For anyone keeping up with the flood issues

xmas74

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:36 PM
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For anyone keeping up with the flood issues

A link to a slideshow:

http://www.kmbc.com/slideshow/news/28158171/detail.html

It shows the Missouri River levels and discusses what will happen at some of the locations once they've flooded.

I have family on this route. It worries me. I'm afraid it'll be much worse then 1993 and 1995.

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Skidmore

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:38 PM
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1. More than half of the counties in the western border counties of Iowa are

under water. Whole towns are under.

My best wishes for your family's safety. We still have the marks and memories of the floods of 1993 and 2008 on this side of the state.

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xmas74

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:43 PM
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2. I know they've talked about Hamburg quite a bit lately.

Good luck to everyone out there. The MSM is talking about it again but people losing their homes, their businesses, their schools, their towns, their livelihoods, possibly even their lives, isn't as important as Twitter pics.

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BlueIris

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:44 PM
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3. Disturbing. All best to you and your family. nt

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xmas74

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:55 PM
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5. They'll make it.

They made it through '93 and '95, though a town a few lived in was unincorporated due to excessive flooding. (It really happened.) A friend's family had relatives buried in Hardin in 1993, which was really strange.

http://www.cityofhardin.com/cemeteries/hardin-cemetery/1993-flood.html

(The cemetery flooded and some of the interred were taken for a ride. Not all were recovered.)

I'm worried that we'll see more of this soon.

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Frustratedlady

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:53 PM
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4. So sorry to see this happening. I can't recall the Missouri flooding very often.

The Mississippi remains high, as well, but I don't think it will flood unless the rains keep hitting us.

Good luck to you all.

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xmas74

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:56 PM
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6. I remember 1993 and 1995 vividly.

That was nasty.

At least I'm not directly on the river, though I'm sure there are DU'ers who are. I do have family on the river, though, and that worries me.

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madrchsod

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:57 PM
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7. the wabash river along the illinois indiana border is at flood stage

Edited on Tue Jun-07-11 05:58 PM by madrchsod

the illinois river could go back to flood stage by this sunday.

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xmas74

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Tue Jun-07-11 05:59 PM
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8. It's scary what could happen.

Of course, it's not the most important story. We'd rather worry about sex scandals in our media.

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