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"Are earthly disasters just a natural occurrence of nature or is God trying to
tell us something?"
Forrest Caricofe
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BACK TO OUR HOUSE ON OTTOBINE ROAD....
CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY....
"Father only went to or graduated the 8th grade and I'll tell you more about that
tomorrow...." that building where Father went to school is still there today and is
now the Blue Ridge Christian School.
At this point in time, if I'm about 12 years old, it is 1954 and the building is still in
in use as Bridgewater High School as far as I know.
As I was sitting in the back seat along with Roland and Nancy and not picking on
each other or tussling, my mind went back to my slight remembrances in time
to 1949. I was about 5 years old and vaguely remember the great Bridgewater
Flood of that year.
The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Newsletter
Story by Dale Harter
The Flood of 1949 in Bridgewater
".... As floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters have plagued many parts
of the United States in the first decade of the 21st century, it often seems that
residents of the central Shenandoah Valley have lived a charmed life. But a
flash flood that hit Rockingham County and northwestern Augusta County in
June 1949 reminds us that Mother Nature can strike quickly anywhere, and with
devastating results. Citizens in Bridgewater, in particular, suffered the brunt
of this flood.
On Saturday, June 18, 1949, Harrisonburg’s Daily NewsRecord greeted readers
with shocking headlines: “FLOOD WATERS SWEEP BRIDGEWATER, Families Are
Caught In Homes As North River On Rampage.” Between midnight and 6 a.m.,
the newspaper reported, “The worst flood in the history of the town struck
Bridgewater early this morning, inundating practically the entire community,
causing possible loss of life, doing thousands of dollars worth of damage and
causing hundreds of persons to be evacuated from their homes.”
Because the flood struck so quickly and during the dark of night, most of the
town’s residents rode out the storm in their homes. Before dawn had broken,
private citizens, firemen from both of Harrisonburg’s fire companies, soldiers
from the local National Guard company, workers from the American Red Cross
and State Police troopers began arriving to help the beleaguered citizens.
The cause of the flood, according to a bulletin published the following year by
Virginia’s Department of Conservation The Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Historical Society Newsletter
.... Donald S. Wallace, department commissioner, said the flood was “a most
unusual one,” with “the runoff on a per squaremile basis being as high as 1,800
cubic feet per second from very small watersheds.” Orville D. Mussey, a
hydraulic engineer who compiled the state bulletin, reported that the highest
rate of runoff came from the North River’s drainage area above Stokesville, in
Augusta County. Runoff from the tributaries of Briery Branch, Spring Creek and
Mossy Creek also contributed to the flooding. At the same time, northwest of
town, the rain-engorgedDry River had been unable to flow normally into the
flooded North River. With nowhere else to go, Dry River had broken through its
banks in what the Daily NewsRecord described as “a wall of water more
than 15 feet deep.” The rushing water then had cut a swath diagonally southwest
across the town to North River. This path followed Dry River’s original bed that
earlier had connected with the North River at the community of Berlinton, east of
Bridgewater.
The Daily News-Record that was published two days after the flood brought local
readers the first photographs of the flood and the sad news of two deaths.
Margaret Frances Bricker had drowned after her house was swept away by the
diverted Dry River, and Mrs. C. R. Bowman had drowned after she left the safety
of her house to try and escape theflood. Bricker’s oldest daughter, 12-year-old
Betty, was rescued at daybreak by two Bridgewater citizens, Alvin Kline Jr. and
Maynard Southard, but her youngest, 9-year-old Frances, was still unaccounted
for. The newspaper also detailed the property loss: at least 100 homes damaged
or swept away; every business damaged “from Dinkel Avenue to the North
River;” numerous garages destroyed; 25-30 automobiles damaged or missing;
and portions of the town’s paved streets “torn to pieces.” Allen S. Harvey,
Bridgewater’s town sergeant and fire chief, estimated the cost in dollars to be
as high as $1 million. In the days to follow, citizens from Harrisonburg and
Rockingham County banded together with the people of Bridgewater to repair
damages and return a sense of normalcy to their lives. Citizen soldiers from
Company M, the National Guard unit in Harrisonburg, were among the first to
arrive in Bridgewater and established their headquarters in North Hall, the
men’s dormitory at Bridgewater College. The dormitory also served as
headquarters for the State Police and the Rockingham County Sheriff and was
used by some citizens as temporary living quarters. From the campus, the
soldiers and law enforcement officers spread out across the town to man
roadblocks on the outskirts, patrol the streets to prevent looting and search
the river banks for missing persons. Volunteers from the American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Harrisonburg joined them in these
efforts. Other volunteers gathered in the Bridgewater High School
(now Blue Ridge Christian School), on Dinkel Ave., beginning with a group of
women from Dayton who brought food, water and an oil stove to prepare hot
meals for volunteers. They were followed by members of the Rockingham
County chapter of the American Red Cross, who set up their operations in
the school to provide citizens with food, medical attention, clothing and
temporary shelter. A local Red Cross member reported that hundreds of people
were fed daily at the school during the week following the flood. Local doctors
and nurses also used the facility to provide inoculations to prevent typhoid.
Although the rainfall and flooding affected other parts of Rockingham County,
and destroyed every house in the small hamlet of Stokesville, in Augusta County,
Bridgewater arguably suffered the most in terms of both lives and money lost.
Bridgewater experienced the only fatalities, including Frances Bricker, whose
body was found by searchers one week after the flood.
