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That dam isn't "breached" - it's freaking gone . . . hatrack Mar 2019 #1
My family is good, but we are 10 minutes drive from towns that are currently underwater. Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #4
Good to hear you Rellies are safe. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #7
+1 ewagner Mar 2019 #11
+1... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2019 #17
Heading into Kansas City yesterday, one of the traffic alert signs: hatrack Mar 2019 #24
Wow 😮 Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #2
Stay safe to all those who live along the river WhiteTara Mar 2019 #3
Is that snow and water? malaise Mar 2019 #5
And ice Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #15
OmahaSteve posted about heavy snow in Nebraska but I had no idea malaise Mar 2019 #22
There was a bunch of snow, and then warmer rain hit and it all melted... Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #46
Both. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #21
Wow! n/t malaise Mar 2019 #28
These are the travel restrictions today Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #31
I imagine that schools will be closed tomorrow malaise Mar 2019 #38
Good lord PatSeg Mar 2019 #6
It looks like the dam was well made but all dams have a lifetime and God only knows how many ... Botany Mar 2019 #13
So much of what people build PatSeg Mar 2019 #18
Yes it does seem like that. After the fires it felt like Mother Nature was trying to sweep us away.n Hekate Mar 2019 #33
It often does feel like that some times PatSeg Mar 2019 #37
And that's the absolute truth malaise Mar 2019 #39
It is so sad PatSeg Mar 2019 #40
90 years old? MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #8
But, but, but PatSeg Mar 2019 #19
Info and history on the Spencer Dam KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #9
Thanks for the link/add'l info. I worry that many of our existing dams and other structures will be erronis Mar 2019 #12
Yes, and the bill for this one will be huge.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #30
Not much there to lose. Igel Mar 2019 #27
Hadn't thought about the momentum of those massive ice sheets. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #34
massive damage Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #10
We haven't repaired any SCVDem Mar 2019 #14
What "infrastructure?" MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #23
Infrastructure week? B Stieg Mar 2019 #16
Voting Republican has consequences. What say, Mr Buffett? ancianita Mar 2019 #20
Did you make snide comments about Puerto Rico, NOLA, Manhattan? Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #35
Hell, no. I love Puerto Rico,NOLA and all of New York. Why would you think that. This is about human ancianita Mar 2019 #41
When you make the same kind of comments about Nebraska that we condemn when Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #45
Don't conflate Buffett and Rickets Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #48
Warren Buffet supported Hillary Clinton Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #47
Sorry to hear. Please don't ask the Federal Government for help that would look like socialism. Pepsidog Mar 2019 #25
Thanks for posting, and from a local source. Hortensis Mar 2019 #26
Here's the rest of the state. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #29
wow look at all the silt buildup at the base of the dam.water pressure snapped upper supports Sunlei Mar 2019 #32
The Niobrara rises in the Sandhills . . . hatrack Mar 2019 #36
hills of sand and about 60'down is 20' of volcanic ash :P Sunlei Mar 2019 #43
One of my granddaughters and her husband and frogmarch Mar 2019 #42
So sorry about Marshmallow, there wasn't much warning for people to evac. Sunlei Mar 2019 #44
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