All images © 2008 by Robert E. Pence
Wednesday, February 6: I kept hearing dump trucks round the corner by my house. When I looked outside, a saw that the city had barricaded the street to regular traffic, and the dump trucks were full of clay.
The pink tape on some of the utility poles and trees indicates the 100-year flood level.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Back-pressure apparently has broken or collapsed a storm sewer. The city has dumped sandbags to try to curb the flow, and the pavement has started to subside and crack. Those cracks weren't there before the flooding started.
Pumping backed-up water over the levee and into the river.
Sandbags have been piled around a storm-sewer grate to contain the water that's coming up there.
Friday, February 8, 2008 - The river hasn't yet crested.
The Levee and pumps are doing their jobs
Early snow disrupted the city leaf pickup, and under the leaves ...
Before they put in the levee and started pumping, the water was up to the hood on the white Buick on the left. I expect it's pretty nasty on the inside.
Were it not for the city's efforts, this house would suffer first and worst.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The river is mostly out of the park, but there's ice under the snow. Much of the surface slopes toward the river or the pond (8 feet deep), so it's a good idea not to get very close to either one.
A hard freeze, with sustained temperatures in the single digits, set in as the river started to recede. It left ice behind, clumped around the trees.
Picnic, anyone?
Playground?
The receding water left nifty ice collars around the trees.
Anybody up for some disc golf?
