Mo River Floods

[1Shirt]

SD,Ne,Ia,Mo farms, farm lands, small towns, homes all under water, and more on the way. And once again, like with previous floods in the midwest, major blizzards, fires in Az where is the Administration? More than likely on another Obozo vacation or another campaign tour!
1Shirt!:coffee:

[shaggist]

And do you notice the total lack of media attention as was given only to New Orleans in their time of strife and trouble. No rock stars pitching in, no citizens groups from other states loading up supplies and skilled help givers coming to aid the average citizen, and NO OTHER COUNTRIES SENDING RELIEF SUPPLIES, PERSONNEL, AND MONEY TO HELP THE FOLKS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
There are too many one-way streets between the US and the rest of the world.

RANT OVER.

[firefly1957]

You would think the midwest does not matter I hope they remember the support they got come 2012!

[waksupi]

Hold your breath if you are down stream. We have LOTS of snow that has yet to come out of the mountains, and it is WAY above normal levels. Missouri River, and lower Mississippi basins haven't seen anything yet.

[selmerfan]

I don't like hearing that waksupi...I have lots and lots of friends and family in the way of that water...

[runnin lead]

Water content end of April for Buffalo Pass 73''
Water content end of May 8 feet
What goes to the East goes to the North Platte ,MO then Miss
to the West the Yampa , Green , then Colorado

[btroj]

That is what we keep hearing Waksupi. This is not going to end soon. Luckily I live on high ground even though 1 am maybe a mile from the river. Over on the Iowa side is a whole different story.

[MT Gianni]

We have not hit peak runoff yet on the Jefferson, [Western most of the three Forks of the Missouri, aka Montana]. Lots of flooding around here 35 miles upstream of Three Forks and more coming down.

[MtJerry]

Hold your breath if you are down stream. We have LOTS of snow that has yet to come out of the mountains, and it is WAY above normal levels. Missouri River, and lower Mississippi basins haven't seen anything yet.

Listen to this man ... he is correct!!

I a member of our county search and rescue team .. it's been a busy spring due to water levels

[btroj]

It is interesting that this is getting so little media attention on the national level. Must be because we are west of the Mississippi yet not California?
This is looking to be a long term issue. The local govt keeps saying the peak flood level will be in a week or so. Interesting how they have been saying that for a few weeks. Sort of like tomorrow, it never comes?

[cajun shooter]

You are not correct in that no one has noticed the flood waters of the Big Mo! Our local news reports on it every day as it and the Ohio is what has hundreds of our families flooded out of their homes and farms. You see all that water enters the Mississippi river and effects many more persons.We have huge areas that will not produce one grain of soy beans or corn. We have farm animals lost and floating and people who have lost everything. Southern Louisiana is the dumping grounds for the farmers of the upper mid west. All that water has caused the lost of oyster beds that supplied a large part of not only the US but other countries as well. Tune in to any New Orleans or Baton Rouge TV station to see the flood waters of the North.

[cheese1566]

Check out these photos:

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This is a vortex off the dam north of Pierre, SD at Lake Oahe on the mighty Missouri River. When the flood gates were opened to lower Lake Oahe, it created this vortex from the pipes below.

More pics:

http://disasterrecovery.sd.gov/photogal/Pierre/gallery_Jun6.aspx
http://disasterrecovery.sd.gov/flood_info.aspx

[waksupi]

To give an idea of the amount of water going down stream. This being on the Columbia River side of the drainage. Kerr Dam, on Flathead Lake is dumping one billion gallons of water per hour. The gates are wide open.
The lake itself is at full pool and continues to rise, at a rate of over 6 inches per week. The lake is 195 square miles. That's a lot of water.

[Mk42gunner]

That is over 62,000 acre feet of water increase each week. Not to mention that on every lake that I have seen when you go up in height you also go out, thus including even more area.

Hard to believe.


Robert

[pressonregardless]

It seems that the main stream media decided not to cover the recent flood related issues at the Fort Calhoun nuke plant. If the flooding get worse, this plant could be in big trouble, not to mention the people in the area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvvmrB7qEg&feature=youtu.be