We were lucky enough to get our washer and dryer out beforehand I think. Evacuations began in towns up and down the rivers. All of Western PA got flooded because of this.
On Friday, The combination of water and ice, property damage, resulted in Pittsburgh being declared a federal disaster hours of each other. River Stadium's parking lot. rapidly rose to 34.6 feet, over 10 feet above flood stage. Water at the Point reached 30.9 feet at midnight. Located on the Yough. from the state and federal governments, surveyed the extensive damage done That was Joan Jett, she lived in Cheswick in the 90's/ True story. My dad and I helped to rebuild the docks at oakmont yacht club that year. Low-lying lots on the Mon and Allegheny wharfs flooded and cars bobbed in the rising waters. At 12:50 p.m. that Friday, estimates were revised: hydrologists now predicted the rivers at the Point would crest at 30 feet at 1 p.m. Saturday. At 5 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, water at the Point reached 33.62 feet. … Share news, events, and thoughts with/about the Pittsburgh community. It’s weird when the things you remember start showing up on the Digs. boats and debris from the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers caused major At 9:07 a.m. Jan. 19, 1996, the National Weather Service forecast flooding on the Monongahela and Cheat Rivers and estimated the water would crest at 22.5 feet at Pittsburgh’s Point at 5 p.m. the next day. On Tuesday, March 17, the waters reached flood stage of 25 feet. January 19, 1996, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers crested within five freely down the river, crashing into bridges and landing on top of parked Flood control measures like these have greatly reduced the severity of major flooding in the Pittsburgh region. Water completely covered Point State Park, as well as most of Three In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. The “bathtub” — the low-lying portion of the Parkway that runs through the city — would have to be shut down. “In the dark, no one could tell if the barges have damaged the bridges.”. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. That part cracked me up! Still had the window sticker and all. Such a yinzer thing to do. Pumping operations would have to start at Neville Island. The National Weather Service again updated the crest forecast, to 33 feet, around 5:15 p.m. By 6, Grant Street was barricaded. The Fort Pitt Museum was told that if the water got to 33 feet, 3 feet of water would pour into the museum. Similarly, Point State Park was By late morning, calls were coming in to the Pittsburgh Emergency Operations Center.
Our entire basement filled with water, destroying our furnace. I think they need to show that map of the three rivers a few more random times. Peak Shumway. area. When waters receded at the Allegheny Wharf, the 200-foot Pittsburgh Wind Symphony barge ended up on a parking lot with cars under it (Martha Rial/Post-Gazette, Jan.21,1996), A worker climbs onto the Pittsburgh Wind Symphony barge. “As much as people think ‘boy, these are the experts, they must have it down to a pinpoint,’ we use equations. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. and the Hilton Hotel. Then in the month leading up to the flooding, 4 separate snow systems moved across the region and dumped significant amounts of snow—the latest of which occurred less than a week before this event. I remember this well. A Flood of Water and Ice.