Here we go again: 2010 Floods redux

I am again taking a break from posting about aerial wildland firefighting to report on the ongoing flooding concerns here in NJ. I have written about flooding in Little Falls NJ here and here. I want to say at this juncture that there are other Rivers in New Jersey that are flooding, for example the Millstone at Blackwell Mills, the Wanaque River at Pompton Plains, the Passaic River at Pine Brook (not far from Little Falls), and the Assunpick Creek in Trenton to name a few. Since I have written about the flooding at Little Falls on two prior occasions, I will follow up with the flooding of the Passaic River at Little Falls (the subject of the video that I embedded).

Forecasts today call for the Passaic to crest at Little Falls at about 8.2 feet (moderate flooding) late in the day tomorrow Wednesday. If this forecast holds, this will be over three feet lower than the flooding of a couple of weeks ago (11.76 feet -- major flooding).

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) is providing assistance to two communities affected by today's floods, Little Falls and Fairfield, see this report for more information. As I understand it, these communities requested the assistance of the NJFFS sometime yesterday to aid local officials in working the floods. The report I linked to provides an update on how the flood is affecting New Jersey. Earlier reports, posted New Jersey's current round of flooding may be found here and here. All these reports were posted to the hotlist forums at wildland fire. Thank-you to the NJFFS for helping out with the flooding.

Those of you who are interested in following along on the status of flooding in New Jersey may want to see this page, from the Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service of the Mt. Holly Office of the National Weather Service.

While I am at it, flooding is affecting other areas of the Northeastern United States including but not limited to Long Island NY, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.