Ice jams, high water levels, and the sheer volume of ice floating down the Susquehanna have caused Columbia River Park to become flooded this morning (1/16/18). The painted scale on one of the piers of the Veterans Memorial Bridge shows the water level at 235 – eight feet above normal.
VIDEO: A look around the park
A partially submerged bench
Part of the roadway through the park is now impassable.
A lamp post is on its way “down.”
Water level at 235 – eight feet above normal
Sign down!
Even the cul-de-sac is flooded.
A crew checks the sewage ejection pump at Columbia Crossing due to an alarm sounding.
The leaning lamp post is being menaced by the imposing ice.
Columbia Spy 