My two boys were in high school during the last big flood. If you’re going to go to the high school in Sudbury, some how you have to get across the river. My father had given them his big old Chevy, and every day they drove to school via Sherman Bridge Road, since we live in South West Lincoln. Well, that bridge flooded at all the way up to the hand railings, as you have heard. Wayland center was flooded to the extent that people were canoeing around the traffic light area. Route 117 going west was flooded on both sides of Lee’s Bridge. So they had to go west on Route 2 and then turn left at the hospital and go through the back roads to Concord Road in Sudbury.
Eventually the water level went down a little bit, and they decided to come back home through Nine Acre Corners and go to Route 2 on Sudbury Rd. There was a puddle before they got to Heath’s Bridge before the hospital, but they decided they could make it through the puddle. Now, I had given them instructions that, if they went through a puddle, they were to go very slowly. And they had seen many cars in the water at Lee’s bridge stalled out and waiting for a tow trucks. But they decided between them that the best strategy was to go as fast as they could so that, if they stalled out, they would coast to the other side. What actually happened was that, as they barreled across the puddle, the water came up over the hood and into the air intake on top of the engine, flooding the cylinders. They did make it to the other side of the puddle, but when they tried to start the engine, smoke came from under the hood. This was before cell phones, so I think they walked to the gas station at the junction with Route 2. We had the car towed to that gas station and the mechanics managed to get the water out of the cylinders and get the car running again, but it never ran quite the same again. Well, as I always say, what doesn’t kill you makes a good story. Ruth Ann (She, her, hers) > On Nov 15, 2021, at 11:21 AM, l...@naiman.net wrote: > > On 11/15/2021 10:41 AM, khab...@comcast.net wrote: >> ... The last time it was totally re-planked was just before the big flood. >> (What year was that?) > > https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ha371 > https://fpond.org/flow/wp-content/uploads/1968-flood-plate-2a.jpg > > Interestingly, this flood occurred in the middle of the most severe extended > drought in MA history. What extremes may come? > > -Alaric > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