According to Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Development,
Bridgewater accounted for 40 percent of the more than $2 million in total
damages in Rockingham, Augusta and Highland counties. The U. S. Department
of Agriculture’s Soil Conservation Service estimated damages in Bridgewater
alone amounted to $750,000.
On the one-year anniversary of the flood, the Daily NewsRecord reported, “. . .
the damaged structures have all been repaired, and the town is now spic and
span with fresh paint and new construction.” The town also had begun
negotiating
with the federal government for the creation of a levee designed to prevent any
future flooding from Dry River. That levee became a reality in Dec. 1951 when
the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a nearly one-mile long structure
northwest of town.
Just how long it took for life in the town to really return to normal is debatable,
remembered Harry G. M. “Doc” Jopson, who lived across Broad St. from Mrs.
C. R. Bowman and whose own house was damaged by flooding.
“It depends on what you mean by normal,” said Jopson."
We might have been living on High Street in Dayton when the flood occurred
because I rocked off the back porch and broke my arm around that time
(5 years old).
I do remember Father going to Bridgewater to help out if he could. And I do
remember "Doc" Jopson.
WORLD
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free
access to the sum of all human knowledge."
—Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
I contributed another donation to Wikipedia today and I believe it was well
worth. I have used the resources of Wikipedia numerous times and you
know, like me, it's FREE.
HEALTH
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"Wild caught small fish are always better for your health than hot dogs, made of
leftover beef or hog parts, at Jess's Lunch."
Forrest Caricofe
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hot dogs, made of leftover beef or hog parts, at Jess's Lunch."
I told you yesterday that I was going to phone Dr. Kwok's office and get an
appointment. Well, I phoned and Elizabeth, the receptionist, gave me an
agreed upon time of 4:00 PM EDT.
I first went to the Wooster Eye Center because I had run out of my night eye
drops (Latanoprost). I've had no drops for about five days, the bottle just
blowing air when I squeezed it. They were patient friendly as usual and gave
a sample of a similar eye-drops that would last until I could pick up from Rite
Aid my regular eye drops on December 12.
I then went to Walmart and picked two large bottles of low sodium V-8, a large
bottle of Herring in Wine Sauce, two small bottles of strawberries (produced
and made in China and me thinking about the workers in China maybe
making 25 cents an hour USD because the bottles were only $1 a piece). I then
to my favorite aisle, the fish aisle, and picked up some Pacific wild caught
sardines and more herring in canes which just fit a sandwich.
I then drove, like Father, fast to Dr. Kwok's office.
I learned to drive that way when I was in Las Vegas because everyone else
drove fast and Mother's 1986 Honda Accord responds immediately to the
gas or brake pedal and takes turns like a jack rabbit.
I entered the good doctor's office and didn't have to wait long before they
called out my name "Forrest." I said "what do you want" and everybody
laughed. One of the two Jesssicas weighed me in like a prize fighter and
then lead me to a patient office. I had a list of things I needed to ask just
like the advice of the NIH's article in my story of yesterday. She took my
vitals and I gave to her verbally the questions I had.
Jessica then left and said that Dr. Kwok would be in shortly. When Dr. Kwok
came in I told him what a good doctor I thought he was and I said "did I ever
say that before." And us both knowing that I do that every visit, he said with
a gentle smile "yes, I think you have."
And because the entire office is patient friendly I'll keep on praising them
because that's the southern way of doing things.
When Dr. Kwok had finished answering my questions and I his, he left the
office and saying that I would have prescriptions to pickup at Rite Aid and
that Jessica would be back in shortly. She came back in soon with 5 shots to
be given. Three in my left buttock and me standing on my right leg only and
two in my right buttock and standing on my left leg only. You can imagine
this only if you are looking at my butt side.
I was later given a breathing treatment which was suppose to be 5 minutes
and lasted for 8, Jessica saying when she returned that she lost track of time.
Sure she did?
After I left the room I went to the checkout desk were I asked Elizabeth about
her kids and she said and smiled a "thank you."
I left the office quickly because it was approaching 5:00 PM EDT and I knew
I would have to get back to the house before it became completely dark. My
cataracts and Claucoma constrict my night vision and I'm lost while driving
in the complete darkness of the night. But I made just in time exceeding speed
limits of 55 mph with speeds of 60 to 65 mph.
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"Paid protesters of today are not aiming for a better future, but are wanting
to return to the same old past."
Forrest Caricofe
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US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Newsmax
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McCaughey: Trump Will Protect Those on Obamacare
Report: RNC Spent 6 Cents Per Voter Registered
Obama: Dems Going Through 'Healthy' Self Examination
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Trump Considering Woman, Openly Gay Man for Posts
Ana Navarro: Trump's Appointments 'Very Concerning'
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Gen. Michael Hayden: Time to Support Trump as President-Elect
Planned Parenthood Supporters Donating in Mike Pence's Name
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Weather for Smithville, Ohio
Today PARTLY_CLOUDY 58° 40°
Wed PARTLY_CLOUDY 56° 36°
Thu SUNNY 62° 44°
Fri MOSTLY_SUNNY 67° 42°
The Weather Channel - Weather Underground - AccuWeather
I went out to the garage (6:21 AM 11/15/2016 EDT) this morning to make my
second pot of coffee and my first fish sandwich. I had oysters packed in cotton
seed oil with a protein content of 14g. Delicious as always.
The temperature is about 35°, not the forecasted temperature from above.
Last night the clouds covered the waning moments of the Super Moon in the
eastern sky, but I could see it clearly now in the western sky.
And in looking at the weather forecast from above, I should be able to grass
the bare spots in the yard and finally, and I mean finally, plant the rest of the
flower bulbs.
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