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frogmarch

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42. One of my granddaughters and her husband and

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 05:06 PM

Mar 2019

children live in Fremont and evacuated yesterday because their house flooded. What saddens them more than losing belongings is that their beloved potbellied pig Marshmallow drowned. He was outside, where he preferred to be once he grew up (and out), and when the water rose, he got scared and huddled in his outdoor house. They couldn't coax him to come to them and they couldn't drag him. Now he is gone.

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11-foot wall of water: One dam breaks, three counties suffer [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 OP

That dam isn't "breached" - it's freaking gone . . . hatrack Mar 2019 #1

My family is good, but we are 10 minutes drive from towns that are currently underwater. Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #4

Good to hear you Rellies are safe. Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #7

+1 ewagner Mar 2019 #11

+1... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2019 #17

Heading into Kansas City yesterday, one of the traffic alert signs: hatrack Mar 2019 #24

Wow 😮 Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #2

Stay safe to all those who live along the river WhiteTara Mar 2019 #3

Is that snow and water? malaise Mar 2019 #5

And ice Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #15

OmahaSteve posted about heavy snow in Nebraska but I had no idea malaise Mar 2019 #22

There was a bunch of snow, and then warmer rain hit and it all melted... Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #46

Both. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #21

Wow! n/t malaise Mar 2019 #28

These are the travel restrictions today Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #31

I imagine that schools will be closed tomorrow malaise Mar 2019 #38

Good lord PatSeg Mar 2019 #6

It looks like the dam was well made but all dams have a lifetime and God only knows how many ... Botany Mar 2019 #13

So much of what people build PatSeg Mar 2019 #18

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

It often does feel like that some times PatSeg Mar 2019 #37

And that's the absolute truth malaise Mar 2019 #39

It is so sad PatSeg Mar 2019 #40

90 years old? MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #8

But, but, but PatSeg Mar 2019 #19

Info and history on the Spencer Dam KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #9

Thanks for the link/add'l info. I worry that many of our existing dams and other structures will be erronis Mar 2019 #12

Yes, and the bill for this one will be huge.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #30

Not much there to lose. Igel Mar 2019 #27

Hadn't thought about the momentum of those massive ice sheets. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #34

massive damage Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #10

We haven't repaired any SCVDem Mar 2019 #14

What "infrastructure?" MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #23

Infrastructure week? B Stieg Mar 2019 #16

Voting Republican has consequences. What say, Mr Buffett? ancianita Mar 2019 #20

Did you make snide comments about Puerto Rico, NOLA, Manhattan? Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #35

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

When you make the same kind of comments about Nebraska that we condemn when Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #45

Don't conflate Buffett and Rickets Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #48

Warren Buffet supported Hillary Clinton Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2019 #47

Sorry to hear. Please don't ask the Federal Government for help that would look like socialism. Pepsidog Mar 2019 #25

Thanks for posting, and from a local source. Hortensis Mar 2019 #26

Here's the rest of the state. Ms. Toad Mar 2019 #29

wow look at all the silt buildup at the base of the dam.water pressure snapped upper supports Sunlei Mar 2019 #32

The Niobrara rises in the Sandhills . . . hatrack Mar 2019 #36

hills of sand and about 60'down is 20' of volcanic ash :P Sunlei Mar 2019 #43

One of my granddaughters and her husband and frogmarch Mar 2019 #42

So sorry about Marshmallow, there wasn't much warning for people to evac. Sunlei Mar 2019 #44