Flood Worries

[guidofatherof5]

Just got the word this morning. I-29 is going to shutdown today. All Northbound traffic will exit a couple blocks from my house.
Now that's one more thing to deal with.
This is getting good.

[Sid]

I hope all goes well for you, Steve.

[Spankenstyne]

Hope you manage to stay dry and avoid the flood Steve. Is there any sort of sandbagging effort happening for the homes out there or is there not expected to be much point?

[guidofatherof5]

I hope all goes well for you, Steve.

Great seeing you on the forum Sid.
Thanks.

[guidofatherof5]

Hope you manage to stay dry and avoid the flood Steve. Is there any sort of sandbagging effort happening for the homes out there or is there not expected to be much point?

Some are sandbagging and other are not.
If we get the the water that is possible it won't do any good.

[Plissken]

We got a good rain storm over here today, any of it hit you? Every time I look at the weather for the day I'm hoping for dry weather in CB.

[guidofatherof5]

Dry weather is the least of our wants here. We got a little rain her today.
You guys got more rain.
The river just keeps rising. It's all a waiting game here.
Thanks for your thoughts.

[Sonya610]

Saw this article on another forum. Pretty scary stuff, the snow pack is many times above average. They say St. Louis could be in really serious trouble...

As a guest on KMOX’s Total Information AM Wednesday, Shanks was asked what he fears will happen should the Fort Peck Dam fail and set off a chain-reaction.

“There would be a flood like you’ve never seen,” Shanks told hosts Doug McElvein and Debbie Monterrey. “It would be literally of biblical proportions.”

He foresees a very real threat of “chest-high” water in St. Louis before summer’s end.

Shanks’ main concern: that the Fort Peck dam, which he maintains is built with a “flawed design”, would be overwhelmed by snow-melt and heavy rains up north and give way, causing reservoirs downstream to collapse in a domino effect.

If that happens?

“It would be the most epic man-made disaster in the United States,” Shanks replied bluntly.

He says most of the dams holding back water along the Missouri River are 50 to 70 years old, and like people they tend to weaken with time.

Expert Warns Missouri River Could See “Flood of Biblical Proportions” « CBS St. Louis

[guidofatherof5]

And now for the good news.......

[guidofatherof5]

River keeps rising and they tell us we have nothing to worry about.
As long as the levees that were designed to hold back flood stage water for a short period of time will hold it back for a long period of time.
It's the waiting part of this that I don't like.
We have prepared as best we can and now we must wait.
They are saying an additional million gallons a second will be released from the S.D. dam in the coming week.