Flooding In Northern IL.
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Topic: Flooding In Northern IL.
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Subject: Flooding In Northern IL.
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 8:03am
We've been very fortunate for the past several years here with pretty good weather for growing crops. Now with all this rain the water has no where to go but up. It's strange to look across a field of corn and just see the tassels or no corn at all.
I drove around and shot some video of the Ridott & Freeport area but this is by no means the worst of the flooding. Pearl City got hit with so must rain that the flooding engulfed the town and washed bridges out on main highway. At one point all 5 highways ( US 20, 26, 72, 73 & 75) were closed. It's a mess to say the least.
Here the video link.
https://youtu.be/CATgZfNiQqc" rel="nofollow - Ridott & Freeport area Flood
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Thanks & God Bless
Dennis
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Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 8:23am
We did a good bit of driving around when we used to come out to Ted's show and been on quite a few of those roads. We have had a LOT of rain in Central Ohio this summer but nothing like that.
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Posted By: Cernunnos
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 9:14am
Looks like a group were contemplating making a swim over to the flooded Cork Keg Liquor store. Looks like it is time to be a fish farmer Dennis!
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Posted By: Mike Kroupa
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 10:40am
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I feel for ya, wish us out west could take the excess water from you. Its been a long hot july with very little, if any rainfall here! Good Luck, Mike
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 10:44am
I would be glad to take some of that water, not all of it, but at least a couple inches. I've had just under 15/100" since early June. May was wet so things could be worse but I'm really looking for the monsoons to start. County Fair starts next week and that usually makes it rain!
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Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 12:01pm
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Sorry to hear of your problems. Like others, I wouldn't mind a little bit of that rain, but overall we're okay.
I spent a summer in Freeport many years ago on an internship. Pretty country. Brian
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Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 1:27pm
So sorry to see that. Blue water is tough on crops to be sure.
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 1:51pm
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3.5" in some parts of Ohio the other night Butch. Pictures of Glenmont flooding on Facebook.
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 1:52pm
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OH yeah that 3.5' was in 45 minutes
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Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 9:30pm
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Southern Wisconsin is also having large amounts of water this spring and summer. The western side north and south of Lacrosse had flooding and the southeast area down by Racine and Kenosha. The areas in between also have too much. The guys that make haylage are on their 3rd crop and some who make dry hay haven't had a chance to finish 1st crop. Heard that a few people have started wheat and are getting combines stuck.
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Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2017 at 10:38pm
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I have had a little more than 5 inches in the last week.
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 8:10am
Thanks for the vid Den! If it don't stop rainin' out there, ya might need a snorkel to brush hog!
Steve@B&B
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Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2017 at 9:42pm
I knew that you were getting most of the rain up there, just didn't think about flooding. Be careful Dennis. Duane
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Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2017 at 3:48pm
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My sister lives just south of Rockford. Talked to her last Saturday & she said she's never seen the Rock River so high. Sandbagging & evacuations were going on in Byron, IL.
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Posted By: 45 turboa-
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2017 at 3:59pm
We had flooding last wed night thur. morning a week ago Ilive about 45 mi. north of La Crosse Wi. and work in Galesville no way i could get to work because of the flooding. 7-9 inches fell 10 mi south of us what a mess !
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Posted By: BradH
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2017 at 4:03pm
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I've got some relatives that live near Byron, haven't heard how they're doing though. It's getting bad here in southern Iowa. Noah weather radio says we're seven inches below average rainfall for the year. The trees are starting to show it too. I've been digging post holes and there's no moisture for at least three feet down in the clay. Other places not far from us et a shower or a storm now and then but it doesn't know how to rain here anymore. I don't understand it. Good luck and be safe, Brad
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