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June 2006 Flooding

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A car sits abandoned in the parking lot of a shopping center in Hallstead. This is after the water had begun to recede.		An apartment complex on the Hallstead=Great Bend border sits in the middle of flood water from the Susquehanna River.		A scene from along the Susquehanna River in Hallstead, Pennsylvania		Hallstead's BiLo grocery store set up a temporary supermarket in trailers when both of the communities main source of food supplies were flooded.

Flood waters rise behind the Nimmonsburg United Methodist Church for the second time in a little over a year. (Photo by Rev. Ann Blair)		Rev. David Rockwell uses a music stand to measure the depth of flood water in the lower level of the Nimmonsburg United Methodist Church. (Photo by Rev. Ann Blair)		A volunteer attempts to keep water from entering a house in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. An abandoned mine filled with water from the heavy rains and runoff and then burst, spilling millions of gallons of water down city streets and into homes.		Whitewater rapids along what should be 8th Avenue in the City of Carbondale. The water undermined a newly installed sidewalk just across the street.

Furniture and appliances line the street in one part of Endwell, New York, as water from the Susquehanna River recede.		The corporate offices of United Methodist Homes were forced to relocate until damage to their headquarters can be repaired.		Dried mud and discarded belonging line the streets of this Endwell, New York neighborhood, just across the street from United Methodist Homes corporate offices.		The basement of the Sidney United Methodist Church was filled and two inches of water spread across the sanctuary floor. he Sidney food bank food was destroyed along with the kitchen, dining hall, Boy Scout Room, Choir Room, and Dorcas Room.?

Muddy footprints mark the passage of someone through the sanctuary of Sidney UMC. Flood water rose two inched deep in the main level of the church.		This stairwell inside the Sidney church shows the effects of being underwater. The stairs above lead to the Oneonta District Office.		Sidney's parsonage had fourteen inches of water on the main floor and a full basement.		A business located behind the parsonage in Sidney is still pumping water a week after the flood hit.

Three more homes used to occupy this area in Lower Cadosia, near Hancok, NY. They were completely swept away in the flood.		The foundation and porches of this Lower Cadosia home were washed out, destroying the dwelling.		The resident of this trailer had to be airlifted out when a small run off turned into a torrent of water during the night.		Debris washed down stream settled in front of this home in Lordville. It is another of many condemned homes in the area. (Photo by Rev. Andy Weidner)

It may not look all that bad, but flood waters wrecked this home in Lordville, NY. (Photo by Rev. Andy Weidner)		The basement of Emory UMC, in Hancock, NY has become a clothing bank for victims of flooding along the Delaware, including those in Cadosia and Lordville.		Mud on the hood and fenders of Rev. Larry Mather's car, shows how close water came to flooding the first floor of the Tioga Center parsonage. Water also filled an abandoned basement in the church, next door.		Water invaded the baserments of both Calvary UMC in Waymart and its parsonage, next door. Inmates from a nearby state prison made quick work of the clean up.