The Difference A Month Can Make

Picture this.....

...you own a house and property located 5 miles from the Missouri River. 5 miles should be far enough away to keep you high and dry in the case of flooding, right? Well, most years, the answer to that question is yes. This year however, record rain runoff, huge snow caps that are melting slowly, untested levees at record level flooding and potential mismanagement of dams up north have changed the scenario.

Here is a video we took less than a month ago.

The video starts off as we are heading east over the Hwy 2 bridge from Nebraska City, NE towards the I-29 interchange. Today, the bridge and the Hwy and the Interstate are closed and covered with water. The river was just too much for an earthen levee about 2 miles north of this area. All the buildings you see in the second half of the video? Well, the unprotected ones have about 4-5 feet of water in them at this point.

The water is not forcasted to fully recede until September or October. This kind of flooding is happening all over the area and up and down the Missouri River. Omaha for instance is fighting hard to keep it's airport dry as well.

**Don't worry mom. All will be well by the time you fly in come October.

Water is an interesting substance. We need it to live. And too much of it can destroy and even kill. I suppose my grandmother was right, everything in moderation. Too bad we can't tell the river that.