Liz Erk ([info]lizerk) wrote,
2005-10-12 12:00:00

Bloody Floody

Yikes! This is a section of southern New Hampshire as of this morning:



Needless to say, I wasn't all too surprised when the organizers of this coming weekend's New Hampshire Championship Regatta sent me the following:

Notice of Cancellation- New Hampshire Championships Regatta

Saturday, October 15, 2005



We regret to inform you that we must cancel this years New Hampshire Championships Regatta. This last weekends rain has resulted in severe flooding in many parts of Southern New Hampshire. The Merrimack River, which forms our racecourse is presently several feet over flood stage and could go higher if we have more rain. Unfortunately, the forecast for the next several days is rain and more rain. At the present time, the current is so severe that the river is unrowable. In addition, Memorial Park in Pembroke, where we launch from, is under water up to the tops of the picnic tables.

In the interests of the safety, we have elected to cancel for this Saturday. No other date is available to which we can move the race and, thus, we must sadly report that there will be no New Hampshire Championships Regatta this year.

Please join us again next year. The race is always the Saturday before the Head of the Charles. We will be using Regatta Central again, so check their website for the exact date and entry details. In the meantime, we will be praying to the weather-gods and good luck to you all for the rest of this season.

That photo they included with their note is of the park area where all of the teams station their boat trailers. Part of me couldn't help but think how cool it would be if they held the regatta anyway. Instead of the river, we could race through town!



Oh well.

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  • 5 comments

[info]getmeoutofhere

October 12 2005, 17:33:01 UTC 6 years ago

damn, Gina!

It would be kinda neat to race down the street.

[info]ssejooz

October 12 2005, 18:34:13 UTC 6 years ago

pay the toll

i didn't know you were supposed to row! My friend lives in Hooksett and was joking about charging the rowers a toll through his yard... had no idea what he was talking about.

[info]lillyflowers

October 12 2005, 19:51:00 UTC 6 years ago

If you're feeling the need to Regatta, use the formerly babbling brook at the edge of my property. These past few days it's been screaming at full volume right into the Piscataqua River! ;-)

[info]radklif_kh

October 13 2005, 00:08:39 UTC 6 years ago

that would make for an awesome race :)

[info]rufntumbled

October 13 2005, 15:31:00 UTC 6 years ago

awww thats so sad!!!

I love the new hampshire champs..

tho it would be reallllly cool to row through town.

but can you image getting power lines caught on the skeg?
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