We've had rain on and off since last night. Thunderstorms moved into the area last night from Nebraska and Kansas, but thankfully we didn't have any damage--just more rain that we didn't need. We only got about 80 hundreths of rain here--but that was more than enough! Charles Mix County--the county just west of us, had areas that had over 7 inches of rain--more water to add to the flooding on the Missouri River. The Corps of Engineers announced tonight that they're going to back off slightly on the releases from Ft. Randall dam at Pickstown for a couple of days, but then they're going to go up to 157,000 cfs--the flooding is just unbelievable.
I was in Springfield today at my friend Carol's house and watched the river from her patio--the current running past her house is just unreal! Normally there isn't any current at all. What used to look like a marsh with all the sandbars and cattails is now just water as far as you can see. We saw chunks of reeds that eroded off the sandbars go whizzing past! I've never seen anything like what we're seeing now--really makes me wonder what Dad would say if he was still here! I'm sure he'd have a few choice words!!
Hopefully we're done with the rain for awhile!
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