Tamaqua Hit Hard by Rain - Dodged Bullet

Joe Plasko - Tamaqua Bureau Chief of the Times News wrote to me -

"Harry,
We were a lot luckier than some areas. Thank goodness they drained the lower Owl Creek dam a few years ago, so it worked out as a spillway and prevented further flooding. Tuscarora and Still Creek held fine, we had some flooding from the Wabash Tuesday night. But they did evacuate downtown Tamaqua for a couple of hours on Wednesday morning when Tuscarora was iffy.
Joe"

Here are pictures of the Schuylkill River in Tamaqua. It starts in Tamaqua and runs 130 miles to Philadelphia. Tamaqua Sewer System empties into the Schuylkill and Philadelphia Water System draws out of the same.

These pictures were taken by my old church - Bethany EC Church. Paul Dodson took the pictures.