Checking On Jennifer

Hey, hun! Sorry there are storms there! are you okay? There's nothing here just yet, but the storms are supposed to start soon! I only live 8 min away from my house, so i'll be just fine. Hope all is well!

Thanks for checking!

~jennifer~

Hey guys, i'm from the area too. We're completely flooded in my road is closed from both ends and all the roads coming in and out of my road are also closed. The water is also halfway up the field behind my house, hopefully it doesn't get to my house. Stay safe!

Well stay inside huni! It's bad here!
Love,
stacie sean and larry

Stacie and I talked around 11 tonight and she's sleeping at her work. She's flooded in. No one can leave. She's upset cuz she can't get home to seany! Larry's with him but she wants to be with her little boy!

Awww poor stacie I hope shes okay

shauna

I hope everything turns out for everyone down there! Kinda makes me happy to live on the prairies eh shauna?

I agree I live in washington state and we dont have any natural disasters except fires!!!!

I was wondering y u got a new name just couris I dont know if u already sai y but just wanted to know

To start off, I ended up making it home at 3am, well out to my aunts house. We went to her house, which had been previously evacuated and she could only see 2 of her basement stairs the rest was water. The whole parking lot was flooded and my mothers car was a submarine. All roads were closed, we had alot of mud slides and two days later we still cant get across the bridge.

P.S. We have been declared a state of disaster

here is a new's article to help explain everything that has happened:

pittsburgh (kdka/ap) heavy rains from the remnants of hurricane ivan have swelled creeks and spilled into streets and highways, prompting widespread evacuations of low-lying areas and trapping some people in their homes.

The rain and winds also knocked out power to more than 44,000 customers across western pennsylvania, according to allegheny power and duquesne light. No serious injuries were reported by authorities.

The storm, which dumped more than seven inches of rain in one part of pittsburgh and several inches or more in many other areas, threatened to overwhelm a dam in beaver county, according to the national weather service. Authorities were watching the hughes lake dam in hanover township, beaver county, about 25 miles northwest of pittsburgh, because they feared it could fail.

Among the areas hardest hit was etna, a town along the allegheny river north of pittsburgh, where flood waters continued to rise, submerging cars and prompting evacuations. The waters even forced the borough's fire department to leave the fire hall.

June lang, the bookkeeper at etna's blarney stone restaurant, was waiting along with two other employees to be rescued.

"we're on the second floor and we're safe," she said, adding that about four feet of water was in the parking lot. "it's getting to be laughable because it's past the point of getting scared."

"it's a sea of water out here. We saw our dumpster floating by," she said, adding that not since 1986 has flooding been so bad.

Down the river in millvale, streets were filled with water and residents were urged to get as high as they could in their homes and hang bright clothing out of their windows until help could arrive.

Further south in washington county, three mobile home parks and two personal care homes were evacuated and school students were also rescued from several stranded buses, said jeffrey yates, the county's public safety coordinator.

"about half the county's got basement flooding," he said. Water was also flowing over several dams, but he didn't think they were in immediate danger of failing.

Meanwhile, floodwaters turned the hallways of the armstrong county courthouse into a creek with four feet of water. There were several mudslides and vehicles were swept from bridges, but no one was seriously injured, said randy brozenick, armstrong county's emergency management director.

"we knew there was something coming, but we didn't expect this latitude," he said.

Flooding was reported in almost every area of beaver county, including industry, where every road was closed due to flooding.

The allegheny county port authority suspended some outlying trolley service because of flooding and numerous roads were shut across the western half of the state.

The pirates postponed their game against the new york mets and most high school football games were canceled.

The remnants of ivan followed the remnants of hurricane frances, which also hit the western part of the state hard.

Wow - thats crazy. I'm glad you guys are alright!

I'm glad ya'll are alright huni.

Thanks babe

I'm glad you are okay! I worried about you all weekend! How is everything now? My mom got flooded (6'), but luckily it was all the basement.

Take care,

~jennifer~