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Jen
Expedition Leader
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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 Posted - Mar 19 2008 : 09:55:21 AM
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We've been getting torrential rain here in northern Arkansas for 2 days, and the rivers are in mega-flood! Not to mention creeks, ditches, roads, and even farm fields. From the safe vantage of my house on a hill, I am simply in awe of the white-capped muddy surges rushing through the 3 creek bottoms around me. I can't help but admire the overwhelming power of weather and water. It's beautiful - despite the fact that one creek is trying to undermine the poles of our barn right now & our spring is so inundated with mud that our faucets are running brown. Earlier this morning, I took Rita to school, only to find out that it was canceled, so we drove into Calico Rock where a good portion of the old town is submerged. The White River is so huge it's nearly lapping the (high) bridge, carrying huge clumps of trees and debris as it rolls. Wish I'd had my camera!
I just read this online: "The White River is expected to approach the level of the historic December 1982 flood. At Calico Rock, the river is expected to rise to near 39.5 feet by Thursday morning. Flood stage is 19.0 feet."
Wow. We are so small...
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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blueberries in alaska
outstepping
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Jo
hillsides of the Chugach
AK
USA
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
1384 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2008 : 11:53:55 AM
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MORE FLOODING HERE! Wow!
We awoke to big-time flooding yesterday morning. We're breaking water-level records in Arkansas this year. It was really amazing to see (we live way out in the boonies, right near the confluence of 3 creeks). But, then we lost power to our water pump, had to relocate our chickens so they didn't wash away, & had to work on our eroded driveway - it looked like a Barbi-scale grand canyon (tee-hee). Gotta laugh, right? Off to repair our spring box, which is the water source for the house; it's a mess...wish me luck!
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Elizaray
outspoken
680 Posts
Elizaray
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Posted - Apr 12 2008 : 08:06:12 AM
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Jen-
I hope your boots stay dry! I am originally from the desert so massive continued flooding is new to me. I understand flash floods that appear and disappear in an hour. When we moved to the NorthWest we drove through a canyon and the river was flooding. I saw a huge oak tree floating down the river like a canoe. It was mind boggling. This tree was huge and old, and the river was high enough that the branches weren't snagging on anything! I think the river must have undercut a bank and the old tree just fell right into the flood!
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
1384 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 08:09:48 AM
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I know, Elizaray - we saw BIG trees coming down the creek below our house! It blows my mind. I find the power of nature so humbling, and it feels good to feel small once in a while.
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Libbie
outstepping
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 09:31:13 AM
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Oh, Jen - are you all okay? I keep hearing about the weather in AR, and thinking of you. How did the spring box repair go? I've not seen torrential flooding, just a slow, sinking, muddy kind. Sending you strength, love and (I wish) enough dry towels and warm fires to see ya' through.
XOXO, Libbie
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Mountain Girl
outrigged
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JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 3:37:45 PM
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| Yea Jen I hope you are high and dry. Our seasonal stream is roaring. It goes under thru a culvert our driveway. The previous owners really did a good job on it but last year we developed a couple of small sinkholes on the edge. Our neighbory said before they fixed it and put the culvert in it washed their little bridge away every year. That expained these two half trunks of a tree we found in the woods. I guess they put them across the stream to get across! JoAnn |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
1384 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2008 : 3:45:33 PM
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Oh, yeah, we're fine - thanks, girls! We got our wiring spliced back up & patched the spring box. I know SO many other people are in worse shape, having lost houses, etc. It's good to live on a hill!
Jen
Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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