NJNG thought that it had one over Hurricane Irene. But nah, them treadheads just got into a pickle.
Where's UnkaBill to pluck-em out, when you need him.
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Boq
Where's UnkaBill to pluck-em out, when you need him.
Full story: HERE
Boq
I wonder what genius thought that one up.
Cheers
The doggies are welcome to play around in the shallows, but when it gets over six feet, you need to call in the Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard.
However, they did get to check off "deep water fording" training!
Amen to that. When we absolutely, positively had to drive into water, we used 5-ton trucks, drove at a crawl, and never had two vehicles in the same stretch of water at the same time -- because if the water started getting into the cab, it was SOP to stop, then back out the way we went in. Never had a vehicle stall out, in the water.
Backstory behind that area: The Raritan floods if you *sneeze* into it, and Bound Brook and Manville are built on the flood plain. A few years back, the Army Corps of
SappersEngineers built retaining walls to prevent the recurring flooding, but when Irene hit, the Product Of Our Public Education System responsible for closing off the storm drains at the outlet -- didn't. River water flowed back through the drains and flooded out both towns, and the retaining walls then acted like a dam to keep the water *in* the towns.That was the nice thing about a Loach -- you could hover down into a tight area to pick up someone stuck on a rooftop (or a car top) and just pop him into the cargo compartment. No worry about seat belts, either -- they hang onto the seats and doorframe *real tight*...
I was wrong.
@Bill "you could hover down into a tight area to pick up someone stuck on a rooftop "
Hell, I would pay to do that....
Jerry
Unfortunately, the governors of the states only have Army and Air Force assets at their immediate disposal...
Just remember some of these guys have spent probably 2 or 3 tours over in Iraq or Afghanistan and I am always happy to see them around town.
That being said i guess its a lesson learned to have watercraft avaialable and some flood training (which i never had when i was in).