Eastman Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I have several pics of the flood. The boulevard, PT, Riverside all underwater. they are film pics so I have no idea how to post them. If you have a scanner, you can scan them and save them to a folder on your computer, then post them from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingPrincess Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I was not quite four, but I can vaguely remember watching boats floating in the PT parking lot. That image stuck with me. That's all I remember, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest curwensville Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bon Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 cool pics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyC Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I remember this very well as i graduated then. I believe the rain actually started on Friday and just kept coming. The post at the time was the H and H pizza shop. There was a picture also of a car down by the Big O that all you could see was the antenna sticking out. Shortly after that is when the city decided that maybe they should start a flood project with the Sandy Lick. However still don't believe we could withstand that much rain again in a short period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest curwensville Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I have a special edition paper that has photos from different counties affected by the 72 flood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigT Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 The Flood was a result of Hurricane Agnes if my memory is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I went to work at Rola-Jensen at 7 am the day the storm hit and did not get home till the next day sometime, we spent the day and noght moving everything like electric motors from machines and most everything valuable upstairs. the fireman came with a boat to get us out and the boat got hung up on something by the blvd and we had to walk the water was chest deep. I remember being really happy to pass the Hitching post and the tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don62 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I was 15 the year of the flood and we always blamed my dad for it because he didn't want to give us money to go to the fair. Our boy scout troop meet in the church located at the corner of Main and Quarry and we were doing a recycle thing and had a room full of newspaper and glass when the flood was over I can remember going in to try and clean up that mess as I recall that was the end of the recycling for our troop we did something else to fund raise after that. I used to have pictures but don't know what ever happened to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Fan Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Seeing the pictures of PT bring back such good memories! That was such a great dept. store. Remember when they had 12 checkouts going on the PT side and on the Riverside side too. That store was always packed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelbyday Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I remember my mom talking about this. She worked at a place I believe may have been called Larson's downtown and couldn't get to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastman Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I remember my mom talking about this. She worked at a place I believe may have been called Larson's downtown and couldn't get to work. Larson's was down on Long Ave. close to Jared Street in the area where E & G Auto Parts was last before they closed. I was a paper carrier then in 10th grade and kept the special edition of the paper. I don't know if I have it anymore or if it was still at my Mom's house when she died...maybe Denny can look it up in the archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelbyday Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I remeber her talking about that place all the time. She really liked it there. Isn't it funny how when we are younger we don't want to listen to our parents' stories, but when they are no longer able to be told, that is all we want to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Those were great pictures. Boy - did they bring back memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Wow! Love the pictures. Would love to see more. It's so cool to see how much towns have changed over the years! : I lived in the Monroeville area during that flood. I was 8 years old. Don't remember ever hearing about it though. Looking at all those old stores, it's funny (not ha ha funny) how everything looks so different in just 37 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker2 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I was a junior in high school and worked at theA@P store.It was located where martins is now. The water was 5 feet deep. There was huge rats everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbarn Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Wasn't that the same time Cooks Forest bridge was covered with water and it went into camps about 3 feet high in them. Punxs'y only had water up to the bridge that day. Hope to not ever see another like it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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