Woke up to this earlier this morning. Video showing S. Bound Brook NJ flooding as of 8:30am (ET). The Raritan River runs directly behind my house....crossing my fingers. 😬😬😬
@@johnl2613 This was a DJI Mavic Air (original)..NOT the newer DJI Mavic Air 2. If buying in 2021 the DJI Mavic Air 2 is a great drone for this type of video footage.
I lived in Piscataway for years and have driven over Queens Bridge a zillion times. Your video is superb! I enjoyed watching it, though I did not enjoy seeing so much flooding. Bound Brook has endured enough flooding nightmares to last a lifetime. Let us hope and pray that Hurricane Ida is the last one we will see for a generation.
I used to live in Somerville when I worked for The Courier-News. I covered one of those floods in that area. Hurricane Floyd. It's bad. Unliveable. Once mold builds up on the wall. Toxic. Really sad. I like that area.
Yeah...I agree. Just wanted to upload the footage for anyone concerned or watching. Was really just a rush job this morning...I'm still watching the levels rise..may post something a little later w/ update.
I lived in bound brook, NJ which is on the other side of the river. In 1999, another flood occurred which was worse and destroyed Bound Brook, south Bound Brook And Manville, NJ. The stores on Maine street were wiped out. They build apartments and townhouses in their place. In1999, the flood was blamed of the snow melt and all the construction build on the the watershed. Nobody fixed the problem so it happened again in 2021. It will happen again if nothing it fixed.
I saw Bound Brook there and it didn't look as bad as it did during the last flood or hurricane. The last time Main street got 10 feet of water in Bound Brook. This time, because of the new infrastructure, I didn't see that much water. Also, the name of the town is Bound Brook and South Bound Brook because the Green Brook creek runs into the Raritan River there. Its mostly in a flood plane just a few miles from where it empties into the Bay. The new condos in So. Bound Brook looked high and dry even though they are built right on the River and canal.
Yeah, I live over in the newer Condos (Canal Crossing). I posted some footage of how high the water levels got over here. 4" more inches and I think we would have been in trouble. You can see how high the water levels got toward the end of my other video; th-cam.com/video/bINiBkAiexo/w-d-xo.html
I lived in Middlesex for about 18 years, and have seen some floods from major hurricanes that actually hit new jersey. But for some reason this particular storm almost seemed worse. Even tho most towns in that area have built flood walls, gates etc... It almost seemed to make it worse
That historical Bound brook stone bridge (2nd oldest bridge in America 1731) is on the Bound brook side and buried under all that. I hope they can unearth it.
It floods all the time.. And to no surprise they do nothing to fix the problem but yet keep building up more and more.. Not sure but at this point flood insurance is probably impossible to get anywhere in that area
you’re right. i live two towns over, close to manville new jersey, and it does flood all the time. i don’t get why they keep rebuilding. but they did actually put levies up in bound brook, and because of that bound brook did flood as bad, and if they got all their gates closed, only basements would’ve been flooded in bound brook. But when they “saved” bound brook, they made flooding so much worse in Manville, somerville, south bound brook, Bridgewater, hillsborough, and raritan. basically all the surrounding towns in the county. its ridiculous.
Great video. It's really unfortunate that this is still happening...I remember about 20yrs ago I had just started a job in Bound Brook (like a week or so) near the train station and there was a flood. We had to be rescued by canoe. When I returned, the water line was almost up to the top of the door...it was devastating. Lost that job-they had to rebuild...
It took a minute but I found my bearings and know what I'm seeing. I used to walk the length of the canal walk every other day. Everything is under water......the area below the trestle after Queens Bridge is filled with water. That has got to be 12 - 13 feet of water. I left the area May, 2019 and I did not recall seeing any of the new demolition and construction.
Think about the technology behind this drone video. Any person with $400 or $500 can take these kinds of videos these days. There's absolutely no shaking. Now if we could only apply all of this intelligence and ingenuity to construction, zoning, planning and funding we might see less of this "surprise" flooding. I am amazed when I hear or read someone saying, "We got flooded again". Really? Seriously?
