tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post9119653181851755490..comments2024-03-28T20:51:58.818-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with AM: Two Reunionsbookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-72333147666534972722014-08-03T12:07:19.424-04:002014-08-03T12:07:19.424-04:00Awww gosh I'm so sorry , just cant even imagin...Awww gosh I'm so sorry , just cant even imagine .xHannah Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384020841203584826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-35898131571504900462014-08-02T12:28:24.931-04:002014-08-02T12:28:24.931-04:00Thank you. Yes, I could actually write a post abou...Thank you. Yes, I could actually write a post about the flood aftermath, and all the people who came out to gawk and take pictures, like we were a tourist attraction- that's a side of humanity that I hope I never have to see again!bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-14122149229371195562014-08-02T12:26:15.691-04:002014-08-02T12:26:15.691-04:00Swimway three years after the flood, I am still ap...Swimway three years after the flood, I am still apprehensive every time it rains hard, or every time a period of rain is in the forecast. We never had to carry flood insurance.When we saw the flood walls before we moved to Westover in 1986 the man who became our next door neighbor said "oh, it's safe. If this neighborhood floods the entire Triple Cites will flood." BAE (the last occupant of the old GE plant) is now in Endicott but they have only committed for another three or so years. I suspect they will be gone after that.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-42139416954282928252014-08-02T12:18:46.368-04:002014-08-02T12:18:46.368-04:00We are moving forward in some ways. In others - o...We are moving forward in some ways. In others - our area is economically depressed. But we all do the best we can. I love this area. I hope I can continue to stay.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-87695917458158217632014-08-02T09:23:53.636-04:002014-08-02T09:23:53.636-04:00I honestly just cannot even imagine. Thank you for...I honestly just cannot even imagine. Thank you for sharing your story...sometimes I think it is easy to forget that behind those aerial images are actual people with real lives just trying to pick up the pieces and recover. Amazing post.-AshleyThe Dose of Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778610584517345200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-48409935087255230242014-08-02T07:51:12.317-04:002014-08-02T07:51:12.317-04:00Know that the floodwall always protected my old ne...Know that the floodwall always protected my old neighborhood (Oakdale), Westover, and the 'GE Plant' (as it was known back then.) For 40 years the river would rise on the other side of the floodwall, but we were always safe. But neighborhoods that were always safe and dry flooded. Oakdale/Westover are now in a FEMA flood plain <i>behind</i> a flood wall. Oakdale, my old neighborhood came back physically, but residents fret every time it rains. I see ghosts of the former life in the Southern Tier that may never return after losing major employers <i>and</i> experiencing the 500-year floods.Swimrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928919593044289369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-36422671378943684682014-08-01T17:53:56.300-04:002014-08-01T17:53:56.300-04:00So sorry you had to go through all that. It sound...So sorry you had to go through all that. It sounds like your neighbourhood is well on it's way to recovery. Best wishes with everything moving forward and keep your head up!Ryan McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04688306814015405276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-2929993784906296412014-08-01T17:47:08.226-04:002014-08-01T17:47:08.226-04:00I've never been to Detroit, Michael, but years...I've never been to Detroit, Michael, but years ago, I did have occasion to be, for a short time, in Flint. Binghamton and Johnson City and Endicott - our Triple Cities -I agree it isn't Detroit but we have a lot of very real problems. I could fill this blog, with no trouble, with pictures of crumbling factories and neighborhoods - but then I would lose all my readers! We lost so much and the 2006 and 2011 floods were only a small part of it: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324493704578428722071904996. Incidentally, thank you for the link - I've linked back. I hadn't noticed. My blog reading has had to have been curtailed recently but I hope to be back to more normal in a month or two.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-15322382077042088102014-08-01T17:41:12.053-04:002014-08-01T17:41:12.053-04:00I hope so, Amy. My losses in the flood were minor...I hope so, Amy. My losses in the flood were minor compared to people even two or three blocks from us. I wrote about it in a fictional memoir for NaNoWriMo in 2012, and that helped tremendously in the healing process. Not sure that fictional (or my real) memoir will ever emerge from my computer but maybe - one day.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-37657977001239683912014-08-01T17:29:07.990-04:002014-08-01T17:29:07.990-04:00Alana,
It sounds like your heart is beginning to h...Alana,<br />It sounds like your heart is beginning to heal from that awful experience. You lost a great deal in that flood, I think. I'm so sorry. I too hope that your neighborhood will once again grow and flourish in the years to come, and that the flood will be just a sad memory some day.AmyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10016393315360502122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-41818201545728619742014-08-01T17:21:37.146-04:002014-08-01T17:21:37.146-04:00Take that,apply the damage 100 times worse with no...Take that,apply the damage 100 times worse with no hope of reconstruction and you have Detroit everyday.<br />I don't know if you noticed but I linked your blog to mine quite sometime ago...*s*Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693363377165104814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-26444376175201557992014-08-01T17:10:18.814-04:002014-08-01T17:10:18.814-04:00Thank you, Bethany. It's slow, but the recover...Thank you, Bethany. It's slow, but the recovery is happening. bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-5982012960516964992014-08-01T16:46:08.167-04:002014-08-01T16:46:08.167-04:00What a sad thing to go through. It must be very ha...What a sad thing to go through. It must be very hard to see all those old lovely buildings, still empty. I am glad, however, that there is a bit of hope in the midst of the devastation. I hope your neighborhood just continues to grow, reseed, and flourish in the coming years, and recover from that flood. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849999531939120786noreply@blogger.com