Hello fellow Chimney Rock party people!
I discussed this with @Kirt and after the last week (ish) of triage & reports from the park, we decided this is a better place than the CR Conditions thread, which will probably go into an "on hold" state while we move forward with the relief efforts needed at Chimney Rock.
So...the park got hammered. I would say this is far, far worse than the micro-tornados, or really anything else I have ever seen. It's pretty bad out there.
We are going to use this thread to keep a sort of running log of work, observations, plans, and any other news about this. I encourage you to subscribe, pray, send thoughts, call your mom, write your congressman, send me a PM, or whatever it takes to help MCRGA. This also includes printing up t-shirts that read: MAKE CHIMNEY ROCK GREAT AGAIN. I will take a large, thank you.
I will pull out a random number and say that we are looking at minimum of 1000 man-hours to get this place back to a decent state. It's quite possible it may be double that. Some of the carnage is insane.
There will be plenty of opportunity to help in the coming weeks & months. I encourage anyone who has ridden here with any regularity to come out and help. I also suggest that you join JORBA as this is going to be a JORBA-funded, JORBA-run, effort. I won't harp on that point, but I will mention it there.
Also of note is that JORBA is now officially representing 2 parks here - the Somerset County version is "Washington Valley Park" which is the official name of the park JORBA has always represented. Also, JORBA is now officially maintaining the Bridgewater properties adjacent to Washington Valley Park. That includes the ballfield trails, the "black" trail(s) off Gilbride, and the far western piece of Blue. Kirt has met with both systems and they are both on board with doing what is needed to get the park back into shape.
Stay tuned for more!
I discussed this with @Kirt and after the last week (ish) of triage & reports from the park, we decided this is a better place than the CR Conditions thread, which will probably go into an "on hold" state while we move forward with the relief efforts needed at Chimney Rock.
So...the park got hammered. I would say this is far, far worse than the micro-tornados, or really anything else I have ever seen. It's pretty bad out there.
We are going to use this thread to keep a sort of running log of work, observations, plans, and any other news about this. I encourage you to subscribe, pray, send thoughts, call your mom, write your congressman, send me a PM, or whatever it takes to help MCRGA. This also includes printing up t-shirts that read: MAKE CHIMNEY ROCK GREAT AGAIN. I will take a large, thank you.
I will pull out a random number and say that we are looking at minimum of 1000 man-hours to get this place back to a decent state. It's quite possible it may be double that. Some of the carnage is insane.
There will be plenty of opportunity to help in the coming weeks & months. I encourage anyone who has ridden here with any regularity to come out and help. I also suggest that you join JORBA as this is going to be a JORBA-funded, JORBA-run, effort. I won't harp on that point, but I will mention it there.
Also of note is that JORBA is now officially representing 2 parks here - the Somerset County version is "Washington Valley Park" which is the official name of the park JORBA has always represented. Also, JORBA is now officially maintaining the Bridgewater properties adjacent to Washington Valley Park. That includes the ballfield trails, the "black" trail(s) off Gilbride, and the far western piece of Blue. Kirt has met with both systems and they are both on board with doing what is needed to get the park back into shape.
Stay tuned for more!