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Philly is still working on the clean up from #Ida on Friday evening, and I-676 could be open in time for Made in America this weekend.

Here’s what has been happening since the storm struck Thursday. ⬇️
Heavy rain caused the Schuylkill River to overflow and cause a lot of flooding in Philly — including on Boathouse Row.
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Vine Street Expressway essentially turned into a canal Thursday evening, and crews are still pumping out water back into the Schuylkill.

Here’s how the clean up is happening all over Philly.
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New: LIVE 1:30 pm ET! How Did Dozens Die from Hurricane Ida's Predicted Northeast Blow @wxpizza of @columbiaclimate No signup. Click to watch three ways: earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/ho… Image
First there was the excellent forecasting of extreme rain risk, as early as Monday evening via many like @burgwx 1/
Official sources pushed hard, as with @NWSNewYorkNY issuing the first-ever #flashfloodemergency for the NY region: 2/
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5 deaths, 7 tornadoes, record flooding, hundreds of water rescues -- and it’s not quite over. A flood warning remains in effect from Montgomery County to 30th Street in Philadelphia until 3 p.m. Friday. #IdaAftermath trib.al/zSPJ6Jx
“There’s no words,” said Amy Hylenski, who waded with her two sons through knee-deep floodwaters in their Bridgeport living room to get to a rescue boat outside before dawn Thursday. “It just came too fast. You [could] never be prepared for this.” inquirer.com/news/hurricane…
“Everything happened so fast,” Thomas recalled, pointing into a hole in the rubble to show where they hid in their Mullica Hill home. "The house literally fell on top of us. Pipes were bursting. We said we have to get out of here before it explodes.” inquirer.com/news/hurricane…
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LIVE UPDATES: Officials in Montgomery and Chester Counties have advised those downstream of the Pickering Creek Dam to evacuate. The Schuylkill is expected to crest at a record of 17.2 feet in the wake of Ida's remnants sweeping across the Philly area. trib.al/NhpWFOe
Road closures and flooding in the region forced several school districts to cancel classes today. inquirer.com/weather/live/i…
This all comes in the aftermath of multiple tornadoes and torrential rain spawned by Ida's remnants late yesterday. Forecasters are warning the area could see its worst flooding in a decade today and tomorrow. inquirer.com/weather/live/i…
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Stop focusing on “trust in media declining” or “at an all time low,” because when big media decides to move on from a political story, it is not a story, and there sure is no action around it (statements from electeds, congressional investigations or action by the Feds).
Reuters has today proof of Biden plotting with the former Afghan Prez to change the perception about that country.

A PR stunt.

Did your TV melt and Twitter freeze from coverage of this?

No. As a result, few electeds said anything about it no matter how low trust in media is. ImageImage
Two very senior career FDA officials resigned today in protest of how political appointees in the Admin moved ahead with a booster idea before the FDA agreed.

Are we being fed OMG-LIVES-ARE-in-DANGER news coverage?

Nope.

No meltdown. No major scandal.

A news and done.
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