The Great Missouri River Flood of 2011 [photos]

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[EternalVigilance]

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This farmstead north of Omaha completely flooded. The house is hard to see due to the trees, but it is right above the smaller grain bins.

 

North of Omaha looking south. That is I29 under the water, next to the rail road track.

 

I-29 north of Omaha looking north. Looks like a dual lane boat ramp.

 

I-29 North of Omaha underwater.

 

Water flows back from the swollen river into the channels that drained the fields just a few weeks ago.

 

This is the coal fired power plant just south of Souix City. Look close and you can see the sand bags along the shore line...

 

Casino

 

This is a casino in Iowa. No free buffet today, unless you get there by boat.

 

A casino in Iowa

 

The scale of the flooding is hard to comprehend.

 

Sad to see so much loss of property.

 

Hopefully, they are high enough. More water is on the way.

 

North of Omaha Epply Airfield about 105 miles.

 

You can see the normal river chanel in the lower portion of the picture.

 

DeSoto Bend Natioinal Wildlife Refuge.

 

The scope is hard to imagine from Montana to Iowa.

 

The scope of destruction is hard to imagine, even in the air.

 

Just north of Epply Airport Omaha.

 

North of Omaha looking north west. Winds were blowing 25-30 MPH.

 

Fort Calhoun Nuke plant shut down and under seige surrounded by sandbags and water.

 

Normal Missouri River channel.

 

Casino under construction.

 

West side of Sioux City, each house is sandbagged, some with trailers in front for a quick exit.

 

Gavin's Point Spill way releasing 145,000 cubic feet per second as of 6/12/2011. That is a million gallons of water per second!

 

Gavin's Point Dam Spill Way release 145,000 CFPS 6/12/11

 

Casino Omaha

 

Nebraska City, Nebraska, Power Plant

 

Nebraska City Power Plant

 

Hamburg levee break

 

You can make out fence lines in the water. These were productive farm fields.

 

Hamburg, IA

 

New levee was in place as waters came rushing in.

 

Shows how close the water is. That is I-29 in the middle and it was still open this am.

 

It won't be long before I-29 is closed.

 

Road is covered to stop water.

 

I-29 & HWY 2 interchange.

 

Levee watch

 

The water is still rising.

 

Railroad protecting the railroad line.

 

Omaha area, south of Offutt AF Base

 

John Deere Dealer sand bagging.

 

The now closed I-29, north of Omaha taken 6.15.2011

 

Omaha skyline

 

The commute to Omaha is gonna be a few minutes longer. This is I-29 north of Omaha looking south.

 

Omaha skyline

 

Omaha Epply Airport is in danger of flooding.

 

Pumping water over levee to protect crops.

 

Boat dock & marina

 

Cutting the grass along a closed portion of I-29? The road is closed guys!

 

Water had leaked though and the basement is flooded.

 

I-29 25 miles south of Souix City nearly topped by flood waters.

 

I-29 again.

 

Casino Omaha

 

Hamburg area

 

Hamburg

 

Hamburg

 

Hamburg area.

 

Hamburg

 

Normal river channel

 

Nebraska River Neighborhood pumping out area to protect homes. Good luck neighbors!

 

 

[EternalVigilance]

This is where I was born and raised, so it really hits home. Please pray for all affected.

[bgill]

Unexcusable they didn’t have the gates open long before in anticipation of the melting snows and spring rains. Even with the excess rains, it shouldn’t have been this bad if they’d managed it better months ago.

[PLD]

Those Billions that Obama and criminals send to other countries should be helping our people..The ones he is helping are enemies of ours and have been for years..Keep our money home Obama..And keep your fool wife home if she wants to feel sorry for someone then let her look around here..Family's here need food and lodging because of her Husband and his communist half wits..

Egypt and Libya are know enemies but yet you all still line their pockets for them to be able to send terrorist to our lands to kill..

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Even with the excess rains, it shouldn’t have been this bad if they’d managed it better months ago.

But they had to maintain a water level to protect a fish population... on that would not have been there in the first place were it not for the damn dams... Corps of Engineers is gonna have a lot of ‘splainin to do when it’s all said and done and they look back with their 20-20 hindsight...

[FrogMom]

Great pictures of a horrid flood.

[bgill]

They can explain an make excuses until the cows come home but many of those cows drowned and their owners lost their homes and livelihoods which can never be made right again. PC and EPA will be the death of the USA.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Your Government at work.......(Or lack thereof)

One would think that the great floods from ‘93 would have taught them something. I remember films of caskets floating from graveyards into the Mississippi.

The MSM is trying to make this flood look like it's the first time.

[fella]

I know that the Arkansas rice crop is a 3/4 loss this year. So now I wonder how much flooding related crop losses have and are occurring in other states this year.

[naturalborn]

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/06/the_purposeful_flooding_of_americas_heartland.html

[houeto]

Thanks for this extensive post EV. Prayers up for all affected.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

You’ve all got my prayers.

You’ll need ‘em.

Montana’s running Flood Stage on practically every stream in the state, reservoirs are full to overflowing and that record snow we had last winter hasn’t half started to melt off yet.

This mess we’ve got gets downstream to you all at one time, the flooding you’ve got now is going to look tame.

I’m betting on a whole bunch of early retirements in BLM and Corps of Engineers this summer, if that’s any comfort.

Guess we just get to pay up and shut up. Again.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Thanks for posting. Prayers up for all affected.

[calex59]

Has the a**hat who calls himself President declared this a disaster area yet? Has he sent anyone down to check this out and try to help?

I would guess the answer to both questions is NO. Where are all the demwits who screamed about Katrina, why aren't they condemning Bozo the way they did Bush? I know the answer and as always the propaganda org of the left wing, the MSM, is remaining virtually silent on this disaster to the fly over country.

[Hebrews 11:6]

In 12+ years of visiting FR daily, I have never seen a better post than yours (OK, Buckhead's is equal, but that's it!). I was astounded even before noticing that each picture is linked to its larger original.

You have turned your vigilance into action.

[ncfool]

These are great pictures of a very bad situation. Mis-management by the corp of engineers or the OBUMMER administration.
Is Epply in risk of flooding or the Industrial park area around it and the power plant?

[MountainDad]

We had a thunderstorm roll though Saturday AM. in Omaha. Left 2 feet of standing water in the streets just 1 block north of the ballpark where the college world series is. Good thing there was no game yesterday.

We have a 3-4 ft plastic covered sand-berm encircling our shop just 10 blocks north of this stadium. Our tool boxes are all on flat bed trailers.

It's all been a lot of work and will be all summer.Lots of nervous people here. Rightly so.

[ncfool]

Is this area prone to flooding in t North Omaha by Epply?

6400 North 16th Street.? Its a couple of block from the airport.

[MountainDad]

Is this area prone to flooding in t North Omaha by Epply?

Yes. It can be if a levee is breeched or topped. The biggest problem right now in our area, (which is near Epply), is storm sewers backing up. We have many massive pumps operating now just to pump out the lines.

They are hauling in 1,100 loads of "seepage blanket" material to put on the levee on the Council Bluffs side over the next three days.

[GladesGuru]

Those photos should go viral. If so, CoE, EPA and Obama may well go too.

[EternalVigilance]

My prayers are with you.

My niece lives in that general vicinity, and she’s completely cleared out of there until this is all over. I’m glad.