Another levee breaks
Those of us who live up on Crowley's Ridge may be feeling fortunate not to be directly affected by this week's flooding, but we don't have to go far to see some of the results. This morning I took a two-mile trip from my Tillman farm over to "Moroni's Hill," at the very northern edge of Crowley's Ridge about 5 miles east of Advance, where I had heard of another levee break.
It's easy to take our system of levees for granted, as we travel past them to work and back, and it's a real shock when one of them breaks. I stood in amazement, a chilly wind whipping my face, as I saw a water channel wiping out the highway which I had traveled to work for 20 years. Missouri State Highway 0 is yet another route to be closed by this week's remarkable deluge of water.
The Perkins' Fire Department evacuated residents of Painton Wednesday evening, March 19, when the levee broke, but the residents returned to their homes later that night, and the water appears to be receding at this point. Fortunately, the Painton levee break seems to be affecting farm land, rather than homes, so, as such, the repair priority may be rather low.
In the meantime, the sunshine is a welcome relief.
From the sunny hills of Tillman, Mo., this is your rural NSC reporter, Madeline, hoping for a warm, dry Easter Sunday!
Comments
- -- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Mar 22, 2008, at 2:35 PM
- -- Posted by rusty nail on Sat, Mar 22, 2008, at 5:49 PMMadeline Dejournett's response:Well, rusty, we DID have a big snow - right before the big ice storm, which tore up all the trees. Then came the flood, and we're wondering what's next! Some people expect locusts!
- -- Posted by Noreenmhyslop on Sun, Mar 23, 2008, at 10:56 AM
- -- Posted by FJGuy on Sun, Mar 23, 2008, at 3:14 PM
- -- Posted by mrsdolphin on Mon, Mar 24, 2008, at 6:22 PM
- -- Posted by Ducky on Tue, Mar 25, 2008, at 12:36 PM
- -- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Mar 25, 2008, at 8:44 PM
- -- Posted by gardengirl on Fri, Mar 28, 2008, at 10:37 AM
- -- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Mar 28, 2008, at 8:25 PM
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