I don't think your comparison is fair. Drone technology is waaayyyy easier to perfect and is much cheaper than preventing the force of nature from having water enter your town. Drones are tiny, houses and towns are huge. Getting cameras stuff is fundamentally easier than preventing floods. Not only that but solving flooding creates other issues, unlike drone. New Orleans has levees everywhere but it causes the water in the Mississippi to be faster and more turbid. Flooding is constantly getting worse because of climate change, and it's not like you can just tweak a town like you could a drone. Plus, it's not really "surprise" flooding. The NWS sends out alerts before flash flooding occurs.
Interesting. I used to live in Bound Brook and I know about the flooding all to well. I lived Two blocks north of 28 so never had to deal with flooding directly
i live in Hillsborough New Jersey, close to manville, which flood really really bad. My house and my neighbors don’t flood, but there are some houses in my neighborhood that were completely destroyed in the flood. the water was up to the top of the roof and they are 2 story houses. My houses has never flooded, we are at the highest point in the neighborhood, but i’m worried that one day it will flood. i’m worried about that because if the levies and flood gates in bound brook. if the train didn’t get stuck, which didn’t allow one of the gates to close, my house probably would’ve flooded because the water wouldn’t have anywhere else to go. and because of the levies in bound brook, they made manville flood so much worse than it already did, and there was even flooding on main street in somerville! They fixed the problem in bound brook but screwed everyone around it. It’s so stupid.
My parents live a couple blocks away from queens bridge sbb. My kids’ mom grew up on canal rd, a couple houses away from the light. Before they built the development on that corner. I remember the river flooding one time and her mom’s front porch being taken away from the river.
Wow! We left South Bound Brook in 2018 and live in Florida, so it's sad to see what happened up north. RGMG, you missed our place on the bottom left of the video at 2:19 :( Looks like Canal Crossing made it safely. :) I hope everyone who got flooded are doing well. Heartbreaking.
Great job with the video thanks. Prayers and best wishes to all involved Be well and Be Safe You think with all the technology and funds available today this would be corrected Very Sad
I may go back out a little later today...I'm watching the levels continue to rise and a bit concerned how much higher it's going to rise. Will certainly try to post more if I can.
Video was great! My old stomping grounds. Miss the Old Queens bridge. Slid over that thing many icy days. Thank you for sharing the pics. Only BAD thing about it was that I was forced to watch Stacey Abrams (D-GA who screams Jim Crowe 2.0 and wants to continue effort to alter elections by ballot harvesting) for a few second until I could skip ads.
Ouch! Yeah...I heard there were a lot of car rescues last night as well. Hopefully, it can be recovered but not looking good. Levels still rising as of 11:49am (ET)...
@@mikejak9003not my words sir some rich man i can not remember his name. Back when Hurricane Katrina disaster destoyed everyones life source in that book future even worst The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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7 JEhovah has sworn by the Glory of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and all who dwell in it mourn? And all of it shall rise up like the light. And it shall overflow and sink like the Nile of Egypt. 9 And it shall be in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the light of day. (Amos 8:7-9) 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars. And on the earth will be anxiety of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men fainting from fear, and expecting those things which have come on the earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. 27 And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these things begin to happen, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near. (Luke 21:25-28)
How people can still live in these parts of NJ is beyond me. It should be illegal to live and build residential buildings in these flood zones. I lived in NJ for 40 years and these towns have always flooded. The governments in charge have done NOTHING to help the people of NJ they only care to line their fat pockets by doing deals with developers. Residents of NJ take a good hard look at your state, look at how expensive it is to live there and how much you pay in taxes. You are getting screwed.
Woke up to this earlier this morning. Video showing S. Bound Brook NJ flooding as of 8:30am (ET). The Raritan River runs directly behind my house....crossing my fingers. 😬😬😬
peak rise this after noon and evening, Well Wishes sent,
What model of drone do you have? I live in the area too.. damn I need one.
@@johnl2613 This was a DJI Mavic Air (original)..NOT the newer DJI Mavic Air 2. If buying in 2021 the DJI Mavic Air 2 is a great drone for this type of video footage.
@@RGMGFitness Drone idiot here. Any issue w the law? Need permit?
