Heavy rains and damaging floods are hampering transportation in parts of the area
Comment: Again, flooding in Virginia near the proposed uranium mining and milling, uranium tailing ponds in Pittsylvania County, VA. But Uranium Mining will be all over Virginia, so it flooded from the mountains, valley and the Piedmont of Virginia! U R Next!
Published: January 26, 2010
Dan River has crested at 23 feet, 3 inches and that’s as high as it’s going to get, said Danville’s director of emergency services.
Flood waters from Sunday’s heavy rains should recede in the next several hours and residents are advised to avoid the waters, said Bernard Brown, director of emergency services.
“(By) the next eight to 12 hours, we’ll see a drastic drop in the water level,” Brown said Tuesday morning.
Brown advised residents to stay away from standing and moving waters and not to enter barricaded areas.
The National Weather Service had predicted Dan River would crest at 27 ½ feet and then lowered its estimate to 25 feet, 4 inches, Brown said. Last night, the river crested at 23 feet, 2 inches and began to receded only to rise again to 23 feet, 3 inches around midnight, he said. The NWS considers 17 feet to be flood stage for Dan River.
Banniter River Basin Area:
Flooding at Coles Road, area of 3 Proposed Open Pit Uranium Mining:
In Pittsylvania County, numerous roads remain flooded, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Those roads include;
-Route 631 at Level Run and Wards roads
-Route 637 at Roark Mill Road and Shula Drive
-Route 671 at Tucker and Rockford School roads
-Route 683 at Upper Mountain and N. Meadows roads
-Route 686 at N. Meadows and McCormick roads
Dry Creek, S. Meadows, location of Proposed Uranium Tailings Ponds
-Route 687 at Strader and Gandy roads
-Route 694 at Woodlawn Heights, Fairview Road and Old Hickory Lane
-Route 713 at Dodson and Statesville roads
-Route 751 at Smith Mt. Road and Star Land Drive
-Route 791 at Cotton Patch and Piney roads
-Route 808 at E. Gretna and Hodnetts roads
-Route 809 at Museville Road
-Route 880 at Berry Hill Road
(Rumor of Proposed Uranium Milling- paid for by taxpayers without our knowledge)
-Route 931 at U.S. 29 and Daltons Farm Lane
Read more:
http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/flooding_remains_in_danville_pittsylvania_county/17403/
By John Crane
