Water, water, everywhere....

[atomicbob]

Ok. So we're having a hundred year flood here.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2007-07-02-kansas-flood_N.htm

All this rain fell just north in Kansas and they are getting hit hard. Well, guess where all that water is heading next.

To my house. And my friends.

Two buddies are already underwater and one is semi-evacuating as we speak.

The Oolagah Lake flood gates and my house are at the same elevation. About 660 feet. Right now the lake is at 652 feet and the bulk of the water is still 24 hours north.

*cue ominous music*

It's going to be close. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

Wish me luck.

[KAstickboy]

good luck bob, hope you get out dry...

KA

[hank123]

its been hot and super dry here. rocksprings WY. send that rain this way.

[Tykwer]

seriously, what's with the rain? where's my cloudless 105 degree F weather?! hope you make it out all right. like an hour north west of me people got flooded.

[flim flam]

do you own any watercraft?

[atomicbob]

I have a boat of course.!!

Who would live lakeside and not have a boat?

:lol:

[papasan9]

wow, good luck bud, luckily my little house is on a hill and elevated enough.

well, bob.....if you get into some bad shit, give me a call. i would rather help you out than go to work. i have an acquaintance working for the usgs and i talked to her friday night, all of this is crazy.

all of the business loading docks are filled with water, is funny seeing a bunch of small swimming pools behind the businesses. so much water the runoffs are full or clogged. my boat is at my dads, but im not in the situation you are.

again my cell phone is working, you are not too far away.:thumbsup:

[flim flam]

you can always come stay here in st. louis. it's dry here.

[Drayu]

pictures if it does come your way :D

[atomicbob]

Here;s the lake level link....

http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/OOLO.lakepage.html

Note the 661 feet. Best I can tell my house is 665 feet.

:icon_eek:

[flim flam]

can you google earth it for us to see the birds eye?

[atomicbob]

The resolution sucks and you can't see the house. Ot the floodwaters for that matter. Old picture.

My GPS location is 36° 41' 03.54" N 95° 35' 07.50" W

[vortex19103]

O bob, I bet you wish you didn't divert the rain water now...

quick, unplug the lake behind your house, yer going to need it empty for the flood waters.

P.S. pick the pc off the ground and put it in your attic and don't forget to plug in those speaker wires

:D

I hope everthing is going to be okay...

[atomicbob]

Here's some film from Coffeyville, 25 miles upstream.

http://www.fox23.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=20957

[Donavon]

Hey Bob, maybe this will be a good thing and the water will carry your house to someplace that has a decent internet connection....
But seriously, be careful, sounds like it could get nasty.

[atomicbob]

What do ya know. It's raining again.

:D

fak

[FozzyBear]

Good luck :thumbsup:

[Crotch-Rot]

good luck AB!!! If you see the news crew around, could you please wear our WiH t-shirt and try to get on camera? :D

But seriously, I hope you won't get flooded out.

[papasan9]

and seriously, i have a dry bed several hours south. all the beer and frozen dinners you want and pain in the ass chihauha that make you regret every second of it :thumbsup: seriously..

[StevenNevets]

i have a dry bed several hours south. all the beer and frozen dinners you wantSo nice. How could you resist Bob!?!:D

GL and yes wear your WiH shirt and earn some jerry beads or something, that'll get some new members for sure.

[Kegg]

its a drought here, send the rain this way. And this week is Salt Lake is going to be renamed "Phoenix' since it is suppose to be in the 110-120.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

That sucks Bob, stay safe my friend

[Killerfurby6]

good luck Bob!! i hope you are ok!! and your house too!!

[EANeuspeed]

Its weirds, I'm in Dallas and we have NEVER experience rain like this ANY summmer(all my 20 years living here). I'm serious when I say we had NON-stop rain for June(everyday).

Here's a picture 40 mins from my house to what happen to a highway. Freaking sinkhole couldnt take all the water and it burst.

http://www.nbc5i.com/2007/0702/13607716_240X180.jpg (javascript:popUp('/slideshow/news/13607724/detail.html','width=1024,height=750,top=0,left=0,s crollbars');)Road 428 in Denton County between Denton and Aubrey.

