Monday, May 30, 2011

Omaha Installs Their Floodgates on The Rising Missouri River



Record releases on the series of Pick-Sloan dams on the upper Missouri River have caused officials in Omaha NE to install the floodgates downtown.



The Missouri reached flood stage Sunday at Omaha- and is forecasted to rise another 5 to 6 feet- just based on dam releases- in June.


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is going to go down in the history books as the year of the weather.


And we are not half way through the year yet.

Groucho K. Marx said...

No debate whatsoever on your assertion SD.

It's been so rough- this one-man band has had to take a bit of a break.

Makes one wonder what's next....

Anonymous said...

We have no clue what is next we really don't.

Those that think they have a clue are some of the biggest fools known to man yet.

Be ready for anything and everything when it comes to the weather and actions of the earth.

I remember a time when Topeka thought they was safe from tornados due to a mound on the ground. Then in 1966 that thought was proven wrong.

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