@@johnl2613 This is actually a long answer so I'm just going to refer you here (it's just not black or white); www.faa.gov/uas/
I lived in Piscataway for years and have driven over Queens Bridge a zillion times. Your video is superb! I enjoyed watching it, though I did not enjoy seeing so much flooding. Bound Brook has endured enough flooding nightmares to last a lifetime. Let us hope and pray that Hurricane Ida is the last one we will see for a generation.
Former Pway Resident here too!
Yea thanks to bound brook flood bs Middlesex gets wiped out like never before
I used to live in Somerville when I worked for The Courier-News.
I covered one of those floods in that area. Hurricane Floyd. It's bad. Unliveable. Once mold builds up on the wall. Toxic.
Really sad. I like that area.
U did great with this video… the music tho
Yeah...I agree. Just wanted to upload the footage for anyone concerned or watching. Was really just a rush job this morning...I'm still watching the levels rise..may post something a little later w/ update.
Love it omnious music and all!!! Truly apocalyptic flooding so the music to me was suited!
Ex boss who fired me for not coming to work during the flood lives near here so I hope his house floated away
I lived in bound brook, NJ which is on the other side of the river. In 1999, another flood occurred which was worse and destroyed Bound Brook, south Bound Brook And Manville, NJ. The stores on Maine street were wiped out. They build apartments and townhouses in their place. In1999, the flood was blamed of the snow melt and all the construction build on the the watershed. Nobody fixed the problem so it happened again in 2021. It will happen again if nothing it fixed.
That’s a great video ..!
So sad 😭 again for bound brook and the towns close by .!
Unforgettable!!! I lived in Somerville then and I couldn’t believe what IDA had done!!!!
this is a regular thing- why are they kept given money to rebuild over and over
Floyd was when I worked the Public Telephones in Bound Brook and water was up to second floor windows ,
Then this is no surprise right? How often does this have to happen before someone takes a hint?
I used to live on Jerome Ave in SBB back early 90s. Glad I moved to Old Bridge. Loved OB
Wow that's some serious flooding. Bergen county got hit pretty bad too
Hope everyone in the area stays strong and safe.
I saw Bound Brook there and it didn't look as bad as it did during the last flood or hurricane. The last time Main street got 10 feet of water in Bound Brook. This time, because of the new infrastructure, I didn't see that much water. Also, the name of the town is Bound Brook and South Bound Brook because the Green Brook creek runs into the Raritan River there. Its mostly in a flood plane just a few miles from where it empties into the Bay. The new condos in So. Bound Brook looked high and dry even though they are built right on the River and canal.
Yeah, I live over in the newer Condos (Canal Crossing). I posted some footage of how high the water levels got over here. 4" more inches and I think we would have been in trouble. You can see how high the water levels got toward the end of my other video; th-cam.com/video/bINiBkAiexo/w-d-xo.html
I lived in Middlesex for about 18 years, and have seen some floods from major hurricanes that actually hit new jersey. But for some reason this particular storm almost seemed worse. Even tho most towns in that area have built flood walls, gates etc... It almost seemed to make it worse
That historical Bound brook stone bridge (2nd oldest bridge in America 1731) is on the Bound brook side and buried under all that. I hope they can unearth it.
I lived in Jersey growing up till 2007 moved to FL.i never saw flooding like this😕btw my lil sis lived in highland park not to far
I’m sure your enjoying Florida weather…but even Florida has its storms. Guess it all depends how close you are to the ocean.
unstoppable unbelievable dear god no words
It floods all the time..
And to no surprise they do nothing to fix the problem but yet keep building up more and more..
Not sure but at this point flood insurance is probably impossible to get anywhere in that area
you’re right. i live two towns over, close to manville new jersey, and it does flood all the time. i don’t get why they keep rebuilding. but they did actually put levies up in bound brook, and because of that bound brook did flood as bad, and if they got all their gates closed, only basements would’ve been flooded in bound brook. But when they “saved” bound brook, they made flooding so much worse in Manville, somerville, south bound brook, Bridgewater, hillsborough, and raritan. basically all the surrounding towns in the county. its ridiculous.
