04 September 2021

Flash Floods — How They Are Dangerous

People underestimate the power of water. "It's only water; what can it do?" It is why they drive into high water, even though they've been told a hundred times not to. "It's only water; what can it do?" Ida Floodwaters Collapse Wall of NJ Home, Trap Mom and Son in Basement.

Of course New York did nothing to warn people in basement apartments to get out. I wonder if New Jersey did anything. (Though I haven't heard of it.)

The video embedded below is of the collapse of the exterior basement wall, and the inundation of the living space. It is hard to see anything in the video, and the news story doesn't cover many details aside from the reaction of the family, but it appears to have been a concrete block wall. It got pushed off the footers by the pressure of the water, and the basement filled, to within about 4 inches of the ground floor, before the occupants could get out.

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