so hows about that weather

[79coyotefrg]

who has  pics  of the flood waters    

[Gittinit]

http://www2.arkansasonline.com/videos/2008/mar/19/1651/
Check out this vid.

The flood stage for spring river in 1996 got up to 16ft, and took 2 lives. This past week they were reporting an expected 18ft above flood stage........it reatched 25ft above flood stage, and the riverside areas of Hardy Arkansas were being evacuated. news footage showed propanetanks, and automobiles floating down river.

This is the worst flooding I have ever seen hit this close to home. Blackriver, springriver, current river, all the local waterways are at their bounds.  My best wishes goes out to all those effected by the storms, tornados, and rising waters that are converging on arkansas rescently.

[Brenjen]

Hmmm, my nephew lives in Hardy & he's hard to get in touch with; I hope the boys ok.

[79coyotefrg]

[Brenjen]

Were any of the populated areas flooded out, or was it kept within the usual flood plain of the river?

[79coyotefrg]

Were any of the populated areas flooded out, or was it kept within the usual flood plain of the river?

from what they said on the news  downtown Batesville got hit hard

[Brenjen]

I could see that happening the way Batesville sits right on the river, that little valley as you come down the hill from the airport was probably flooded all the way over to Townsends.

[79coyotefrg]

they showed a sidewalk in downtown that was covered with earthworms  trying to escape the water

[Brenjen]

I saw an AP video on Yahoo news where a house hit a bridge floating down the White river in Calico Rock...unreal.

[79coyotefrg]

yep, video   http://cfc.katv.com/videoondemand.cfm?id=11159&ref=home









and this JUST IN

the Black river  up near Blytheville  just broke the levi 

[Brenjen]

I saw that levy breach on the news (no pics) anyone know how bad it got? My wife said that GeorgeTown down here by my place is completely under water. Or at least cut off to the point where the mail service has been stopped to the entire town.

[Rocksurfer]

I was just reading that Arkansas was gonna get hit real hard by flooding, hope you guys are on high land.

[79coyotefrg]

i am, and Gittinit is  but 

[unclejpl4x4]

think i'll won't be going 2 arky any time soon

[79coyotefrg]

think i'll won't be going 2 arky any time soon

sure, just bring your boat 


heres a link http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0308/505884.html

[unclejpl4x4]

I be theres alot of arkies walking around with short pants and no sneakers on

[79coyotefrg]

I be theres alot of arkies walking around with short pants and no sneakers on

well yea, like every other day

[Gittinit]

 

[79coyotefrg]

we drove around some yesterday






hous4es on stilts 

very narrow bridge  with no guardrails at all





same river  different bridge

[V-Man]

I was detoured when I was leaving Pocahontis this week.. I was going to drop by and visit Gittinit, but I thought better wait till the water goes down.. 

  I can tell you it was one lake from the Current river all the way to the black river in town.

[Brenjen]

We need the rain but I wish it would space itself out instead of dumping the entire years worth in a few days.

[79coyotefrg]

that last pic i posted  has a  LARGE  parking area  for tow rigs  and a wide  boat ramp so  you can launch about 3 boats at a time,  but its all under about 8 feet of water,  on the other side of the river is a HUGE sand/gravel bar where all the girls  lay out in the summer 

[79coyotefrg]

HOLY COW  its ing  again

[Brenjen]

Nasty little line of deep red on the radar heading our way, gonna hit all the already flooded areas hard.

[Gittinit]

I was detoured when I was leaving Pocahontis this week.. I was going to drop by and visit Gittinit, but I thought better wait till the water goes down.. 

  I can tell you it was one lake from the Current river all the way to the black river in town.

You were that close and you didn't stop by. Urgh! 

[JohnHalladay]

what is this a weather station now!

[Gittinit]

what is this a weather station now!

Have you ever lived in Arkansas. There is a saying around here that stands verry true. "If you don't like the weather, stick around it will change" It would be true for just about anywhere, but the weather in Arkansas seems to change from one extreme to the other in no time.

I sent my kids to school in shorts one morning and by that afternoon it was pooring ice cold rain, and sleet, the next day it was shorts again. Heck they wore shorts one day, and it snowed the next, it is just unpredictable, as could be.

[79coyotefrg]

what is this a weather station now!

this thread is

[YotaJosh]

I floated the Buffalo this weekend, and I saw dead tree trunks parked in the tops of live, full grown trees. The water is usually ~2 - 4 feet deep in most places, but when the flood came, it hit 26 ft. You wouldn't believe the amount of shoes, gloves, clothes, etc. that have washed up on the banks that people have lost on their float trips. 

I wish I had pics, but the camera got wet and died on me.

[V-Man]

You were that close and you didn't stop by. Urgh! 

  Sorry, I forgot the pontoons for the truck....