[atomicbob]

I'm feeling better about my place this morning. While there is still a ton of water north of here, it doesn't seem to be finding it's way south as fast as I thought it would.

A refinery in Coffeyville went under and spilled 42,000 gallons of oil in the water. That's a heck of a mess to add to the problem. All of that will wind up in my lake/tap water.

:wallbash:

On a brighter note, we had a little flood party last night with kick azz margueritas and then went and caught catfish in my woods.

;)

[sir_digalot]

lots of places are flooding, my sister in the UK is reporting widespread floods too, worse then moany on record and for the second time this year!

we had some torrential rain in chicago too, a few of my family members in basement apartments got flooded..

this is global warming eh?? all that water has to go somewhere, the irony is though there are still other parts with drought.

hope all get dry and stay dry...

[EdrrakNolat]

On a brighter note, we had a little flood party last night with kick azz margueritas and then went and caught catfish in my woods.;)

Do you catch them by canoodling? (sp?) :thumbsup:

[atomicbob]

Do you catch them by canoodling? (sp?) :thumbsup:

"Noodling", but no. I'm not that kind of redneck!

:lol:

[atomicbob]

For you guys that came for the cookout and know the lay of the land.....

The water in the creek is now the same elevation as the water in the pond.

Another six hours and I think the lake will be overflowing into the pond.

It's amazing....

wow

[CrazyCow222]

man, hope it doesnt get worse.... good luck man!

[papasan9]

i was wondering if the creek was full by what you were saying....wow...

i saw where bartlesville, miami and dewey were in trouble, the governor is flying around your part of the state today. if you can, you should take a picture of the atomic bob lake and playland.

[atomicbob]

I'll get some tonight and post it up.

You gotta see it, buddy!

Of course, nine more feet and it's to the house, but first things first.

:D

[atomicbob]

I'm thinking about getting some kind of 1/4" square wire fencing up around the pond to keep my good fishies in :thumbsup: and the bad fishies out :thumbsdown:.

[Uncle_Ho]

The brownish red stuff at the far side of the pic is Lake Eufaula I took this 4 days ago

Now its 55 feet from my house the lake is currently 4 feet lower then the level of my house it is usually 12 feet lower:wallbash:

To give you an Idea I am standing on the front deck and now the water is where the dog is in this pic.
Dont worry, I gave him an innertube yesterday

I understand they are going to close the gates of the dam to prevent flooding down the river so that means I may be underwater in a few days if the rain doesnt stop.:thumbsdown:

Thats the price you pay for lake front property:upyours::thumbsdown::wallbash:

[Crotch-Rot]

I can't see where the dog is... Hope the water stays away from your house Ho.

[Drayu]

left side of picture

[Crotch-Rot]

oh there it is. :D

[atomicbob]

It;s hard to get a picture that shows how much water is really there, but this one tries.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b393/atomicbob/Flood2007010.jpg

The patch of water on the left is the pond, on the right is lake.

They have become one with one another, so to speak.

The penisula you visitors stood on to shoot? Completely under water.

[FozzyBear]

Is that facing the way we were shooting? If not, which way is that?

Just trying to get myself oriented......

[Crotch-Rot]

oh damn AB! Foz, the trails that we rode the ATV's on are all under water on the right side... Damn!!! You should take up snorkeling AB.

[kilroy0097]

Geez. I hope you have already prepared your house for some water flooding and have gotten all the stuff you are going to take with you ready. Better be prepared rather than not and lose all the stuff you might want to save. At very least take everything within a couple feet of the floor and put them higher on tables or upstairs if you have a second story. You can always just put it back if nothing happens. Be safe.. good luck!

[SLCoran]

In Dallas where I live we have had 45 days of rain. Lake Ray Hubbard, the lake I live on was several feet below level where whole patches of lake disappeared. The best way to explain is an old bridge that crossed the lake was out of water 3 months ago and now it is under water again raising the level at least 6ft and I know they have been openning the gates. I can't say that I have ever seen this part of Tx. this green before. Walking in the grass get water oozing from the ground between your toes and the black top roads look like they have been shelled with pot holes as big as my tires (scary because I drive a Honda Civic). This is the second day I've seen w/o rain in I don't know how long, but it's not over yet. I think I liked the drought better, if I wanted to live with this much rain I'd move to Oregon. The worst part is the crappy drivers and their big ass trucks which are present in about 85% of the traffic accidents. No floods in my area that have effected me but roads are closed all over the place due to high water.

