Six Flags Over Georgia employees are hoping to have the park open Saturday as floodwaters recede.

Northern Georgia and metro Atlanta have been inundated with record-breaking rain the past few days, flooding and closing roads. At least seven people... Click here to read more...

I'm not so sure they will reopen just yet. The heavy rains were too much to be able to clear out that quickly, and there might be more on the way. SFOG always floods with heavy rain. I just wish that I was around to get a picture of Mindbender under water, which happened the last time we got rain like this.

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As many times as this has happened, (this is the third time I can recall myself), you'd think they would have figured out a way to prevent this.

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Is that GASM under water? That doesn't look very good? How long has the water been that high? A few days?

It's going to take a lot more to clean that mess up then just a few days. Plus getting all the rides back up to code? Should be fun...

I heard that Ninja gets flooded a lot, is that true?

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Scream Machine,Ninja, Mindbender, Batman,Wheelie, Lickskillet Sky Buckets station,Thomas Town, Entrance to Thunder River and the parking lot from what I have seen on tv are all under water.

I have updated the story with aerial photos that show the park and other areas in Georgia.

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This rain has been going on for more than 8 days. Mindbender floods a lot. I'm not sure about Ninja. I know Deja Vu did when it was in the park.

More than that. I'll bet that parts of Cyclone, Scorcher, Dahlonega Mine Train, and more. Actually, the whole park's under water, with the exception of Carousel Hill. I guess this seals the Drive-In Theater's fate.

The bad part is that Douglas County got the worst of it. It's a good thing I'm not home right now, but my family got caught up in it and my bedroom got some water in it.

This reminds me of seeing SFNO under water.

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I wish they would let me pay extra and ride all the rides while they are under water today. That would be cool.

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LOL. I love seeing the park flooded. I could see them opening by saturday because they don't really care how the parks look or how safe the rides are so i would not be the least bit suprised if it were open Sat.

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That looks really bad. It took me awhile to figure that was not Cyclone but GASM! It's like Willy Wonka's factory had a break up river. I can imagine a lengthy cleanup. Hersheypark had to go through this before too by Comet and SooperDooperLooper in recent years.

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As most of them are under water, you want to be drowned?

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^^^I don't see it happening. Even if they did, half of their rides would be closed. Batman, Mindbender, Wheelie, GASM, Ninja, Thomas Town, and several more have all been under water for at least 8 days. Most of the rides that are under water have moving parts completely submerged. Clearing the water out will take about 2-3 days, then inspecting will take another day or two, then replacing damaged parts will take another day, then testing, and before you know it, it's next Tuesday.

There is a lot more water there than you guys think there is. Mindbender has at least 20 feet of water over it, Wheelie is completely submerged to the point where you can barely see it, and not to mention that the entire parking lot and I-20 are completely under about 10 feet of water.

They are going to have a major problem with GASM. With all of that wood being submerged, it is soaking up a ton of water, which will then cause the wood to swell up, cause the bolts to squeeze it and crack the wood. The entire station is under water, everything will need replacing; the trains, control panels, brakes, etc.

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From the looks of it in the photos GASM might be a total loss. Woodies don't handle floods as well as steel coasters.

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I don't think GASM had much time left anyways.

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SFOG might end up being another SFNO. The dang ceo could of used the money from the insurance to fix up SFNO. He just left it closed. To put it truefully, the Six Flags ceo needs to go. Heck, get rid of all the Six Flags suits. Lol.

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No, but it's obvious that SFOG is in a flood plane and you'd think they would have built some sort of retaining wall or something to keep the river from flooding into the place.

A pic I ran across...

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Precisely- the Cumberland River overflowed into Opryland just a few years after it opened in Nashville in the 1970s... and it only happened once- they built a huge concrete and earthen berm that separated the river from the theme park. Never happened again- as many have said... this has happened many times at SFoG, you'd think they'd get the point by now, wouldn't you?

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Wes, I can't see the picture you posted...

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At SFOG's Thomas Town only a play structure and two plastic photo props? have to be hosed off. I can imagine the damage to the train and the shop though. That might be the slight good in having such a small Thomas Town there.

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A park employee on another web site said that the go carts where moved to higher ground and other flood preparations where done. He also said the train for Thomas was fine. I may go on Saturday if they open and I can get to the park.

A park employee isnt allowed to say anything about his or her park on any roller coaster fan sites. This is due to the fact that what he or she say's may not be true. I seen the pics of the park, and most of the rides are or were under water. The park will have to go though a very big clean up to get the park open. And most of the rides and coasters may need to be replaced or torn down for good. The state inspectors will have to inspect all of the rides for any problems.

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I am well aware of park employee's not being an official spokesman for the park. But general conversation about a flood and how the park handle is not as top secret as him leaking info of a coming attraction. The park has been flooded in the past and the same coaster's and rides have been flooded before so I believe they will be safe.

I think I got the right one posted now.

I've downloaded a couple for my own personal records, and I think that's the one that wasn't on the link someone mentioned.

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^I can see it now! I guess Six Flags doesn't realize just how deep GASM was under water. I'll give you a hint- it's at least 15 feet. There's no way they can get that much water out by Saturday.

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That whole lower section should be closed and I bet the State should be there to inspect GASM.

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I just hope the GASM proves to be a very resilient old coaster. Last thing we need to lose is another Allen Coaster.

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From SFOG's Facebook feed:

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Does this make GASM a water coaster?

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GASM will be the 1% i guess that won't be open.

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