The Great Missouri River Flood of 2011 [photos]

Picasa ^ | June 26, 2011 | Larry Geiger

[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]

Thanks. Wasn’t as much work for me as it might appear, though. I have the programming on AIPNews.com that allows me to just cut and paste the source code over here. :-) We are the citizen media, right?

[Sawdring]

Unexcusable they didn’t have the gates open long before in anticipation of the melting snows and spring rains.

Everyone thinks humanity can outguess and control mother nature. In doing so we take comfort in assigning blame because it lets us think we have ultimate control.

[Sawdring]

Unexcusable they didn’t have the gates open long before in anticipation of the melting snows and spring rains.

Everyone thinks humanity can outguess and control mother nature. In doing so we take comfort in assigning blame because it lets us think we have ultimate control.

[Sawdring]

Unexcusable they didn’t have the gates open long before in anticipation of the melting snows and spring rains.

Everyone thinks humanity can outguess and control mother nature. In doing so we take comfort in assigning blame because it lets us think we have ultimate control.

[Sawdring]

Unexcusable they didn’t have the gates open long before in anticipation of the melting snows and spring rains.

Everyone thinks humanity can outguess and control mother nature. In doing so we take comfort in assigning blame because it lets us think we have ultimate control.

[southernnorthcarolina]

All that water has to go somewhere. Just about the time the water from the May floods along the lower Mississippi Valley recede, they’re going to get it again. The Missouri empties into the Mississippi just above St. Louis.

[combat_boots]

Prayers, EV

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The FEMA buy of freeze-dried food was known at least by Feb 22th.

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[dfwgator]

But hey, at least we saved Cairo.

[chris_bdba]

I heard someone on Foxnews yesterday say that the fields that grow durm wheat are basically gone from this years harvest.Durum is what pasta is made from which reminds me I need to check my stash and if I need to buy another 20# before this hits the pricing.

[EternalVigilance]

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[EternalVigilance]

Yep.

[zzeeman]

Prayers have been UP for all of you since I first heard of this coming; they will continue daily.

[narses]

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[justa-hairyape]

This interview explains how we got to where we are ragards to the Missouri River Valley flooding and also illustrates how the flooding will last through August.

May rains were ‘real kicker' in big water year

[EternalVigilance]

Appreciate the prayers for those affected. We’re about a hundred miles east of the river, so we’re not among them. Actually, we’ve been a bit on the dry side here most of the spring. This water is all coming down the Missouri from the Rockies and the northern plains.

[Big Red Clay]

Checking in from Gretna Nebraska about 14 miles west of the river.

If you check the date on the Picasa site, you will see that those photos were taken a couple of weeks ago. Someone sent me the link to those photos in an email a few days after they were taken. Since then, the Corps has increased the water release rate from Gavins Point. Also got a bunch of rain here Friday night and are awaiting severe storms and tornadoes in the area this afternoon and evening so even more water will be entering the system. It just seems to be getting worse by the day for all the folks and businesses along the Mo.

This is a slow motion disaster that (not suprisingly) is getting minimal coverage from the MSM. There is alot of anger toward the Corps around here (based on what I hear on local talk radio and see in the local media) because of the feeling that environmental concerns trumped flood control and the protection of peoples assets. Typical attitude that birds and fish are more important than the hicks out here in flyover country.

Keep an eye on this, the story will continue to unfold over the next couple of months and the outcome will likely be VERY bad.

[EternalVigilance]

Thanks for the post.

You’re right. I noticed a little while ago that the pics were a bit dated. I wonder if someone has a comparable set from this week? When I get a little time later in the day I’ll dig around and see what I can find.

[EternalVigilance]

Admin Mod, could I prevail upon you to change the date on the original post to June 12-15? The June 26 date is a bit misleading, which is not a good thing on a story that is so important to so many people. Thanks.

[Norm Lenhart]

Remember this the next time that government wants to close a road or shut down access or stop drilling/mining activity over concerns about man’s impact on the endangered snarfblat.

[EternalVigilance]

Oh, I will.