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larkrake

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1. it is below sea level, and the water has to be pumped out like NO

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:47 PM

Oct 2012

A berm was washed away, allowing the river to swamp the town. It is still raining north, feeding the river a bit too, but the water in town is toxic soup now

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Question about the flood in Hobocken - [View all] hedgehog Oct 2012 OP

it is below sea level, and the water has to be pumped out like NO larkrake Oct 2012 #1

Thanks for the info - the national reporting tends to hedgehog Oct 2012 #2