Went to town today and took the bottom road, heres some pictures straight East from my place.
All of these are from the road aprox a mile west of the river.
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A few more.
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JD likes to drive. ;D
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Talked to a Corp dude today and he said the river came up another 6" last night,,,,more to come.
Oh MAN!!!
Are there more storms headed your way?
No more storms but allot more water coming from up river.
All this water is coming from Galvins Point Dam.
There realeasing over 150,000 square feet per second down on us.
One square foot of water is 7.8 gal,,,,,, thats 117,0000 gal per second coming our way.
And more to come!
You guys have sure been hammered this year.
T2
The worst part about it is. All that water is heading for the same place that is now just recovering from the flooding from earlier this spring.
that is a lot of water and a muddy mess
Man what a shame. :(
And it's only going to get worse
Montana and parts of Wyoming got more rain in the last month than they usually get in a year
It all flows into the 'Mighty Mo'
We were in Yellowstone a couple weeks ago and the higher elevations got two feet of snow while we were there.
Don
Just so much destruction, it wasn't but just a few years ago that y'all went through this nasty flooding and now again, what a shame...we pray that y'all are and stay safe..
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 11, 2011, 08:38:58 AM
The worst part about it is. All that water is heading for the same place that is now just recovering from the flooding from earlier this spring.
I'm thinking the worst part is the thousands and thousands of acres of already planted crop land under water with more to come.
The trickle affect will affect us all at the store.
Yep! A lot of farm land has been hit hard. Some of which it is said it will take a generation for crops to grow on it again. It's a mess!
Quote from: OU812 on June 13, 2011, 09:20:21 AM
thousands and thousands of acres of already planted crop land
That
answers what I wuz about to
ask...
Whatta mess.
Quote from: OU812 on June 13, 2011, 09:20:21 AM
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 11, 2011, 08:38:58 AM
The worst part about it is. All that water is heading for the same place that is now just recovering from the flooding from earlier this spring.
I'm thinking the worst part is the thousands and thousands of acres of already planted crop land under water with more to come.
The trickle affect will affect us all at the store.
That was just a given.
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 13, 2011, 10:35:25 AM
Quote from: OU812 on June 13, 2011, 09:20:21 AM
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on June 11, 2011, 08:38:58 AM
The worst part about it is. All that water is heading for the same place that is now just recovering from the flooding from earlier this spring.
I'm thinking the worst part is the thousands and thousands of acres of already planted crop land under water with more to come.
The trickle affect will affect us all at the store.
That was just a given.
Not to everybody. ;)
The levee near Hamburg Iowa broke this afternoon, went from 50 foot wide to 300 feet in a matter of minutes. There's video of it on the KETV website the town is scrmbling to get the secondary levee finished before the water reaches them.
Going to check the levee at Lake Manawa State Park in the morning, they're increasing the water release at Gavins Point Dam tomorrow they think it'll reach us Thursday or Friday.
I'll post pics tomorrow
Don
I went down to the river last night and that road I was on taking these pictures is under water now.
Forgot my camera.
I herd about Hamburg last night too.
Have they any idea when the river might start receding..??
Quote from: ghost9mm on June 14, 2011, 03:45:40 PM
Have they any idea when the river might start receding..??
September at the earliest, experts predict it'll be around all summer.
Went to look at the levees by me yesterday, without the camera, and almost didn't make it back.
I was attacked by the 132nd Skeeter Squadron, man they are going to be bad this year.
Taking the Thermacell with me next time.
Don
Yep I was told September also. >:(
Then there will be pools of water in low lying areas that could last for years.
And they wont be able to plant crops on that land for 2 to 3 years as all the microorganisms and worms will all be DEAD.
They closed off a bunch more roads lastnight.
Quote from: dman4505 on June 15, 2011, 07:09:04 AM
I was attacked by the 132nd Skeeter Squadron, man they are going to be bad this year.
Hmmm - maybe a ICB competition with large skeeters as an ingredient?
A few pics from my tour across the pedetrian bridge from Council Bluffs over to Omaha
Skyline
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Center pylon of the bridge, river is running between 8 - 10mph normally runs 5
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Looking back toward Council Bluffs
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Great pictures Don.
Unreal aint it?
We use to ride motorcycles in them trees on your side of the river. ;D
Last time I was on I-80 and looked over to the North there was hundreds of people on the foot bridge taking pictures.
Gonna remember the camera next time I go to the bottom.
A couple shots coming outta the hills from my house.
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The bluff on the top of the picture is Iowa, the trees in the middle are were the river should be and all that water is were crops were.
http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=2590
The ATV park on the southwest end of town by the Veterans Memorial Bridge is under water.
I'll have to get some pics of that for ya, it's a real mess.
They're releasing 150,000 cubic feet per second of water out of Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota, started Tuesday.
It'll hit us here in Council Bluffs/Omaha either tomorrow or Friday, will raise the water level another three or four feet. When it does that should put the water level at about 36 feet, our levees are 41 sure hope they will handle all that pressure against them
Don
Thanks Don.
Didnt have my camera this morning but heading to work today and looking over the bottom the water has almost doubled sense those last 3 pictures.
This aint good!
http://www.ketv.com/missouri-river-flooding-extended-coverage/28256695/detail.html
You so gotta check this out.
Check out June 10th, 2011; Page 4. Thats what I see every day going to and from work and what I was trying to take some pictures of on the bluff heading to my place.
Wile your there check out all the photos,,,,,,,,,, its unreal.
http://www.leevalley.net/missouririverflood.htm
This was the river access ramp on 6/2/11
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And this is what it looked like yesterday
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ATV Park near the Veterans Memorial Bridge, usually there's a couple dozen people riding four wheelers and dirt bikes down there now it's about 10 feet under water
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