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Any other Okies here tired of the flooding?
May 25, 2019, 03:45 PM
hberttmankAny other Okies here tired of the flooding?
I have lived within a few miles of the Arkansas river here in Oklahoma most of my life. And all I can say is HOLY SHIT! Never seen so much friggin water in my life. And what did you think about those barges taking a cruise and smashing into the Webbers Falls dam?
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OKCGeneHeck yeah!
Need an Ark?
I Noah guy who can help.
‘Scuse me while I go take my catfish for a walk.
EDIT: watching local news. Keystone dam, (and pretty much every other dam across the state), has all floodgates wide open, news said they are releasing 240,000 CUBIC FEET per SECOND. The USS baitfish submarine is actually floating in water again. I don’t think that’s ever happened before (it sits on dry land in a park). Hope no dam fails. This is some damn serious business. Tulsa has flooding along the Arkansas River, I think that big casino is flooded. There’s just too much to mention.
May 25, 2019, 06:21 PM
flashguyDon't know about Okies, but I have a cousin in NW Missouri who would probably like to see the flooding gone.
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth May 25, 2019, 06:27 PM
eldeLived many years in Tulsa, my favorite city in the country. What's happening in Eastern Oklahoma is heartbreaking.
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May 25, 2019, 06:38 PM
HerknavNW is hanging in there. I’ve never seen the Cimarron River carry that much water.
May 25, 2019, 06:54 PM
hberttmankThe USS Batfish floated once before in the flood of 1986 when the level reached 39 ft. Right now in Muskogee it is at 46 ft.!
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"If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley May 25, 2019, 07:00 PM
OKCGeneToo bad all this rain isn’t upstream from Hoover Dam.
May 25, 2019, 07:42 PM
chellim1quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
Don't know about Okies, but I have a cousin in NW Missouri who would probably like to see the flooding gone.
I'm sick of the flooding everywhere. My daughter is in Oklahoma and we're in Missouri.
We are in the Memphis area at the moment and we have witnessed flooding throughout our trip.
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-rduckwor May 25, 2019, 08:29 PM
clubleaf206Kansas, too. In the middle of a thunderstorm right now., the Big and Little Arkansas rivers are really full.
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May 25, 2019, 08:57 PM
clubleaf206It is currently reminiscent of a bovine expressing urine forcefully upon a horizontal igneous surface.
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May 25, 2019, 09:18 PM
Gutpile CharlieI live in Bartlesville, high on a hill and away from the flooding, but I have a friend that was wiped out in our record flood of 1986 that had the river up to her door a couple of days ago. Since my wife recently passed away, my son has moved in with me and he had a rental house in Skiatook and got a little flood damage from Bird Creek. He is in the process of getting his wet crap out now and bringing it to my house.
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May 25, 2019, 11:21 PM
OKCGeneDang it. We’re getting hit in OKC. sirens went off. A tornado hit a motel in El Reno. I’m ok in my part of town.
May 25, 2019, 11:49 PM
SevenPlusOnequote:
The USS baitfish submarine is actually floating in water again.
So, if I steal it, would that be piracy?
"Ninja kick the damn rabbit" May 26, 2019, 12:22 AM
OKCGeneCh 9, KWTV, is reporting that there are confirmed fatalities from the American Value Inn, along I-40 in El Reno, OK, after it took a direct hit from a tornado.
El Reno is what I would consider to be the far west suburb edge of the OKC metro area. If you’ve driven I-40 you’ve driven right by it.
Can you imagine you’ve been driving all day, you’re tired, so you stop at a motel to rest. Maybe you’re still awake, maybe asleep, and you’re killed by a tornado.
If you’re so inclined, a prayer please, for the dead as well as those injured and still alive.
May 26, 2019, 12:46 AM
SevenPlusOneLooks like the party is about to start here.
"Ninja kick the damn rabbit" May 26, 2019, 01:01 AM
DrewRYeah, the El Reno twister almost made it to Norman before petering out. I really feel sorry for the folks in the motel because some of them probably weren’t native to Oklahoma and had no idea what was coming.
This has been a long week. Saturday a week ago we were waiting on storms that never materialized then on Monday my wife and I hunkered down in the basement of my office waiting for what was supposed to be a series of Tornados. And again on Wednesday and then today.
I’ll be glad when the jet stream moves.
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May 26, 2019, 06:52 AM
Johnny 3eaglesAll that water has to go somewhere. Look out Arkansas, here it comes. . . .
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