Posted on 01/14/2005 1:52:41 PM PST by Military family member
I remember Hazleton only because I lived in Chicago for 20 years and have driven Chicago to Evansville on Hwy 41 more times than I can even remember.
my parents live in Wabash
Most of the highways going in and out of Columbus [near the rivers] are flooded over. Every major road is flooded somewhere, including 46 west going to Brown County [and Bloomington]. How Bloomington is depends on whether there are rivers going through it.
I didn't see any going through Bloomington on the map, so relatively speaking they are probably all right. The creeks are undoubtedly flooded but that is minor compared to a river. The White River is in very bad shape flood wise, and it is quite a bit west of Bloomington. Monroe Reservoir is east and doesn't look to be very close. Bloomington is probably in better shape than most other areas.
I'm in Anderson. In addition to the flood, 8,000 people have been evacuated Friday night due to a fire at a magnesium factory.
Sorry to hear about the mag. fire. I pray few were injured. In addition to cold temps tonight, no electricity and the flooding...now a fire.
We're up in South Bend area. Flooding all over the lowlying areas or river & covering roads, Baugo Twp in Elkhart has mjr flooding too. People being warned if there is standing water over/near your well, don't drink the water. Luckily, we're on the high area north of river so we're just sloppy. Praying for those suffering.
Here is a link to a thread here on it. No injuries but 5,000-8,000 evacuated to shelters due to fumes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1321239/posts
But where's the UN and the rest of the internationalist buffoons when it's flooding in Indiana?
Nowhere I can see. And that's a good thing - my buddies and I like to use blue-helmeted dummies for rifle and shotgun practice. Just. In. Case.
From a Giant to another, Howdy!
Sounds like you're near my folk's hometown of Marion.
Marion is my hometown too.
Did you say something about Indiana girls? :-)
I recall back in the Sixties that the Wabash, Salamonie, and Mississinewa dam projects were built to alleviate such flooding problems. Have they helped or hindered in this round of flooding?
It's also dropping down to single digits tonight and we're expecting snow.
And the hits keep coming....
Bump...
These are photos from Paducah, KY and Smithland, KY
http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&postid=387099#post387099
Here are links to information on Vermillion County flooding.
http://www.wthi.com/newsdet.asp?id=7568
http://www.wthi.com/newsdet.asp?id=7575
Unfortunately the high water isn't the only problem. City officials tried to protect the pump from the water, but hours later it stopped working, which means sewage will eventually back up in homeowner's yards. "You just take it as a grain of salt and you move on," says Kevin Kiger.
Since the pump stopped working in that area residents are asked to watch what goes down the drain and try not to flush the toilet very much. If you were forced to evacuate your home the American Red Cross set up a shelter at Central Elementary School the number is 812-232-3393. Or City Hall in Clinton is open, just bring a sleeping bag.
Not too bad up there. Where on the Tippy are they? I'm from Leiters Ford.
My apologies, I relied on bad info. Just talked to my father, who has lived within a mile (not on) the Tippicanoe River for 50 years. He said he's never seen it so high. Guess what I'm sayin', if it's flooded before, it definitely has this time. Hope they were high and dry.
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