What happened at Dutch 9-18
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ScottyK
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The water levels must fluctuate there. We got down past 100' in the hole about 8 years ago. I didn't even need my shovel 
We were at Dutch this weekend.
Sat morning, one access road was flooded so badly that a pickup truck was submerged to it's roof. The other access road had 1.5 to 2' of water over it. They closed Dutch due to concerns of getting emergency vehicles in if someone got hurt... also the area was hit pretty hard and EMS was busy elsewhere. This was a 50 or 100 year flood event for the area. We spent Sat. chilling with locals at the hotel who were flooded out of their houses.
By Sunday the access roads were dry, and we only drove to Dutch to get our refunds for the weekend. They said that they were repairing the roads down to the water, cause they were rather washed out. Also the visability was in the 6-8 inches range. On Sunday, they were saying they "might" be open Wed. They said the water was "a foot or two higher."
Our **guess** is that with vis so bad, the don't want OW student going in their, getting lost, or otherwise causing them headahces. Also the new constructon across the quarry (er.. I mean lake, Stu) has probably loosen the clay in the area, which probably went right into the quarry (er lake).
Definitely call before you go. Also we had a 40 mile detour around the Delware Water Gap (rt 209) going home on Sunday.
Sat morning, one access road was flooded so badly that a pickup truck was submerged to it's roof. The other access road had 1.5 to 2' of water over it. They closed Dutch due to concerns of getting emergency vehicles in if someone got hurt... also the area was hit pretty hard and EMS was busy elsewhere. This was a 50 or 100 year flood event for the area. We spent Sat. chilling with locals at the hotel who were flooded out of their houses.
By Sunday the access roads were dry, and we only drove to Dutch to get our refunds for the weekend. They said that they were repairing the roads down to the water, cause they were rather washed out. Also the visability was in the 6-8 inches range. On Sunday, they were saying they "might" be open Wed. They said the water was "a foot or two higher."
Our **guess** is that with vis so bad, the don't want OW student going in their, getting lost, or otherwise causing them headahces. Also the new constructon across the quarry (er.. I mean lake, Stu) has probably loosen the clay in the area, which probably went right into the quarry (er lake).
Definitely call before you go. Also we had a 40 mile detour around the Delware Water Gap (rt 209) going home on Sunday.
grouchyturtle
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I saw some nice flooding on my way home from that area. I heard the one bridge I drove over got knocke out on Sunday too.
I called them a few days back and the message said they would be open.
I called them a few days back and the message said they would be open.
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