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Flash Flooding Hits Molino Area (With Photo Gallery)
July 11, 2013
Flash flooding caused numerous problems in the Molino area today, including the partial closure of the Highway 29 and Highway 97 intersection.
At one point, most of the intersection at Tom Thumb (also known as the “Atmore Cutoff”) was underwater, prompting authorities to close lanes. The water receded in just over an hour, and all lanes of traffic were reopened.
Scroll down for additional flooding photos from the Molino and Barrineau Park areas.
Above: Highway 29 at Highway 97. NorthEscambia.com photo.
Above: Hi Lo Trail off Molino Road. Reader photo by Donna Schachle.
Above: Pinoak Lane, Cantonment, near Highway 29. Reader photo by Valerie Davis.
Above: Wilders Creek on Fairground Road. Reader photo by Ian King.
Above: Barrineau Park Road between Barrineau Park School Road and Barrineau Lane. Reader photo by April Mitchell.
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9 Responses to “Flash Flooding Hits Molino Area (With Photo Gallery)”
@Rick and others,
Actually, Jim is correct….but so are you. They GRATE the road in order to obtain the correct GRADE.
Grate=to scrape or rub with rough or noisy friction, as one thing on or against another. (such as the blade against the ground to create the proper slope)
Grade=to reduce to a level or to practicable degrees of inclination: to grade a road.
(the proper slope to cause the water to run off instead of pooling in the roadway)
Hey, sounds like we got a bunch of English teachers and engineers out there.
Y’all do know that no matter how large the grate that if the drain pipe is too small or if it’s clogged with debris that water won’t go thru it.
Even if the drain pipe is clear and the outflow is filled with water then it won’t drain.
Ditches overgrown with weeds, loaded with debris thrown from vehicles and random roadkill will not flow properly either.
Roadside ditches clean up sounds like a “great” project for the folks sitting in our jails and prisons Bring back the chain gangs. They were a visual learning experience for kids when I was young. “Ma, what’re they doing?” and when she explained it stuck.. Nope, not what I wanted to do.
I got an A once when my teacher graded my work…I guess they should have dug them ditches a little better.
This area has flooded every time we have a good rain, for as long as I can remember. Wheather (yeah, I know thats misspelled, have a blast) it is grated or graded or whatever the issue is, it is time to fix it.
@Rick……grate= A framework of parallel or latticed bars for blocking an opening. grated= To equip with a grate. For your information Mr. Jim Brown could have been referring to the size of the grates on the storm drains not being of adequate size to handle the amount of rainfall. He didn’t refer to whom may have grated the road as you assumed, he simply stated, “whoever grated this area”, not road. Just a thought before you start making fun of other peoples comments.
@Rick- I see what you did there, I giggled.
Grated? They grated the road? Well, no wonder it flooded. They should have graded it.
Guess the State still thinks they have the power to get water to run “Up Hill” !
who ever grated this area screwed up/where ie the real people that know something