flooding

The flooding down South along the Mississippi looks really bad this year! Do we have any members in the way or is everyone high and dry still?

We've had some flooding around here on some of the lakes, mostly just where some who have forgotton or where not informed of just how high the water can get in a wet spring with lots of snow melt..... Also had one close call in town when the stream through town between a couple lakes got jammed up with debris, but some quick action by the volunteer fire department and a lot of other folks, along with a construction company owner bringing the right equipment there was very little damage.

Still wet and cold here, today's high is maybe 50 at best. I guess summer might make it here.............eventually!

From what I'm reading is that this is the worst yet ever recorded in the Mississippi Valley (or should I say flood plain). We seldom get more then an inconvenience in my area though one local city does have a yearly problems when the Mohawk River (Erie Canal) gets too high. There were some isolated areas when we went North last weekend to pick up our new pup that we had to detour around. A lot of snow melt and rain that bypassed us has caused that problem. Our weather has been one nice day(70s) then 3-4 rainy/gloomy/cool (55-60) ones to follow.

I hope that between the tornadoes and flooding in the South that any of our members and their families are safe

I was talking to my friend at Edward D. Jones yesterday and she told me that her husband and her had gone to Tennessee last week and I-40 was closed from Little Rock to Memphis. They were on their Bikes and managed to get thru on the East bound side but had to take another route on their way back. She also said that all the bridges had water lapping at the bottom and that was last week.

Ran into a posting glitch. Here we go again. Cold and wet here. Rain clouds about to dump for the next 4 days(my days off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Talked with a friend in Memphis he said no real flooding issues for him, but that the Mississippi is about 3 miles wide right now, when it is usually about 1/2 mile wide. So I think it is a problem for those close to the river! What a wet winter we have had. My veggies planted last month are ready to hibernate!

Yeah Dave, you're up in the headwaters area feeding snow melt into the streams and creeks that feed the big river. The lakes across Missouri into Arkansas have been a record levels, and managing the water has been a real challenge for the COE this year. Taneycomo was 22' above normal pool level at the peak!! I got pictures of the Elk River which runs through Noel down in SW MO, and it was higher this spring than it has been since 1941. We had some nice weather, even heading into some summer temps pushing 90F early last week, but today it's 54F now and quite windy after a start to the day at 42F. Crazy swings.

Yep I 've been watching the reports down here in Florida.
Looks like the Mighty Mississippi is at it again.
Got lots of family up in Ohio but none of them have been effected.

As bad as all this is from what they say on the news most of or all of the people effected by the leve being opened are told every year that they could get flooded. They choose to buy and stay.

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Originally Posted by cffisher

As bad as all this is from what they say on the news most of or all of the people effected by the leve being opened are told every year that they could get flooded. They choose to buy and stay.

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Yes, that is right to a degree, but this year the COE blew out a functioning levee in an effort to protect Quincy, IL from even more flooding. Those people affected by the new holes in the levee, which were intentional and man made, have filed lawsuits against the Federal Government, and rightly so. The levee was protecting their land, and the COE looked at the lesser of two evils and blew the levee, so those who were flooded by that action deserve restitution, IMO.

Southwest Missouri here,all the creeks and rivers were up. They had water in places i have never seen it before. ive been here since the mid 80s. Had to drive 41 miles to work instead of 26 for a few days. We are lucky enough to live up on the hill. Hope everyone is safe from the water.

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Originally Posted by rspears

Yes, that is right to a degree, but this year the COE blew out a functioning levee in an effort to protect Quincy, IL from even more flooding. Those people affected by the new holes in the levee, which were intentional and man made, have filed lawsuits against the Federal Government, and rightly so. The levee was protecting their land, and the COE looked at the lesser of two evils and blew the levee, so those who were flooded by that action deserve restitution, IMO.

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And I wholeheartedly agree.

Similar man made flooding on the Assiniboine River in Manitoba. At least there, the Provincial government has agreed to compensate the people affected without the need for law suits.