Just a good article from a great non-profit news outlet about how, as always, it was volunteer mutual aid teams that held Vermont together during the recent floods, including performing highly dangerous rescue operations.

I know a lot of these folks, and they're as solid as they come. So glad they're there.

🔗 "We knew this storm was going to be bad" - VT Commons

https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/724/swift_water_rescue

#VTFlooding #VTFlood23 #VTFloods #Vermont #VermontStrong

‘We knew this storm was going to be bad’

When he began his day on the morning of Sunday, July 9, Drew Hazelton was planning for 5 to 7 inches of water to fall on southern Vermont. Hazelton, the chief of operations at Rescue Inc., knew that the nonprofit's two swift water rescue teams would be called into service. The state provides equipment. In turn, "we agree to be there when we are needed," he says. And in this case, Hazelton adds, "we knew we would be called out...

‘We knew this storm was going to be bad’

The #VTFlood23 hashtag seems to maybe be the one we've settled on for the Vermont floods?

Here's a great crowdsourced resource for anyone in need of or looking to offer assistance: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZqJUO2ThkSebFryKL1UXuefQQM2LNs4A-NQ73go2KFw/edit​

I'm also going to put in another plug for the Stratton Foundation and their incredible work, especially in the hard-hit West River Valley: https://strattonfoundation.kindful.com/?campaign=1263758

#Vermont #VTFlooding #VTFloods #VermontFlooding #VermontStrong

Winooski River still a torrent this morning, the hydro dam has been swamped with water and debris #VTflood23 #vtflooding #ClimateChange #climatecrisis
Great blog post by Matt Sutkoski about the current weather situation and the road ahead. https://matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2023/07/tuesday-morning-vermont-heartbreak-and.html #Vermont #VTwx #vtflooding
Tuesday Morning: Vermont Heartbreak And New Emergencies Amid Relentless Flood

Downtown Montpelier last evening.  My heart is breaking.  The Vermont flooding relentlessly, cruelly kept getting worse and more widespread ...

If you're following the severe, soon-to-be catastrophic flooding in #Vermont and want to help, I can't speak highly enough of the Stratton Foundation. They rescued my dad's hometown after the 2011 Irene floods.

The spillways of the Army Corps dams just north and south of Dad's hometown will breach in a few hours. Even in Irene, that didn't happen. Keep Vermont close to heart.

🔗 Disaster Relief Fund - Stratton Community Foundation

https://strattonfoundation.kindful.com/?campaign=1263758

#VTFlooding #VTWX #VermontFlooding

Stratton Community Foundation | Kindful