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Topic: flooding
Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: flooding
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2019 at 11:42pm
| we're having lots of flooding goin here in NE, one dam has broke up north and is flowing into another one that is already over flowing...it's all gotta drain down hill! anyways...one town about 30 miles from me is completely surrounded by water, all highways closed or washed out, but they have told the residents they need to evacuate! how they sposed to do that? with that dam I mentioned above, it has already wiped out a 1/2 of one town already. one dam is releasing 90,000 cubic ft of water per second and it's not fast enough. our town has closed the flood gates...thems are pretty cool! they are hydralic and raise up outta the ground to seal off the water. some fire/rescue personel were on boats trying to go in to evacuate some folks, and both boats capsisized, the personel were dumped into the water, no way to save them at the time, they did find something to grab onto, the the National Guard dispatched 2 black hawk helicopters and they were able to save them, transported them to a waiting squad on higher ground, being treated for hypothermia, they were in the water about 40-50 minutes. they'll be o-k! air boats weren't doing any good, they kept flipping in the wind. they found a hover craft and the wind was tossing it around too, but worked a little better than any other type boats. and ya'll complain about a little snow I share with ya! |
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 12:03am
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I didn't see this post when I posted mine about the same subject, sorry. 90,000CFS is 40.5 million gallons per minute. What towns are being flooded?
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Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 1:48am
| Holy cow John, that puts it in perspective. It's going to take a while to dry things out, plus how much snow is left to melt yet? |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 4:45am
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Serves you right for all the snow you throw around😸😺😺 ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 6:09am
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What I've never figured out is WHY 'they' don't OPEN the gates of the dams downstream BEFORE an 'event' will happen?!! I see it here EVERY year, every Spring and after a major rainstorm, where 10s or 1,000s of acrea of farmland goes underwater, 100s of houses lost, millions in insurance claims(some NOT covered now...) A little common sense says if you get rid of the 'old' water downstream the 'new' water has some place to stay,like IN the river, and NOT spill over the banks. I hate to think of how much prime topsoil is lost but I know I'm 'missing' 900-1000 semidumps worth of topsoil in the past 6 years. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: truckerfarmer
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 6:31am
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Remember all that 'pretty' you sent us this winter? We're sending it back! ------------- Looking at the past to see the future. '53 WD, '53 WD45, WD snap coupler field cultivator, #53 plow,'53 HD5B dozer Duct tape.... Can't fix stupidity. But will muffle the sound of it! |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 2:05pm
That's just what I was thinking, he's the cause. poke poke
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truckerfarmer wrote:Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 7:57pm
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Bet those BlackHawks were tricky to fly in that wind, especially since operation of the rescue hoist needs a stable platform. The Guard is always there in times of emergency even when they have to leave their families behind. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 8:00pm
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Town of Bolton up here has 80 homes UNDER WATER cause the 'guv' did NOTHING about the FOUR ice dams... OH yeah, it ain't the first time this has happened..... I feel for the 4000 people and what they'll have to deal with.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 8:20pm
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Hang in there Shameless. Been watching some of the news clips and things don't look to good up Nebraska way. St. Joe Missouri, just north of KC and south of Nebraska is getting hit hard by the mighty MO as well. Going to be the 3rd or 4th highest level ever recorded. ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 9:45pm
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My brother up on the border was lucky and the high water and ice didn't take out the bridge that divides the farm...still a lot of work to get things back to normal. The dam that let loose at Spencer is 30 miles from where I grew up, it is terrible the devastation that is going on downstream from there. ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2019 at 10:04pm
| We worked the show in Council Bluffs today. Lots of the gals had long detours just to get there. I was gonna say we were swamped today but I don't think it would be appropriate. BUT We were very busy today. Prayers sure going out to those folks. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 3:34am
| towns of Valley and Fremont are isolated by the water, both are islands. dpower has a mess up there where he works, hope he stays safe. prayers for all affected by the water everywhere. I hear some places the water is 11 ft above flood stage, that's sum serious water spreading out everywhere. |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2019 at 9:20pm
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Pretty rough up here in Sioux Falls but not near as bad as to the south, lots of flooding on the Big Sioux which also flows into the Missouri down by Sioux City. Afraid it's going to be a while before all the water goes down, we were about 8 ft above flood stage at crest and still going up and down. ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2019 at 1:23am
| we been talk'in about all these bridges washing out around here. all the old bridges that the edjamacated idiots say are to old, outdated, and unsafe...are still standing, and the roads on each side have washed out. most the new bridges that replaced them old outdated bridges have all failed. Fremont and valley are still islands, all roadways are closed into the towns. they are flying in water,food,clothing,ect to the Fremont airport, so far it's above water. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 6:31pm
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Posted Mar 21 2019 03:10PM CDT CHASKA, Minn. (FOX 9) - Rising water on the Minnesota River is causing more road closures in the Twin Cities metro. Highway 41 will close between Highway 169 in Shakopee and Chaska Boulevard in Chaska at 7 p.m. on Thursday due to the rising water, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The highway will remain closed until the water recedes and any damage can be repaired. Drivers are being advised to find an alternative route to bypass the road closure. Hwy 169 near by used to food out almost every year till they built a huge mega bridge system over it. Red River in the north of MN, ND, and SD usually floods out every spring to. Yep our 10,000 lakes are full.
