Are DUer watching those homes falling into water in

[malaise]

Wisconsin? Damn this is horrible.

[sandnsea]

1. A dam broke

:scared:

I'm on the west coast and the weather is still crappy. No sunshine coming from this direction.

[Lasher]

2. East coast here.

It's too hot to work outside. Send me some of that rain.

[shraby]

3. Where in Wisconsin?

[DS1]

4. East of Hawaii

[malaise]

7. Pix here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Kazak]

5. Link?

:shrug:

[malaise]

6. Here

The Governor was just on GEM$NBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[dembotoz]

8. believe you are referring to lake delton

which is part of the Wisconsin Dells area
This is the big waterpark area in wisconsin.
On a map look for Madison and go due north along the interstate for @50 miles

Nice area, lots of resorts.
Right along wisconsin river.
was up there over memorial day weekend.

[malaise]

9. Thanks for that

I can't imagine watching my home falling into water. Damn!!

[PeaceNikki]

10. Story here. Lake Delton has completely drained

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25063019#25063019

MONDAY, June 9, 2008, 1:33 p.m.
By Don Walker and Meg Jones

Rushing flood waters drain Lake Delton



Lake Delton near the Dells is essentially empty after the rain-swollen lake cut its own channel around a dam and emptied into the Wisconsin River, taking four homes with it.

The 254-acre lake is the home of the famed Tommy Bartlett Water Show. Tom Diehl, who operates the show and is a trustee for the Village of Lake Delton, said there was nothing but mud where the show is staged every day.

"We haven't had a show since Friday," Diehl said in a telephone interview. "We canceled Saturday and Sunday because of high water," he said. "Today, we're canceling because of no water."

Diehl described the Lake Delton situation as a once in 250-year event. "It dropped inch after inch after inch into the watershed," Diehl said. "Last night the lake went up 20 inches. We started sandbagging trying to protect the dam. But when the water got too high, four homes were lost. It took on a life of its own."

Diehl estimated there were 10-15 resorts on Lake Delton. Those resorts will lose significant business, Diehl said.

On the scene where the lake used to be, Journal Sentinel photographer Joe Koshollek said it looks as if a plug had been pulled from a bathtub filled with water. The lake, which is where the popular amphibious Ducks travel, has been pretty much all drained.

"The lake is gone," Koshollek said. "I heard one girl say 'I'm out of a job' because she rents jet skis."