[Saur]

Jeez, I went cruisin' from Claremore to Oolagah via 88. They're sayin' there gonna need to release even more water :X I saw the lake, everything's flooded looks eerie. Lotta at-risk properties around keatonville hill

<3 Saur

[SLCoran]

I know I may be jinxing myself but the rain appears to be gone from here for the most part. Now come the mosquitoes. :(

We have had so much rain our neighbors tree waterlogged and broke down to a 6 foot stump. I wish I had gotten picture. The tree was so big grass couldn't grow beneath it due to lack of sunlight, so it had no front lawn.

[Caruso]

Good Luck AB wish you could bring that rain to Las Vegas been 120 daily here

[atomicbob]

It's raining here again today. The lake is still way over my pond which is now a smelly, festuring backwater full of weeds and floating debris. I'm probably going to have to drain it and start over after all this is over.

But, the house seems to above any potential flood level. I can't really whine about a pond when half of Coffeyville, KS is wiped out.

Ok.

Yes I can.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/2146.jpg

[Drayu]

pics?

[atomicbob]

http://www.photoshoptalent.com/images/contests/flood%20it/fullsize/flood%20it_452aa51c0f080.jpg

Ok.

I'll get some real ones.

:D

[Drayu]

phew, thought that was real for a minute ;)

[Crotch-Rot]

hahaha Bob you are hilarious! Laughing at the face of calamity.

[Uncle_Ho]

Anyone know where I can get water wings for my house?

[Supergirl]

wow AB,

sorry to hear that!!
i'll keep my fingers crossed, just in case :)

good luck Bob!

[KAstickboy]

Anyone know where I can get water wings for my house?

AHHAHAHAHAH! :lol:

KA

[papasan9]

I know I may be jinxing myself but the rain appears to be gone from here for the most part. Now come the mosquitoes. :(




yeah, where as in the past only lone kamikaze mosquitos made attacks, now they have formed squadrons and air wings.... is crazy. i killed a male mosquito this weekend that would barely have fit within a nickel diameter. b i g

[SLCoran]

They were saying on the news the other day that we now have salt water mosquitoes in Dallas. Apparently bigger then your average here but at least they don't carry disease.

[atomicbob]

Here's one my visitors can relate to.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b393/atomicbob/Flood2007youwerehere.jpg

[atomicbob]

This is just nasty. It's the first grove of trees you passed on the way to the creek crossing. It looked like a tiny park. The one you took a left by to get on top of the dam. Now it's polluted, stinky, and where I should be lying in a hammock on an evening like this.

Instead, there are dead, bloated rats and this junk floating around. The mud reeks like a freakin swamp bottom.

Any of you city folk that don't know what that smells like, I'm sorry. There is no explaining. It's kind of like sewer gas. You don't want it on you.

I rode down after work and thought I'd have a beer by the pond as I am fond of doing when I get home....decompress some...hell even a flooded pond is cool right? The stench is so bad, I had to come back to the house.

I am totally bummed out about all of this. When the water goes down I'll probably be down there power washing the dirt and trees. I want my awesome chill spot back.

damn it

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b393/atomicbob/Flood2007junk.jpg

[SLCoran]

Bob don't forget about the seemingly endless rounds of ammo to get rid of the snakes and other critters.

[Drayu]

sorry to hear that bob :(

[papasan9]

damn dude, sorry about the decomp smell. i bet that goes on for a while, has been getting hot. damn, power washing your creek and land :lol: that was funny.

that last picture is crazy, the water just keeps going...

shoot those fat plump rotting rats, those would make good watermelons:thumbsup:

[Crotch-Rot]

damn AB!!! I'd build a boat if I were you!

[atomicbob]

Getting pounded with rain AGAIN!! Flash flood watch.

Damn global warming.

:D