The Albany riverfront gets a little more interesting every time the water level rises, as it is doing now because of recent rains.
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The Albany riverfront gets a little more interesting every time the water level rises, as it is doing now because of recent rains.
It would not be winter if Bryant Park in Albany didn’t get flooded for at least a few days, sometimes for weeks.
At the risk of seeming repetitive, here’s another look from Albany’s Periwinkle Park toward Periwinkle Elementary School, taken Sunday.
The huge puddle behind Perwinkle Elementary School in Albany was being drained today, the city parks department reports.
On my first bike ride after Oregon’s mid-January ice and snowstorm, I found Bryant Way closed near the Albany city limit.
The Willamette River at Albany was expected to crest at just under 20 feet in the early hours Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service, well below the flood stage of 25 feet.
How high’s the water Momma? Hum that tune
“How high’s the water, Momma?” Johnny Cash asked in 1959. And the answer was: “Five feet high and rising.”
Tags: Albany parks, flooding, high water, National Weather Service, river forecast, Willamette River