mihmo ([info]mihmo) wrote in [info]davis_square,
@ 2008-08-10 17:10:00
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Be careful driving tonight, lots of flooding
Powderhouse Flood
(Harvard Street at 5 PM today)

Harvard street off of Powderhouse Square is pretty much impassable right now unless you have a really tall pickup truck. (One of the two cars in the picture was stuck.) It's flooded further down in Medford as well. So if you are planning to go to the Everett Mall or Assembly Square from Davis, you might want to pick a different route.

Just wanted to warn folks. It could be pretty dangerous coming off of the Powderhouse Circle without realizing this and having to turn around I think.


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[info]teele_sq
2008-08-10 09:56 pm UTC (link)
what do you mean?

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[info]wayback2k
2008-08-10 09:59 pm UTC (link)
Here is the water + car:
______/--------\_____
water |0 car 0 | water

If you travel via medford street, your car will be mostly under water, caphice?

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[info]ron_newman
2008-08-10 10:46 pm UTC (link)
Where on Medford St?

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[info]mihmo
2008-08-10 10:50 pm UTC (link)
oh is that medford street? I thought it was labeled harvard street there... it seems to change names though.

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[info]zmgmeister
2008-08-11 04:10 am UTC (link)
Harvard St. in South Medford becomes Warner St. for the block or two in Somerville it takes to get to Powderhouse.

Medford St runs from Tufts Park in South Medford, across Somerville, joins McGrath Highway, and heads off to East Cambridge.

Where incidentally, it goes under the same kind of bridge, and im sure driving there was no picnic tonight either.

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[info]ron_newman
2008-08-10 10:09 pm UTC (link)
I was on an Orange Line shuttle bus coming back from Malden, after I made the mistake of trying to attend St. Rocco's Festa in Edgeworth. The amount of flood water our bus went through was quite impressive.

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[info]_mattt
2008-08-10 10:49 pm UTC (link)
Maybe if it stays like that I'll have an excuse not to drive to work tomorrow. Thanks for the update. I'm absolutely amazed by the amount of heavy rain we've been having lately.

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Flood in Union Square
[info]lakest
2008-08-11 01:44 am UTC (link)
Lake St in Union Square flooded today, too. No idea why. Video below.
http://www.unlikelywords.com/2008/08/10/flood-on-lake-st-union-square-somerville/

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Re: Flood in Union Square
[info]infinitemorning
2008-08-11 10:23 am UTC (link)
Yeah, my friend and I went through that on our way to the Asgard, I think. We took a different route back.

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[info]koshmom
2008-08-11 03:22 pm UTC (link)
Prospect was also quite flooded, somewhere between Webster and Cambridge. It looked quite similar to the Harvard St. picture above. I had to U turn and take another route around 6:30 pm.

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[info]enochs_fable
2008-08-12 12:10 pm UTC (link)
Wow. We were coming home just shortly before that, saw that underpass, and made a hasty turn elsewhere.

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Harvard St
[info]resident09
2009-03-18 02:52 am UTC (link)
In fact, stay off of Harvard St in general. The people from the neighborhood DO NOT appreciate the cut through traffic and the city government is to busy with .....ahh, what do they do again? Anyway please find another route.

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Re: Harvard St
[info]mihmo
2009-03-18 05:10 pm UTC (link)
Wow! Why don't you petition the city government to close the street so my tax dollars stop paying for a street I'm apparently not allowed to use?

WOW.

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Re: Harvard St
[info]resident09
2009-03-18 05:21 pm UTC (link)
WOW, in case you were unaware your tax dollars are paying for a plethora of inappropriate things.....given the lack of traffic regulation and road maintenience Harvard St use is not one of them.

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Re: Harvard St
[info]mihmo
2009-03-18 08:21 pm UTC (link)
I'm sorry, I just find it incredibly offensive that you feel you have a right to tell me where I can and cannot drive within my own city.

In either case, being a jerk on livejournal isn't going to help your cause.

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