89eliminator Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 major damage here in the cheese state. a man-made lake almost completely emptied after a levey broke tearing apart homes and anything else in its way. we had 6in of rain in 2.5 days. a lot of rivers have overflown and dams are in danger of busting open. pics of carnage. http://www.jsonline.com/site/photograph ... catid=1263 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I just learned about all of this stuff in my water resources engineering class. I found it interesting but a PIA to calculate all of the flowrates and times of concentration and such. Even our professor told us that the formulas used to calculate that stuff were just "ball park numbers" and that there were NO precise ones in water resources. Every good engineer will design something to withstand problems related to water resources but because there are no defined formulas its all relative (and therefore subject to 100% error)... just something I found interesting... Best of luck to all of you guys down there in Wisc. - hope you are all unaffected by this stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenosha Warrior Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 How are all our Wisc boys anyhow? Anyone near the flooding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 i think everyone is alright. the road TNT lives on is flooded pretty bad and i know jeepco's garage had water everywhere in it :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokhound Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 same here in Iowa its getting bad here I hope you guys all stay safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vzehler Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 That really sucks all the way around, but, I'm glad to hear everyone is "ok". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenosha Warrior Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Stay safe guys, check in when you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpm4x4 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I may start growing rice behind my house. When you watch the news and see Des Moines, IA, I live just a few miles south of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 i think everyone is alright. the road TNT lives on is flooded pretty bad and i know jeepco's garage had water everywhere in it :roll: the water in the shop was actually from condensation as a result of rapid heating/cooling, and a few areas from roof leaks (30 year old tin roof= leak) all's well here. had the 3800 halfway up the doors though driving to work yesterday morning. i've got a hole in the floor on the front right, and need to tear the carpet out again and redo the floor apparently... :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990 Pioneer 4x4 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I was watching CNN today and saw a house overlooking Lake Delton, and it slid into the lake then floated away in the current. Makes you feel sorry for all those who lost everything! Reminds me of the floods I’ve seen here in the NW. Scenes like this, makes me glad I invested into outfitting my MJ with a snorkel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 I was watching CNN today and saw a house overlooking Lake Delton, and it slid into the lake then floated away in the current. Makes you feel sorry for all those who lost everything! Reminds me of the floods I’ve seen here in the NW. Scenes like this, makes me glad I invested into outfitting my MJ with a snorkel. and those people couldnt get flood insurance because they were on a dam controlled lake. so they lost everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I was watching CNN today and saw a house overlooking Lake Delton, and it slid into the lake then floated away in the current. Makes you feel sorry for all those who lost everything! Reminds me of the floods I’ve seen here in the NW. Scenes like this, makes me glad I invested into outfitting my MJ with a snorkel. and those people couldnt get flood insurance because they were on a dam controlled lake. so they lost everything. fortunately for them, the failure of the damn is actually a state problem and if taken to court, either A. the county will have to pay, or B the state's taxpayers will pay and we'll pull budget from somewhere else statewide. the government should have flood insurance, they're just not gonna want to own up to the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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