as it heads north from the island’s parking lot.
And while there’s the broken lock at the C&O Canal, at mid-afternoon there was just quick-flowing muddy water — and fortunately no houses or pianos or cows floating through. More pics after the break.
‘Floatin’ the Boats at Jack’s’
courtesy of ‘snapzdc’
‘Potomac Heritage Canoe Trail?’
courtesy of ‘snapzdc’
‘Near Jack’s Boathouse’
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‘Good day for a duck’
courtesy of ‘snapzdc’
I guess we have to pay for all that fun snow we got to enjoy earlier this year. People also need to be reminded that this rain has swelled our small urban streams to the point that combined sewer overflows have been open and running. Barring a long explanation of why this happens (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_sewer for an explanation), people should just be aware that contact with the water is probably not the best idea right now (i.e. don’t swim in it – like I had to tell you that!). I’d recommend enjoying the view, but not playing it.