Weather Talk

[Caper]

52 degrees and getting some of your rain.
Caper

 

[SWB]

90 here and sunshine.

 

[kswaterfowler]

.75" of rain last night. More coming.
Weve been hitting thr fish hard in the flood waters

 

[Caper]

.75" of rain last night. More coming.
Weve been hitting thr fish hard in the flood watersView attachment 131926 View attachment 131927

Can’t tell, is that a Bass.

Caper

 

[kswaterfowler]

Freshwater drum. A pile of small ones in here. Kids like catching and worms are free so here we are.

 

[SWB]

Well, they have raised forecast of river flood levels. This is getting serious.
Little Rock, AR

 

[stellarpod]

Well, they have raised forecast of river flood levels. This is getting serious.
Little Rock, AR

Terrible news, SWB. NBC News indicated tonight that there had been 211 tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri over the last 10 days. Rainfall, and subsequent flooding, have been record-breaking. My heart goes out to my brothers and sisters in Arkansas. Only wish there was some way to keep from sending so much water downstream.

Steve

 

[Caper]

Freshwater drum. A pile of small ones in here. Kids like catching and worms are free so here we are.

Sorry but I’ve never heard of them. Nice size. Get the kids fishing early and they will fish for life.
Caper

 

[Caper]

Terrible news, SWB. NBC News indicated tonight that there had been 211 tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri over the last 10 days. Rainfall, and subsequent flooding, have been record-breaking. My heart goes out to my brothers and sisters in Arkansas. Only wish there was some way to keep from sending so much water downstream.

Steve

I saw the NBC news too. The one guy said he lost four homes over the years. And he’s going to build again. Wow. That’s dedication.
Caper

 

[SWB]

I saw the NBC news too. The one guy said he lost four homes over the years. And he’s going to build again. Wow. That’s dedication.
Caper

True, also sounds like bottomless pockets too.

 

[SWB]

Terrible news, SWB. NBC News indicated tonight that there had been 211 tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri over the last 10 days. Rainfall, and subsequent flooding, have been record-breaking. My heart goes out to my brothers and sisters in Arkansas. Only wish there was some way to keep from sending so much water downstream.

Steve

They have been catching it with tornadoes! That has got to get old in a hurry.

 

[YardDog]

How will this effect the water and sewer systems in Ft Smith and Van Buren?

Fort Smith will have to use the Lake Fort Smith plant in Mountainburg and shut down the Lee Creek plant for drinking water if tubidity gets to high or access to that plant is cut off. As for wastewater, both Fort Smith and Van Buran have plants on the river and may just have to let mother nature handle it. The two barges loaded with ammonium nitrate that went down probably wont effect anything because the river flow was almost two million gallons a second and has only increased since then. At times like this dilution is the solution to pollution. Both ADEQ and EPA have agreed. Heading to Fort Smith tomorrow, I'll see if I can get pictures.

 

[stellarpod]

Fort Smith will have use the Lake Fort Smith plant in Mountainburg and shut down the Lee Creek plant for drinking water if tubidity gets to high or access to that plant is cut off. As for wastewater, both Fort Smith and Van Buran have plants on the river and may just have to let mother nature handle it. The two barges loaded with ammonium nitrate that went down probably wont effect anything because the river flow was almost two million gallons a second and has only increased since then. At times like this dilution is the solution to pollution. Both ADEQ and EPA have agreed. Heading to Fort Smith tomorrow, I'll see if I can get pictures.

Thanks for that info, YardDog.

Steve

 

[YardDog]

Still trying to figure out why two people with the Corp Of Engineer's stayed at lock and dam 13 until even boat access was impossible, they were rescued by helicopter today. In 2015 water was less than two feet from getting in the control room and knowing it would be much worse seems like a no brainer to me to get the hell out before it's cut off.

 

[kswaterfowler]

Well squall line with 70 to 85 mph winds headed this way and should be here 3 am. Better get some slwwp before the weather radio wakes me up

 

[Caper]

Well squall line with 70 to 85 mph winds headed this way and should be here 3 am. Better get some slwwp before the weather radio wakes me up

Hope all is well KS.
Caper

 

[Caper]

Hope all is well KS.
Caper

And I see more rain coming.
Stay safe.
Caper

 

[kswaterfowler]

My boss got water in his house. He wasnt in the flood plain so no insurance. Ironically they were working on revising the map this year and the new rev wanted to put that subdivision in the flood plain.

Some of those houses had water up to the ceilings in the basement. His basement windows held.

Folks flooded along the river will have water in their houses for another week or two. The county really needs to buy them out and get rid of those houses.

 

[Smitty335]

My boss got water in his house. He wasnt in the flood plain so no insurance. Ironically they were working on revising the map this year and the new rev wanted to put that subdivision in the flood plain.

Some of those houses had water up to the ceilings in the basement. His basement windows held.

Folks flooded along the river will have water in their houses for another week or two. The county really needs to buy them out and get rid of those houses.

Bummer! Is flood plane insurance a Government deal?

 

[Mopower58]

Caper is this you?