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Showing Original Post only (View all)11-foot wall of water: One dam breaks, three counties suffer [View all]
Lincoln Journal StarEarlier, the Niobrara had been running at 5 or 6 feet of gauge height. After it broke through the dam, it measured nearly 17.5 feet. It wasnt a gradual increase, either.
It started a really fast rise, he said. There was an 11-foot wave that rolled through.
And in its wake, three Nebraska counties would learn how that much moving water can become immediately destructive and potentially deadly. How it can cause instant pain and long-term suffering. How it can harm not only those in its path, but those living miles away.
First, the wave swept away a section of U.S. 281, a nearby riverside saloon and at least one home, possibly occupied. And it continued downstream, barreling toward the town of Niobrara and its mouth at the Missouri River about 40 miles away.
It started a really fast rise, he said. There was an 11-foot wave that rolled through.
And in its wake, three Nebraska counties would learn how that much moving water can become immediately destructive and potentially deadly. How it can cause instant pain and long-term suffering. How it can harm not only those in its path, but those living miles away.
First, the wave swept away a section of U.S. 281, a nearby riverside saloon and at least one home, possibly occupied. And it continued downstream, barreling toward the town of Niobrara and its mouth at the Missouri River about 40 miles away.
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11-foot wall of water: One dam breaks, three counties suffer [View all]
Algernon Moncrieff
Mar 2019
OP
My family is good, but we are 10 minutes drive from towns that are currently underwater.
Algernon Moncrieff
Mar 2019
#4
There was a bunch of snow, and then warmer rain hit and it all melted...
Algernon Moncrieff
Mar 2019
#46
It looks like the dam was well made but all dams have a lifetime and God only knows how many ...
Botany
Mar 2019
#13
Yes it does seem like that. After the fires it felt like Mother Nature was trying to sweep us away.n
Hekate
Mar 2019
#33
Thanks for the link/add'l info. I worry that many of our existing dams and other structures will be
erronis
Mar 2019
#12
Hell, no. I love Puerto Rico,NOLA and all of New York. Why would you think that. This is about human
ancianita
Mar 2019
#41
Sorry to hear. Please don't ask the Federal Government for help that would look like socialism.
Pepsidog
Mar 2019
#25