Great video. Can't believe we got this much water.
Yeah....seems like this was totally unexpected.
WHY NOT? It rained harder then I ever experienced in my life, for over 7 straight hours.
The music made me think I was in China and the Yangtze was overflowing
Great video. It's really unfortunate that this is still happening...I remember about 20yrs ago I had just started a job in Bound Brook (like a week or so) near the train station and there was a flood. We had to be rescued by canoe. When I returned, the water line was almost up to the top of the door...it was devastating. Lost that job-they had to rebuild...
Lots of folks still doing cleanup. Can see it by the stuff out curbside. Yeah, unfortunately will not be the last time this happens.
It took a minute but I found my bearings and know what I'm seeing. I used to walk the length of the canal walk every other day. Everything is under water......the area below the trestle after Queens Bridge is filled with water. That has got to be 12 - 13 feet of water. I left the area May, 2019 and I did not recall seeing any of the new demolition and construction.
Think about the technology behind this drone video. Any person with $400 or $500 can take these kinds of videos these days. There's absolutely no shaking. Now if we could only apply all of this intelligence and ingenuity to construction, zoning, planning and funding we might see less of this "surprise" flooding. I am amazed when I hear or read someone saying, "We got flooded again". Really? Seriously?
I don't think your comparison is fair. Drone technology is waaayyyy easier to perfect and is much cheaper than preventing the force of nature from having water enter your town. Drones are tiny, houses and towns are huge. Getting cameras stuff is fundamentally easier than preventing floods. Not only that but solving flooding creates other issues, unlike drone. New Orleans has levees everywhere but it causes the water in the Mississippi to be faster and more turbid. Flooding is constantly getting worse because of climate change, and it's not like you can just tweak a town like you could a drone. Plus, it's not really "surprise" flooding. The NWS sends out alerts before flash flooding occurs.
I am a drone pilot for years now and yeah the newer drones from dji and others make it real easy to record beautiful things like this
Interesting. I used to live in Bound Brook and I know about the flooding all to well. I lived Two blocks north of 28 so never had to deal with flooding directly
A friend sent me a photo -- Main Street by the train station had a foot or so of water.
@@tc2882
I don’t think flooding was as bad as past times but still lots of damage
Darn good video in every respect! I hope you came through with no damage to life or property!
Thanks! Yeah…I was unscathed. 👍
i live in Hillsborough New Jersey, close to manville, which flood really really bad. My house and my neighbors don’t flood, but there are some houses in my neighborhood that were completely destroyed in the flood. the water was up to the top of the roof and they are 2 story houses. My houses has never flooded, we are at the highest point in the neighborhood, but i’m worried that one day it will flood. i’m worried about that because if the levies and flood gates in bound brook. if the train didn’t get stuck, which didn’t allow one of the gates to close, my house probably would’ve flooded because the water wouldn’t have anywhere else to go. and because of the levies in bound brook, they made manville flood so much worse than it already did, and there was even flooding on main street in somerville! They fixed the problem in bound brook but screwed everyone around it. It’s so stupid.
The forces of nature are trying desperately to take down Queens Bridge.
You just flew over my sisters street. The second floor and basement are a mess!!!
Yeah...lots of basements got destroyed. Very sad...
I like the music.
thank you for posting!
Even after a little rain,
Its BOUND 2B A BROOK in front of your house
What up with the doomsday music? Great coverage, though.
During Floyd, reporters described the destruction of Bound Brook from the safety of SBB. It has never been this bad here.
Once the water reaches a certain point In height. Bridges become dams
My parents live a couple blocks away from queens bridge sbb. My kids’ mom grew up on canal rd, a couple houses away from the light. Before they built the development on that corner. I remember the river flooding one time and her mom’s front porch being taken away from the river.
Yeah..it was getting up there. Peaked around the time I shot the video.
Wow! We left South Bound Brook in 2018 and live in Florida, so it's sad to see what happened up north. RGMG, you missed our place on the bottom left of the video at 2:19 :( Looks like Canal Crossing made it safely. :) I hope everyone who got flooded are doing well. Heartbreaking.
