record flood

  • jonathandeblieck
    quad cities, il
    Posts: 176
    March 7, 2008 at 9:54 pm #1318825

    the rock got to over 16′ the other night down here in the quad cities. flood stage is 12′ something. wow…what a mess.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    March 7, 2008 at 10:27 pm #663366

    Is this the same river that was almost bone dry a year or so ago?

    Amazing how fast rivers can change, even big rivers like the Mrs herself.

    robby
    Quad Cities
    Posts: 2823
    March 7, 2008 at 10:36 pm #663370

    I live outside of Milan on high, dry ground. I feel sorry for those that live on the Rock. Living there is definately a double edged sword. Sounds like lots of people are without power because the ice coming down sheared off a bunch of utility poles. FEMA, and the Homeland Defense people have been around for a few days now. I drove down and had a look see today, looks like most of the ice is gone in places, hopefully it will recede soon.

    jonathandeblieck
    quad cities, il
    Posts: 176
    March 11, 2008 at 5:19 pm #664339

    a lot of people are blaming the new bridge between milan and moline/rock island. don’t know what they can do about it now though. unless there’s something they can mount on the pilings to break up the ice that flows down. heard of a family friend that has never seen water in his house in 36 years. yep, he got flooded out. looks like it going down good now.

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