-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 06-06-19  08:51 <=-

 NB>> Maybe, with just a little luck, things will have settled by the
 NB>> time he gets to you on his meanderings....

 DS> The Arkansas River crested at Little Rock yesterday, but it's going
 DS> to remain well above flood stage for maybe at least 1-2 weeks. It's
 DS> raining today, and there is a Flash Flood Watch for northwest and north
 DS> central Arkansas. 

This certainly has been quite the year for major floodings.... while our
river and creeks aren't in much danger this year for flooding, Lake
Ontario is very high, and any time there's rain with a bit of wind, the
shore is being eroded and there's chance of flooding along the
shoreline....  

 DS> The only 2 things that are NOT a concern (and likely
 DS> won't be for awhile) are fire danger and burn bans.

I suppose one can be thankful for that, anyway.... 

 DS>> rain upstream in Kansas and Oklahoma...and all that water has to flow
 DS>> down into Arkansas. A levee at Dardanelle was breached this morning.
 NB>> That last made national news.... I heard about it in the NPR
 NB>> headlines...

 DS> Arkansas hasn't seen flooding like this in many years. Back in 1927,
 DS> the Arkansas River at Little Rock hit its record of nearly 12 feet
 DS> above flood stage.

How much above flood stage did it get this year...?

 DS> The former Missouri Pacific Railroad put a steam
 DS> locomotive, tender, and several hoppers full of huge boulders on the
 DS> bridge, to try to keep it in place, but the current was too strong.
 DS> The 2 south sections fell into the river, as did the locomotive,
 DS> tender, and cars...and they were never recovered.

Not that incomprehensible... if they were filled with those boulders,
they'd go right to bottom, and not be liftable....

ttyl       neb

... You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks.

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