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Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 6:36pm
| Hate to see it happen to anyone but Shameless you sent it to everyone and now you are getting it back in a different form |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 9:49pm
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Shameless's hoses... or should I say, Les's hoses (thet Shamer's barrowed) didn't leak enough this past winter... Shamers, ye juss couldn't shut thet dang gum machine down when we tole ye to, an this is what ya gits now. An prolly yewon't lissin next year either.....   ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: wide
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:48pm
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This winter snowmobiles were used to rescue stranded driver's during the big storm. We had a local group of snowmobilers that rescued several people north of town. If the water wasn't so cold, jet skis would be better equiped to help stranded people than a boat in many situations. Still anyone going in to rescue people from high water is risking their own life. They have all my respect. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:52pm
I knows you got an affliction for Pretty Shammers, so I can forgive ya for causing my town all this flooding. But others might not have as much patience as me, and I bet if you show up at Hutchinson especially with extra sleeping accommodations, why everyone would have a change of heart. Heck they might even talk nice to you.   ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 12:39am
| yep..Chaz...maybe I better stay home from Hutch this year! WHEW! hey Wide...one year the local cops asked me if I could deliver some emergency meds to a lady in town during a blizzard? they couldn't gits up the hill to her house. I picked up the meds from them and delivered them to the lady...found out that the emergency meds were birth control pills! PffffT! and she was a troll! |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 1:54am
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They must know about you and your machine too. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 7:46am
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Maybe they WERE emergency meds.......you say she was a troll,,,,,,,,,,,,well, THAT is an emergency!! We don't need no more of them kinda peoples....but where did she gits the sperm from?? Must be some real drunks in the area? Whew..... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 2:26pm
Ted thats a good one, poked a bunch of em.  ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: JoeO(C-MO)
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2019 at 6:49pm
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radio and tv peeps are talking water levels at or near the 90's flooding here locally ------------- D10 III, D15 II 3 pt, D15 II SC, 170 Gas w/shuttle, 175 Diesel UI ROPS, 185 w ROPS. AC 653 w/6 way blade, ROPS AC 615 Ind. WD45 running/Parts. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2019 at 3:32am
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I wonder how boat sales are going. That industry might might be cuttin Shammers in on a little of it. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2019 at 6:07pm
| Any port in a storm? |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2019 at 6:07pm
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Upper Mississippi River lock and dam 13 in Clinton Iowa is currently registering around 165,000cubic ft/sec... that's 1.25 million. In serious flooding, it's around 290,000cuft/sec, so we got a ways to go, but I'm betting there's certainly enough snow in Minnesota and Wisconsin left, that betwixt spring rains and rapid melt, we'll get a good ol' baptism here. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2019 at 8:16am
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All I hear on the tube is how the Dems are all pizzed because of Trump getting a clean slate, so I guess nobody in Congress cares about middle America again,,,,, SO,,,,,,,,how's the flooding down and over,,,,there? We're above flood stage here today for the first time. We've been close the last week or so, but the cooler nights (below freezing) have helped slow down the extra water coming down. But now today and tomorrow we're supposed to get into the 60's (haven't been there since Oct last year) and this will bring a bunch of water down. LOOK OUT Dave, you're gonna be getting it down there now..... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2019 at 8:39am
Just praying the snow melt comes on gradually, allow some of that moisture to settle in not flow off and slow that runoff to a trickle, that would be more beneficial in the long run. Dad told us stories of the Floods in the late 40's early 50's around KC, he was working for Slick Airways then at the N KC Airport and had to pull tools/tooling they had up into the surrounding areas on the higher roads to save them. Aircraft got shipped to other airports except those that could not fly. When got back to the hangers they had horrific messes to clean up including dead livestock that floated in, said the smell was just nasty like a landfill. Happened more than once before they were shipped out to Burbank Airport. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2019 at 11:37pm
I think we're all about ready for it, Ted. All the roller and tainter gates at Dam 14 are up all the way... which rarely happens, but they're being very proactive with it right now. I don't live on the river anymore (snif...) but mom and dad still do. they're all set for it, house is plenty high, so no worries. I have friends on the downstream side of 14 that'll be having fun with it, but they're prepared. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2019 at 11:41am
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Just took a picture of the gauge down the street from my folks' place, it's right at 15.10", flood stage is 14. Water is almost all the way to the road in front of his house, it's over the road a hundred yards up the street (doesn't mean much), but based on water flow in Bellevue and Dubuque, I'd say it's gonna rise another inch or two, then start a gradual fall by Wednesday or so. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2019 at 7:16pm
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Yeah, we crested on Tuesday or Wednesday here. Anybody got any of them smart....er,,,,,,memory pills? That was only a couple of days ago and already I can't remember which day it was. They were predicting 21.?? here, but it only got the 14.??. Flood stage here is 12. Thank God it's not gonna be as bad as they predicted, but still bad enough. ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:30am
| Missouri River here dropped 5 feet in 12 hours, still proceeding Down with Truman and Osage releasing water. |