Flood 2005

[Emtmom]

Stafford Springs EOC at West Stafford Fire Dept.

Resident State Trooper, Dep. Chief Comarella, FF Burke, FF Bednar, and Town Constable Prochaska.

First Selectman Frasinelli & Selectman Muska

[Emtmom]

These 3 storage trailers are from the Cuno/3M plant on Rte 32. This is about 3 miles down river from the plant. One of the trailers made it under the train tressle, the other 2 are up against the tressle.

[Emtmom]

The parking lot at station 245 was damaged by the water of what is normally a small brook. The Chief (shown in pic) of Staffordville and 2 FF's working to close the water off from the station and the parking lot. Damage was done to a small bridge that holds the train tracks, and they now hang over the water.
The tracks can be seen in this photo, sorry it's not the best, I wasn't getting wet to get the picture!

[EMT/FF99]

Hey EmtMom,
Just by chance, any gators found after the flooding? Just curious simply because what was found in NJ. Read the article below:

N.J. Cops Find Alligator in Flooded Yard (http://adelphia.net/news/read.php?id=12275688&ps=1020&cat=&cps=0&lang=en)
Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:46 PM EDT
The Associated Press


PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — With all the rain, New Jersey may have seemed like a swamp this week. But alligators?

Piscataway police recovered a 3-foot long alligator in the backyard of a house on Saturday.

"It's not normal to find an alligator around here," said Lt. George Maurer. He added with a chuckle, "I know we've had a lot of rain."

In his 28 years, Maurer had never heard of an alligator in town, but when police arrived at the house, they discovered the woman was right.

An animal control officer trapped it in a cage and took it to an animal shelter.

Neither the woman nor authorities knew how the alligator got there, Maurer said. In other cases in which alligators have been found in areas where they don't normally live, the animals had been released by people who had ill-advisedly kept them as pets.

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[Emtmom]

Here is a link to some pictures taken in Somers. This is the next town over from us.

http://www.skiwholesalers.com/sspage1.htm

[Firewalker117]

Nice pictures of Stafford and Somers. I went to the rescue call in Tolland, Coventry and Chaplin that day. We all certinly had our share of boat duty.

[Emtmom]

Nice pictures of Stafford and Somers. I went to the rescue call in Tolland, Coventry and Chaplin that day. We all certinly had our share of boat duty.
It was one hell of a weekend, wasn't it?