I lived in Bound Brook and moved to Florida in 2017. Small world
@@jonhenning everyone's moving down here. 😆
I grew up two blocks from there. Never in my life have I seen this. My heart goes out to them
Floyd
Guess you pretty young then because this is happened several times before 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@rider65 I remember Floyd but not the ones before that
“Bound-Brook” who would have guessed would someday flood.
I want to share this and give your credit. RGMG?
Keep building Jack Morris the machine
Thanks....
Great job with the video thanks. Prayers and best wishes to all involved Be well and Be Safe You think with all the technology and funds available today this would be corrected Very Sad
I live in edison right by New Brunswick it was terrible in New brunswick
i live in bb but on the hill not down there so im good
Can you fly your machine over To the Bound Brook side
I may go back out a little later today...I'm watching the levels continue to rise and a bit concerned how much higher it's going to rise. Will certainly try to post more if I can.
Ya I want to see main st bound brook since they did all that flood mediation
Uploading a "Part 2" video now showing more of the BOUND BROOK side.
What is the music, I like it
I can see the top of the companies building
What specific drone is this?
Original DJI Mavic Air…
@@RGMGFitness thx
Crazy omg
Like Amazonka river
What an awesome flight!!💎💯 Love your videos🤙😎new sub 👍
Much appreciated!
Jersey ✊🏿
All Sewar water to Very Dangerous.
Video was great! My old stomping grounds. Miss the Old Queens bridge. Slid over that thing many icy days. Thank you for sharing the pics. Only BAD thing about it was that I was forced to watch Stacey Abrams (D-GA who screams Jim Crowe 2.0 and wants to continue effort to alter elections by ballot harvesting) for a few second until I could skip ads.
Try shoot this parking look for blue lexus im in Kansas trucking so sad im living in meridia
Wow
Really good footage, almost looks as bad as Floyd.
Yeah, was pretty bad. I def. made out better than some.
My car is there
Ouch! Yeah...I heard there were a lot of car rescues last night as well. Hopefully, it can be recovered but not looking good. Levels still rising as of 11:49am (ET)...
No, it’s over by beans pond. Sorry for your loss.
Hey guys i hope you are all ok god bless stay strong
On this parking lot
Nj should have been more prepared
How? 9 to 11 inches of rain in four to six hours, and the crest is ye
t to come
I think they were all out of 150 mile x 70 mile tarps that they use to cover the state.
Guess all that money they spent did NO GOOD huh? GAIA Always WINS!
👀 WOW
I meen u put a fat guy eatin a burger to this music its scary
Knock more dams down A fish need to return up stream
Easiest way to buy cheap land ... do not fix anything tor help then people start to leave for better life sweet deal for rich
This is my home. Why would you say such things
@@mikejak9003not my words sir some rich man i can not remember his name. Back when Hurricane Katrina disaster destoyed everyones life source in that book future even worst The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
People live torture
The patriots aren't worth staying there
Lose the music, this isn't a movie. Real people with real problems from this storm.
Yes, I'm one of those people!
We could do without the cheesy disaster movie music.
Oy! Such ominous music. It was bad but the music unnecessary!
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:5, Jesus Christ is the only way, KJV......
7 JEhovah has sworn by the Glory of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and all who dwell in it mourn? And all of it shall rise up like the light. And it shall overflow and sink like the Nile of Egypt.
9 And it shall be in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the light of day.
(Amos 8:7-9)
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars. And on the earth will be anxiety of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 men fainting from fear, and expecting those things which have come on the earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
27 And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to happen, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near.
(Luke 21:25-28)
How people can still live in these parts of NJ is beyond me. It should be illegal to live and build residential buildings in these flood zones. I lived in NJ for 40 years and these towns have always flooded. The governments in charge have done NOTHING to help the people of NJ they only care to line their fat pockets by doing deals with developers. Residents of NJ take a good hard look at your state, look at how expensive it is to live there and how much you pay in taxes. You are getting screwed.
Why the horror music? People have lost everything. Their in shock, fear and full anxiety. Next time choose a more empathetic type of music.
Get rid of the music...
Really? Middle Eastern music?
With all that's going on that's the soundtrack of choice? 🙄🤦♂️