Posted on 07/24/2010 10:43:02 AM PDT by worst-case scenario
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) - The National Weather Service says the Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa has failed and that several small communities downstream could be severely flooded.
Meteorologist Chris Legro says water has been detected flowing beneath the dam and that a complete failure was possible, sending a dramatic increase in water down the Maquoketa River.
Legro says about half of Hopkinton, a city of about 700, could be flooded. He says flooding also was likely later in the day in Monticello, a city of about 3,600 people.
People who live in the Freddy's Beach resort area around the lake are removing their belongings from flooded homes and evacuating.
Lake Delhi was created in the 1920s by damming the Maquoketa River. The area about 180 miles northeast of Des Moines is a weekend retreat with about 900 residents.
More details: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Lake-Delhi-Dam-Has-Been-Compromised-99164894.html
Hope they are all ok.
But on another note, when disasters happened like this under Bush, the Left press would blame Bush and his policies for the failure, call for an investigation into Bush’s spending for dams, and cry out for the head of the Federal agency who’s job it is to oversee dams
Prayers up.
Oh, we have plenty of money to educate and medicate illegals, and to bribe the gimme-class to vote for Demoncraps - but we don’t have money to fix our aging, crumbling vital infrastructure.
Thank God they have warning time enough to get people out.
They’ll still blame Bush. Everything that happens while Obama is in office will be blamed on the damage done to the government while Bush was in charge. It’ll either be Bush holdovers that Obama is not responsible to replace or Bush policies that Obama is not responsibe or has had enough time to change. Of course, no one ever asks why Bush, who was preceded by Clinton, was able to make changes while he was in charge.
Iowa went for obama in 2008, so the feds might actually give them some help.
/dead serious
If the NWS says it, why isn't it in ALL CAPS?
I’d be REAL curious to see what the present crew has done to guarantee the safety of these older dams. Who would handle that - Department of the Interior?
I have to admit that the National Weather Service is one arm of the Federal government that it would be foolish to abolish. We need these sorts of warnings - they save lives. Especially since weather has gotten extreme in some regions - floods, tornadoes, etc. Hope to heavens we get out of hurricane season without too many disasters.
But somehow it will be blamed on "the previous administration."
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Yes, “years of neglect”, etc etc.
Just dam!
The “last 8 years” of neglect, must emphasize who is truly to blame: BUSH !!
This was just yesterday. Most of the week was like this over there. That fat red stripe at the end of the sequence was probably the last straw. That thing sucked up all the (considerable) energy south of I-80/88 and raised hell until 7:00 this morning.
Holy Mackerel! Cedar Rapids and Rockford have been POUNDED! All those cities like Davenport, Keokuk, Mediapolis, Quincy - how are they doing?
Is this going to end up the Nashville flooding?
I dunno, I live just west of Chicago. Right under the east end of that long storm. They're probably all-right; the Mississippi can carry a lot of water downstream. This is pretty bizarre weather, but nothing like '93.
The North Fork of the Maquoketa did its seemingly "bi-annual" thing to Dyersville (IA) yesterday, Manchester was having problems, and there was general misery all along the line of the storms (a clearly delineated band across the state pretty N of and following US 20). My commute to work yesterday was made pointless by water over the road, and some of the smaller creeks were already roaring before last night's rain. I went out to look at the Mississippi this morning and it is definitely up and with lots o' crap in it... assorted branches, "Nessie"-looking tree trunks, an upturned picnic table, a year's worth of lost/discarded coolers...
There are basements in the area having considerable standing water this morning, ones that have never before been more than just damp. In some cases where the homes are on a slope, you'd as soon have expected to find water standing on the side of a tipi.
I was surprised to learn that the majority of the dams in the US are privately owned. The Lake Delhi Dam is owned by the Lake Delhi Recreational Association.
Quit being an ignorant jackass jihad jackemoff.
If you really blindly hope for people in an entire state to suffer based on the results of a single election - you are of no value to advancing conservative ideals in my humble opinion. You are likely one of the idiots that the MSM spends hours looking for in a crowd in order to put their dumb ass face on TV as a representative of conservatives in general.
Kill the infidels! Let the infidels DIE!
Sound familiar. Sounds like the battle cry of our real enemy, but familiar.
Congratulations on being an idiot...
Is there any regulation of private dams? That’s a fascinating question. Thanks for inspiring me to investigate it.
And here’s the latest news, 22 min ago:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/24/iowa-dam-fails-causing-catastrophic-release-water/
No one wants to spend money to fix things. That doesn't give you good PR, so they all dump money into new things.
I fear this is going to happen alot more.
Davenport has its Bix fest right now, and the storms yesterday wrecked quite a bit of it. Minor flooding, nothing major predicted. But the ball park will be an island again.
I agree with you. It’s certainly true here in NJ. I’m surprised we haven’t had a bridge collapse yet. You’ve got a continual demand for more roads to reduce congestion, and the old ones are falling apart from too much traffic. It costs moolah to fix them and NO one wants to spend the money. Besides, there’s no ribbon-cutting on maintenance work.
So it’s all “deferred maintenance.”
It must be even more so with privately-owned dams. Just who is supposed to provide for their upkeep?
At least this wasn’t like the earthen dam in Tennessee holding back all that coal slurry, that collapsed in 2008. The people downstream from that will not be able to go home probably in their lifetimes.
“Is there any regulation of private dams? That’s a fascinating question. Thanks for inspiring me to investigate it.”
Found this-
Dam Ownership in the United States
Most U.S. dams are privately owned (56.4%) followed by local governments (20.1%), undetermined interests (11.6%), state governments (4.8%), the federal government (4.7%), and public utilities (2.4%).
Source: National Inventory of Dams, February 2005
Dam owners are responsible for the safety and the liability of the dam and for financing its upkeep, upgrade, and repair.
Although most infrastructure facilities, such as roads, bridges, and sewer systems, are owned by public entities, the majority of dams in the United States are privately owned. In general, very large dams are owned and regulated by the Federal Government.
Given the diffuse nature of dam ownership versus regulation in the United States, it is apparent that dam safety and security are often not solely a federal, state, or local issue.
The safety and security of a dam can affect persons and property across local, state, and even national borders. An incident in one area can affect commerce, navigation, and power generation and distribution, or it can cause severe damage in another area. As a result, there is a reasonable federal role to coordinate federal, state, and local efforts to provide dam safety and security to citizens.
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/damfailure/ownership.shtm
Boy, I love me some Beiderbecke. I’ve always wanted to attend the Festival. What a shame? What have temperatures been out there? It was 102+ and 70% humidity yesterday - felt like my brains were boiling. Nothing for it but to go to the movies/
About 90F with the same humidity. Heat index over a hundred. Still haven’t had a “True” 100 degree day yet.
All the marathon runners were really beat by the time the race got done! We didn’t go down to the street fair this year, my daughter is just to little for that.
Where’s FNC drama Queen Shep Smith whining about how the federal government isn’t doing more and how 0bama (peace be upon him) doesn’t care about rural white people? Oh yeah, Shep don’t care either...
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