9/30/2004: Runway flood

Undertoad · 09-30-2004, 10:24 AM

It's another result of Jeanne and the wet summer that preceded her: Flights at the Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania airport are experiencing delays, due to the Susquehanna River on the runway.

FloridaDragon · 09-30-2004, 11:38 AM

Wow! Great picture (well, ok, I am a pilot so this really appeals to me!)

Reminds me of landing at Everglades City in the (duh) everglades near Marco Island....tiny runway with water on three sides... actually had a boat stop for me while I was on approach so I wouldn't hit is mast.

Can only imagine the fun of water on four sides, with the runway slowly dissappearing. You could probably land a little cessna 152 or 172 on that remaining runway but I don't think you could get it back in the air so those guys are certainly trapped!

Like the fact that all the planes and cars are all on the "high" ground...probably a couple feet higher than the rest of the runway.

FD

Cyber Wolf · 09-30-2004, 11:56 AM

That's a perspective you don't see too often. Aside from the obvious problems, that's pretty cool. Though I'd figure the river had to rise like a flash flood for those planes and vehicles to get stuck on the runway turnabout. Or is the hanger area underwater and they moved the planes and such because it was actually higher up?

dar512 · 09-30-2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by FloridaDragon

You could probably land a little cessna 152 or 172 on that remaining runway but I don't think you could get it back in the air so those guys are certainly trapped!

At least it's temporary for those guys. When Da Mayor tore up Meigs Field in Chicago, he trapped a number of small planes. I heard that some had to be dismantled and trucked elsewhere.

Leah · 09-30-2004, 06:37 PM

Oh my god, I wouldn't like to be a passenger in the cessna if the pilot attempts to land on that little stretch of runway.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2004, 07:02 PM

Maybe they can bring in some floats for the planes, by boat.

Bullitt · 09-30-2004, 07:25 PM

Its prolly too shallow Bruce. And you wouldn't want to put a boat thats expensive enough to move those planes in a body of water where you got no clue whats under you.

Nothing But Net · 09-30-2004, 09:37 PM

I am so proud of you all; the obvious sick joke hasn't come up, as they say, so I have to do it.

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Originally Posted by Leah

Oh my god, I wouldn't like to be a passenger in the cessna if the pilot attempts to land on that little stretch of runway.

I've had DC-(size)10s land on my runway.

shadow1961 · 10-01-2004, 01:55 AM

09-30-2004, 10:24 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	9/30/2004: Runway flood It's another result of Jeanne and the wet summer that preceded her: Flights at the Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania airport are experiencing delays, due to the Susquehanna River on the runway.

09-30-2004, 11:56 AM	#3
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	That's a perspective you don't see too often. Aside from the obvious problems, that's pretty cool. Though I'd figure the river had to rise like a flash flood for those planes and vehicles to get stuck on the runway turnabout. Or is the hanger area underwater and they moved the planes and such because it was actually higher up? __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

09-30-2004, 07:02 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe they can bring in some floats for the planes, by boat. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-30-2004, 07:25 PM	#7
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Its prolly too shallow Bruce. And you wouldn't want to put a boat thats expensive enough to move those planes in a body of water where you got no clue whats under you. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

10-01-2004, 01:55 AM	#9
shadow1961 Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3	They're stuck in the middle of a creamy, chocolatey, sea of Quick©!!!

09-30-2004, 11:38 AM	#2
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	Wow! Great picture (well, ok, I am a pilot so this really appeals to me!) Reminds me of landing at Everglades City in the (duh) everglades near Marco Island....tiny runway with water on three sides... actually had a boat stop for me while I was on approach so I wouldn't hit is mast. Can only imagine the fun of water on four sides, with the runway slowly dissappearing. You could probably land a little cessna 152 or 172 on that remaining runway but I don't think you could get it back in the air so those guys are certainly trapped! Like the fact that all the planes and cars are all on the "high" ground...probably a couple feet higher than the rest of the runway. FD

09-30-2004, 06:37 PM	#5
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Oh my god, I wouldn't like to be a passenger in the cessna if the pilot attempts to land on that little stretch of runway.

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