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  • 'It was a lost cause': Air Force gives up fight to stop water at Offutt...

    03/17/2019 12:01:29 PM PDT · by US Navy Vet · 69 replies
    Omaha Wierd Herald ^ | 17 March 2019 | Steve Liewer
    Even the U.S. Air Force couldn't stop the Mighty Missouri River from flooding Offutt Air Force Base. Between Saturday night and early Sunday, the 55th Wing called off a 30-hour, round-the-clock sandbagging effort because the floodwaters were rising too fast. "It was a lost cause. We gave up," said Tech. Sgt. Rachelle Blake, a 55th Wing spokeswoman. By Sunday morning, one-third of the base was underwater, she said. About 60 structures have been damaged, mostly on the south end of the base.