Just to give you and idea of the rise in the Schuylkill over the past few days. The river was expected to peak sometime later the night the pictures were taken.
*I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures. I have not figured out the best settings on my new camera yet.
Water creeps up on Icelandic hero, Thorfinn Karlsefni (possible discoverer of America in 1004)
A number of the boathouses had their lights on and some had their doors open (sometimes held open by a keg)
You could see most of the boathouses had flooding well into the first floor
Usually the water that spills over the dam is about 6 inches high, it appeared to be well over a foot
Video Clip of the water pouring over the dam (probably not worth the download time - 18mb)
Apparently the water had swelled a few feet higher before because the trash had made it over the wall
You can barely see it but a bunch of Canadian Geese were lined up against the water. Perhaps the area they normally sleep was gone.