Thread: Mississippi River

Flood stage at V'burg is 43, DD. Hwy 465 goes under at around 46 1/2. I don't know whether to ride it out or run.

Flood stage at V'burg is 43, DD. Hwy 465 goes under at around 46 1/2. I don't know whether to ride it out or run.

That's the price ya pay to live on the water, hate it for y'all.

Originally Posted by Slab Slinger

Flood stage at V'burg is 43, DD. Hwy 465 goes under at around 46 1/2. I don't know whether to ride it out or run.

Have seen more than one forecast for 53 ft. Don't think I would wait to long before I cut and ran.

Flood stage at Cairo,IL is 40 feet. It is at 50 and supposedly going to 60. KY Lake/Barkley are at 355 and heading to 370. All that water will have to be dumped into the Mississippi river system eventually. That's 15 feet of water deep over 180,000 acres.

They are already preparing to blow the Missouri levees to save Cairo. IMHO, there nothing in Cairo worth flooding nearly 200,000 acres of prime farm ground for.

My prayers go out to you folks down river. It ain't going to be pretty.

In 2011 you didn't have to live along the river to be flooded. The tributaries backing up flooded areas that hadn't been flooded in over 100 years. The flood was 9 miles across from St Charles, AR to Watkins Corner just west of Marvell. Lots of folks homes, grain bins and farm shops flooded, several had new homes. I'm 53 and never dreamed that some of those areas would flood like they did. I realize that you can research flood plane maps but I guess i just don't expect to see a 100 year flood in my life time. Some of the ones that built homes, grain bins and farm headquarters in those areas probably didn't expect to see it happen either. The 2008 flood was bad but didn't come close to 2011 or the potential of this one due to the time of year that this flood is occurring. We could still have a lot of winter and spring rains to come. Historically the next few months are our highest rainfall months.

The extended forecast looks good right now hopefully this forecast will hold for the next few weeks. I have a friend that works for the COE, his comment was that they are having some difficulty figuring out just what the crest will be. Flood waters are coming from multiple areas this time.

Just watched local news for memphis. They are saying 48.5 here. Last time it got to 53 here. But with all the water coming from so any places at the same time no telling what it is going to do. And like you said no telling when another round of heavy rains could hit and really mess it up even more.

Just be careful not stuburn