NIGHT VIGIL - Glenville Watches Rising Flood Waters

(06/05/2008)

Entrance to the Brooklyn residential area of Glenville. Photo taken from the south-side of downtown bridge that crosses the Little Kanawha River

Heart of downtown under water. Go Mart, Pizza Hut,
The Common Place Restaurant are among businesses that
were flooded overnight. This shot taken at near 1 a.m.

Photos by Drew Moody

It was a long night vigil in Glenville, watching the rising flood waters of the Little Kanawha River.

The flood, as it turns out, is more intense than first expected.

Water is expected to recede today.

Intersection of East Main and College Streets, Glenville, about midnight.

East Main and College St. intersection
in alley facing Powell Street and the river.

Downtown scene in front of The Common Place Restaurant
around 3 a.m. Earlier in the evening the owners gave
away free coffee to police and emergency workers.