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We got 4" at our house in Indianola, and I had a coworker with 5".
Supposed to crest at 880' on the 10th. Goes over the spillway at 884'. Saw how they are telling people to stay off in on the 4th due to all the debris floating.
Holes have a way of bouncing back.
Yep, I can only think of one hole (other than maybe 1 which is on the east nine) that doesn't run adjacent to that creek (6)). I'd bet it will be a good while before the west 9 is open at all (if it's this year, I will be pleasantly surprised).
We had a secondary sump connected to the battery backup. It never kicked on, so either it died from lack of use, or the battery connected to it died.
Got to treat the battery back up units like a fire alarm...test them on a regular basis.
The holes directly west of the clubhouse are probably safe. They are elevated a bit. Every other hole is probably partially to fully flooded.
My uncle used to live right there on Orchard. I’d get free golf balls from the bottom of his pool regularly.
Is everything **** and balls jokes here on the weather forum?
Yeah, I'm referring to the west 9 as the ones on the west side of the road that cuts through (2-10)
Updated Saylorville forecast to 878'. The heaviest of the forecasted rain from yesterday stayed out of the Des Moines Basin upstream from Saylorville.
At 878' it is 72% of max capacity.
Still need to avoid a significant rain for the next week and a half or so.
At 878' it is 72% of max capacity.
Still need to avoid a significant rain for the next week and a half or so.
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Red Rock starting to see the sharp Rise. 759' is 21' off the Spillway. Given the huge carrying capacity that Red Rock has as the level rises, there's really no significant threat for flooding populated areas at this level. It'll only be at 37% capacity after it hits peak so it could also absorb another huge amount of water.
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Times like this make me wonder, how much extra capacity would Saylorville have if the north end were dredged? It has to be enormous. Given the increased likelihood of floods in coming generations, it seems like a no-brainer to get that done.
Yeah, everything north of the mile long bridge is reaaally shallow. Like 4-5 ft with a deeper channel along both sides. 2 winters ago the Army Corps lowered the normal lake level like 5-6ft to do some work on the damn. When the channels froze over I was able to walk across them and the entire middle was above water. I walked on exposed lake bed in the center of the lake that extended almost all the way to the bridge. It was pretty cool.
More or less, how long can you really talk about the weather?
I believe the Corps wants to dredge Saylorville but has run into a funding gap as well as a lack of interested parties on taking all that fill..
It'd be awesome if the could approve piling it into dunes like they do on the Mississippi River..
It'd be awesome if the could approve piling it into dunes like they do on the Mississippi River..
Of course not, that's preposterous to say everything is **** and balls jokes. There are also ******* @CoachHines3 mom jokes too that give it a whole lot more diversity in discussion.
