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SYCAMORE ISLAND PICTURE GALLERY
Flood after Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane Isabel - Thursday, September 18, 2003
Flood Crest - Noon Sunday, September 21, 2003
Flood Crest - Noon Sunday, September 21, 2003
Friday
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| The ferry after Hurricane Isabel left. Friday noon -- 4.7 feet. |
The canoes survived the rain and wind. |
The Captain's Float didn't fare so well. Two big tree limbs crashed on it. |
Will these two huge limbs float away in the flood? |
Saturday
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| The tables are roped together ... | ... and roped to a tree so they ... | ... won't float away in the coming flood. |
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| The canoes have all been flipped to ride out the flood. |
There's no telling what will happen to the Captain's float as the water rises. |
The club canoes are already getting wet. |
The swimming dock and float are tethered to big trees but the lawn is gone. |
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| More picnic tables are sinking ... | ... in the afternoon sunlight ... | ... of a perfect day. |
Sunday
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| Sunday Morning ... | ... at the height of the flood ... | ... the towpath landing is ... | disappearing below the water. |
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| The pull-rope is high enough to clear the flood crest. |
Canoes are floating beyond the foliage, and the canoe shed . |
Tuesday
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| A large dead tree toppled into the canal bringing down branches of other trees and the club's power line. |
One day... | ... The next | Park Police guard the live wire with a little makeshift fence and an officer on duty. |
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| The fiberglass pole just wasn't up to the task when the tree came down on its wires. |
A hastily made sign warns of high voltage danger. |
Club members look up the path at several more dead trees just waiting their turn to topple. |
Another dead tree at the top of the path snapped off and crashed into the undergrowth below. |
