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[Cetawin]

Oh Kathy I am so sorry to hear this. I will keep your family in my thoughts and prayers and pray it does not get as bad as they are predicting.

 

[Serrin]

Oh Kathy!!! I'm so sorry to hear about your family in Iowa and all that they face with the impending floods. I've lived through flood and fire both [separate events

] Given a choice, I'd rather loose everything to fire. It's quick and decisive. Flooding can take weeks, if not months to recuperate from.

You and your family are most assuredly in my thoughts and prayers. Along with everyone else fervently praying that the predictions of how bad this might get, add my prayers as well.

Please, keep us posted. We don't hear of these kinds of details in the news up here.

Laura, get yourself some of those Silkies! You're bound to get a broody or two out of that breed!

 

[kathyinmo]

Interstate 29 is closed from Missouri Valley (my home town) south to near Council Bluffs. It has begun.......... My husband's sister lives in this area. We call this area, "the bottoms." I spoke to Michael today (son #1 that lives in our house on the hill). He said they are keeping abreast of the progress. They got a generator. I said, "What good is that gonna do? You will be stranded on top of the hill with no groceries in due time....................." I am thinking the grandkids will end up down here anyway. Michael works for a BIG farmer (8,000 acres), and they are keeping busy trying to save what they can..... mostly equipment. Many are doing lots of sandbagging at the city park, too. Michael's wife works at a casino in Council Bluffs. There are 3 there, and 2 have closed already. The one she works at is still open. At least she still has a job for a little while. Son #2 will still have a job (he works on the UPRailroad), as will his wife (she works in Omaha). They just won't have a home.

This is awful........

What is the long range forecast anyway? How far is this flood gonna affect?

I never watch TV or news. I need to see what I can find. It is the Missouri River and tributaries. OH, and they are suppose to have more rain this weekend, too. Modale (a small town near there) is already totally evacuated.

I wish I was there. I wanna see what is going on. For the first time since we moved to Missouri, I am homesick.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Kathy, I am praying for you and your family. I know it is hard to be away from them when they are having a tough time.

I am turning on the weather channel now.

 

[Serrin]

No Kathy, trust me sweetheart, you really don't want to be there! It's just too heart breaking to see everything you've ever known, submerged in 10 feet of water or more.

Been there, done that. Believe me, you really don't want to see it. But I surely understand the desire to be there. Sometimes, it's the not knowing what's happening that can make us feel more helpless and afraid than anything else. Our imaginations can really run wild with us. Hang in there sweetie. I'll keep praying. I know you will too. And as bad as it might get, this too shall come to pass in time.

 

[Serrin]

Kathy, I don't know if this is the kind of information you're looking for or not, but I got this off of the National Weather Service website. You would probably know where each of the locations are that they list in this bulletin:

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
740 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER...

MISSOURI RIVER AT DECATUR AFFECTING MONONA...BURT AND THURSTON
COUNTIES.

MISSOURI RIVER NEAR BLAIR AFFECTING HARRISON AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.

MISSOURI RIVER AT OMAHA AFFECTING POTTAWATTAMIE...DOUGLAS AND
SARPY COUNTIES.

MISSOURI RIVER AT PLATTSMOUTH AFFECTING MILLS AND CASS COUNTIES.

MISSOURI RIVER AT NEBRASKA CITY AFFECTING FREMONT AND OTOE
COUNTIES.

MISSOURI RIVER AT BROWNVILLE AFFECTING ATCHISON AND NEMAHA
COUNTIES.

MISSOURI RIVER AT RULO AFFECTING HOLT AND RICHARDSON COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO PASS SAFELY.
TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT:
HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=OAX (ALL LOWERCASE)

&&

IAC085-NEC177-101439-
/O.CON.KOAX.FL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/BLAN1.2.ER.110526T1215Z.110614T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
740 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR BLAIR.
* AT 7:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 30.8 FEET BY
MONDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES MAY BE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 26.5 FEET...FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE FORT CALHOUN
AREA. THIS FLOODING IMPACTS SEVERAL HOMES AND INCLUDES COUNTY
ROADS 34, 47 AND 51. IN ADDITION, THE EVACUATION OF NUMEROUS HOMES
WILL OCCUR DUE TO THE CLOSURE OF THESE ROADS.
* IMPACT...AT 25.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OCCURS AT THE FORT CALHOUN
TRAILER PARK.
* IMPACT...AT 23.5 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR AT WILSON ISLAND
STATE PARK.

 

[kathyinmo]

Thank you for that, Amy!
Our home is in Harrison County. Pott County is Council Bluffs, Iowa (20 miles south), where the casinos are (MO river separates Omaha and Council Bluffs). Wilson's Island is "the bottoms," where Mike's sister (Trisha) and husband built their dream home for retirement. It will be lost.

The Missouri River is between Blair, NE and Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Daughter-in-law lives in Blair (Washington County, Nebraska).
This is us:
MISSOURI RIVER NEAR BLAIR AFFECTING HARRISON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR BLAIR.
* AT 7:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.5 FEET.
* IMPACT...AT 23.5 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR AT WILSON ISLAND STATE PARK. < Trisha. She is devastated.

My mother-in-law is almost 90 years old. She lives in a high rise. They are evacuating. Trisha could not find a place for her to go that was anywhere near home. They are moving her to Kansas City to an assisted living place. She is sooooooooooo sad, to move from all her friends. Really, just the travel to KC will be so hard on her. Mark (Mike's brother) lives in Kansas City. KC is about 200 miles south of our home in Iowa.

I am just sick. I want to be there to help. To help what? I just don't know.

 

[Inkheart]

Wow Kathy so sorry to hear all of this - i will pray for your friends and family - not a big news watcher either - so i hadnt heard about this . keep us updated~!

 

[Cetawin]

Kathy I have no idea what happened with our phones last night but I wanted to let you know you and the family are in my prayers. I am saddened to hear about your mil...poor dear that must be hard on her. *sigh* Please keep us posted.

 

[speckledhen]

All that is so awful, Kathy. Floods scare me almost as much as fire does. Maybe we ought to stay on our mountain here. Storms seem to bypass us, at least the worst part of it. We are high up on a small mountain at 2000 ft elevation, so it would have to be a biblical type flood to get close to reaching us here. The property drains well, too, so hardly ever any standing water, not for more than a few minutes.

LH, here is Nugget's baby, Ike x June did it again. Barred hackles, looks girly, but time will tell. She is 4 weeks old, I think.