WEBVTT -- JOINS US LIVE.YOU DISCOVERED WHAT GOES INTOTHE WARNINGS WHEN THIS HAPPENS?JOE: IT IS ALL PART OF ACOORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN THENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, NEEMAAND THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES ANDMUNICIPALITIES.THE COUNTY AND LOHSE -- LOCALMUNICIPALITY SAY THEY WEREAGGRESSIVE LATE LAST WEEK INGETTING OUT THE WARNINGS ANDWATCHES ABOUT THE FLOODS THATWERE COMING THAT ENDED UP CASINGTHOSE CARS AND ICE AND THOSEFLOODWATERS PAIRED BASE --FLOODWATERS.THEY SAY THE REAL PROBLEM WASTHE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OFTHESE ICE JAMES.A MESSY AND ICY SIGHT ALONGFRONT STREET IN HALLOWELLTUESDAY AFTERNOON.ONLY SLIGHTLY IMPROVED FROMMONDAY MORNING, WHEN MORE THAN ADOZEN CARS WERE CASED IN ICE.TODAY, A FATHER AND SON CLEAREDTHEIR CAR OUT, TELLING US THEWATER JUST MOVED TOO FAST. BUT OTHERS WONDERED WHY THEREWEREN'T MORE PRECAUTIONS ANDWARNINGS IN HALLOWELL.>> THE ICE EITHER MOVES NICELYDOWNSTREAM, OR IT MOVESDOWNSTREAM AND IT STARTS TO PILEUP.JOE SEAN GOODWIN WITH THE: KENNEBEC COUNTY EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT IS PART OF A CHAIN OFORGANIZATIONS, THAT PASS ALONGINFORMATION FROM MEMA AND THENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.BUT ICE JAMS ARE ALWAYSUNPREDICTABLE.>> MOST PEOPLE WON'T COME OUTAND SAY THERE'S GONNA BE AN ICEJAM, THEY SAY IT'S 50-50 THATTHERE WILL BE AN ICE JAM.JOE ON FRIDAY, THE COUNTY EMA: SENT OUT AN E-MAIL TOFLOOD-PRONE AREAS, INFORMINGTHEM OF THE FLOOD WATCH.IN AUGUSTA, THEY WERE PREPARINGFOR THE SAME.>> WHEN WE HAD MORE THAN TWOINCHES OF RAIN ON FRIDAY, INTOSATURDAY MORNING IN THE 50DEGREE WEATHER, WE WERE, IT'SICE JAM TIME POTENTIALLY JOE: DPW DIRECTOR LESLEY JONESSAYS THEY DECIDED TO PLAY ITSAFE.>> SO WE TALK AMONGST EACHOTHER,SATURDAY WE DID AN EMAIL CHAINAND DECIDED WE'D CLOSE THE FRONTSTREET, PURELY FOR SAFETY -- SAFETY.JOE: IN HALLOWELL, POLICE CHIEFERIC NASON SAYS THEY FOLLOWEDTHEIR NORMAL PROTOCOL WHICHNEVER FAILED THEM.HE SAYS THE RIVER WAS RUNNINGNORMALLY EARLY SATURDAY, AND HADNEVER SEEN IT ACCELLERATE SOQUICKLY.>> SO THERE WAS NOTIFICATIONSBUT IT'S A ROLL OF THE DICE ONTHOSE ICE JAMS.JOE: THE COUNTY EMA SAYS ITWASN'T MADE AWARE OF THEUPGRADED FLOOD WARNING FROM THENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICESATURDAY.BUT THEY MAINTAIN THECOMMUNICATION WORKED.>> YOU COULDA TOLD SOMEBODY INTHE AUGUSTA PARKING LOT TODAYTHAT THERE'S AN ICE JAM, THEWATER'S BACKING UP, SO THEY SAY,WELL Y'KNOW I'LL TAKE A FEW MOREMINUTES TO GET OUT TO MY CAR ANDMOVE IT, THAT'S PROBLY TOO LATE.JOE: STILL A FEW CARS REMAIN INTHIS PARKING LOT AT THE WHARFALONG FRONT STREET IN HOLLOWELL.THESE EMERGENCY SERVICES SAYTHAT ALL THE INFORMATION ISAVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TOCHECK IT OUT FROM THE NATIONALWEATHER SERVICE.THE DID NOT DETAIL ANY CHANGESTO THEIR FUTURE PLANS WHENDEALING WITH FLOODING ISSUES.AS FOR THE ICE JAMS, THAT IS ANISSUE THAT WILL NOT BE GOINGAWAY JUST YET ALONG THE KENNEBECRIVER.DOWN IN FARMINGDALE, THERE IS AN