Flooded Out On The 4th of July
One of our favorite campgrounds is Devil's Backbone Park in Grand Tower, Illinois. clickIt is right on the Mississippi River with beautiful views of the Father of Waters and the passing tow boats. Tow...
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Looks like a real nice park, and would give me a chance to see part of the country I've missed.
Recall the floods of 2011 along the Missouri River in my area. Huge snowpack run-off that year, plus torrential rains in May just messed up everyone's plans.
Everyone more specifically being the Corps of Engineers, who managed water levels at all the main stream Missouri River dams north of me here in SE South Dakota.
Well ALL the dams went to over full stage, cause the spring releases had been way too low to hold all the water that came through. Now that's six dams in total, including three of the largest earth filled dams in the world (Ft. Peck, Garrison and Oahe).
So property flooded along the Missouri for the first time since the early 1950's. It was a huge mess.
Recall the floods of 2011 along the Missouri River in my area. Huge snowpack run-off that year, plus torrential rains in May just messed up everyone's plans.
Everyone more specifically being the Corps of Engineers, who managed water levels at all the main stream Missouri River dams north of me here in SE South Dakota.
Well ALL the dams went to over full stage, cause the spring releases had been way too low to hold all the water that came through. Now that's six dams in total, including three of the largest earth filled dams in the world (Ft. Peck, Garrison and Oahe).
So property flooded along the Missouri for the first time since the early 1950's. It was a huge mess.
