What a storm! The heavy rain and howling winds that swept through our area last Thursday sent the Brandywine over its banks at Pocopson, Chadds Ford and Northbrook, closing Unionville schools on Friday. (My ear-to-the-ground sister-in-law knew about the school closing even before it hit cyberspace -- well done!)
Here in West Marlborough, Doe Run flooded across Route 82, detouring motorists up Wilson Road, where a big tree had toppled across the road. The spillway at Rokeby Mill held, though water was still pouring over the waterfall well into Friday afternoon. The two ponds at the Stone Barn on Upland Road merged for a while. Downed branches littered Routes 82 and 926, and there were stubborn power outages throughout our community.
One friend who lives in Marshalton had to cross the Brandywine to join me and a few others at a breakfast meeting at the Country Butcher's Cafe in Kennett on Friday morning. Northbrook was flooded ("absolute whitecaps," she said), but she was able to get across at Embreeville.
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