May 12-14

Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2014: May: May 12-14
Directing traffic    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Gail Ongie
Angman (river) Road    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Gail Ongie
Soggy woods    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Gail Ongie
High water levels    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Gail Ongie
Swirling against the bridge bottom    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Gail Ongie


By
Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 08:29 am:

This is what happens in the Spring here in the Keweenaw, when you get over 300 inches of snow and the weather then turns to heavy rain and thunderstorms...flooding! Gail Ongie and her Mom, Beegu Keranen were out in the early morning fog this past Friday, checking out what the Traprock River was up to and this is what they found. It has flooded it's banks and decided that it didn’t want to go under the bridge, but right over Angman Road, just outside of Lake Linden, in Traprock Valley. That's a lot of water over that road, not to mention what is sitting in the woods off to the side of the road, too. It's going to take awhile for that forest floor to dry up.

The last two photos are still on Angman Road, just around the bend from where the first three photos were snapped. That's another of the bridges that the Traprock usually flows under. You can see the water right up to the underside of the bridge and pushing against it in the last photo. These country road bridges need to be made quite sturdy to withstand the force of nature when the Traprock is running high


By Gary W. Long (Gary_in_co) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 08:46 am:

Rivers are starting to run high here in Colorado also. And yesterday's & today's rain and SNOW (yes, SNOW) are just going to add to it.


By Shirley Waggoner (Shirlohio) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 09:13 am:

Terrible!!! Stay safe, everyone.


By Janie T. (Bobbysgirl) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 09:43 am:

The U.P. waterfalls must be awesome with all the melting!


By Duane P. (Islandman43) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 09:51 am:

A lot of little critters that live on and beneath the forest floor are looking for a new home.


By Just me (Jaby) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 10:08 am:

Great pics of the Traprock River! It amazes me at
how our softly flowing river can become this rushing
torrent in the spring.Nice to see Beegu out and
about and without a sling!


By Deb S. (Usedtobeayooper) on Monday, May 12, 2014 - 08:35 pm:

Holy smokes. This is unreal!


By Jody McCollum (Redjacketmac) on Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 02:02 pm:

WOW I am building on Angman, Can't wait to get up there Memorial Day weekend!!!!!! Guess I better bring a boat to get to my camp! LOL


By Jody McCollum (Redjacketmac) on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 10:32 am:

Has the flooding receeded?Any pictures lately?......Anyone?......


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