The heavy rains of the last few days had the usual results in Albany. Bryant Park was closed, and so was a section of Bryant Way near the city limits.
“How high’s the water, Momma?” Johnny Cash asked in 1959. And the answer was: “Five feet high and rising.”
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.
High water at night: Better take it slow
After a couple of days of rain, driving around the Albany area was a little tricky on Thursday evening. Flooded sections were not easy to spot in the wet and black December night.
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