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Not even close. The water is way up, but still a good 10 feet or more from the dining room @ Gastons. Although the dock did suffer some damage.

Hopefully somebody will find a way to stop these clowns from ever pulling the crap they do. I was surprised the judge allowed them to picket the funerals of the fallen soldiers.

They are up pretty high. Hopefully the dock will be ok. That's a lot of water coming downstream.

I'm done "beating around the bush." If you don't get it by now, don't expect me to buy your house on the banks of the river.

Search under way for man missing in Buffalo River HARRISON — On Tuesday evening at approximately 7 p.m, David Boyd, 21, of Newton County disappeared in the Buffalo River while attempting to swim to the other side. The incident took place at Blue Hole, a small campground off state Highway 123 in Newton County. Buffalo National River dispatch was notified by Newton County Sheriff’s Office soon after the event took place. A witness on scene stated that Boyd was swept downstream, went underwater, surfaced but appeared "limp or very relaxed.” Response efforts were mounted by National Park Service Protection Division Rangers who are coordinating the search efforts including Newton County Sheriff, Searcy County Dive Team, and Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Dive Team from Little Rock. At 8:30 a.m. today, there were 13 search teams combing the river banks in hopes that Boyd had managed to climb out to safety. One NPS boat was running from Mount Hersey to Carver using a sonar unit, and a raft was put in at Blue Hole working downstream, primarily searching the banks. By 10 a.m., efforts shifted from rescue to a recovery effort as hopes for survival diminished. River conditions at the time of the incident were in flood stage and have continued to be in flood stage throughout the search and recovery process. Witness accounts noted that the river was very muddy and carrying a large amount of debris, clearly an unsafe situation for any type of swimming or boating activity. While Buffalo National River deeply regrets this tragedy, the ultimate cause leading to these situations comes from ill-advised (STUPID) decisions about safety and risk. The park has attempted to limit restrictions on visitor access and use of the river while at the same time reinforcing safety messages in the hopes that visitors will make informed decisions about what they are willing or not willing to undertake on the Buffalo. All visitors, including area residents, are strongly encouraged to be as informed as possible about the risks of using the river, whether for swimming, canoeing, kayaking, or other activities, and understand that there is always the potential for accidents, even in low water conditions. With the Memorial Day weekend on the near horizon, please give some thought to common sense decisions and how they affect yourselves, family and friends. The public may call Buffalo National River dispatch 24 hours a day at (888) 692-1162 to report an emergency.

I've said it before and I'll say one more time, so let this sink in real slow like if you really don't get it. Most, if not all the houses along Taney and other rivers in the Ozarks, were built AFTER THE DAMS. Anyone who has half a brain, knows that those rivers are prone to flooding. The COE did not give out guarantees that the rivers would not flood. The people who did build along the rivers had more than one choice of where to build. They CHOSE to build along the river, knowing full well, that rivers flood. Those who chose to build along the river insetead of higher, dryer ground are just dumb, dense, dim-witted, doltish, dull, feebleminded, foolish, moronic, simple-minded, stupid...

Thank you Al. You live on the bank of a river, you're going to get flooded. Could have built somewhere higher and not had to worry about it. To me, building on the river banks just because you can is being dumb.

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Only if the water levels go down so I don't have to fish from the parking lot or the road.

People choose to live where they do for a number of reasons. But we are not talking about cold and snow or heat and humidity here. We are talking about the rivers. Even in Wisconsin there are dumbies who build their homes on the edges of rivers and lakes. Why do they build there? Because they can. They could have just as easily built their homes up the bank a little higher and probably never get flooded. But no, they have to live on the banks of the rivers. The year I moved down here, there was major flooding in Waukesha County due to the snow melt and rain. Most of the lakes there have no drainage. They are seepage lakes, where the water fills the lakes from springs or are mostly rain and snow melt filled. There are no dams and very few outlets for the water. When I sold my boat, I took it to one of these lakes to run the motor for the friend I sold it to. The lakes were so full, they had to put no wake restrictions on the lakes. Most of the homes around this lake were built 5-10 feet above the normal lake levels. The water was very high and all of the homes built below that 5 foot mark were flooding. Those near the 5 foot mark were prone to flooding from boat wakes. To me, these people did not have to build their homes on the lake like that. They only did it because they could. To me, that is being DUMB. Water rises, and if you build too close to it...

I'm sure it was becasue the Bulletin moved the story from that link. (Sorry pal. Gore NEVER said he invented the internet.)

The dams were built to prevent flooding downstream. Funny how they keep those lakes so full that when it rains, they fill to over capacity so fast, which defeats the purpose of having them. Anyone with half a brain would know rivers flood. Anyone with half a brain would know that those dams have spillways for a reason. Anyone with half a brain would know that those rivers below a dam could flood at any time in stuations like this. Anyone with half a brain would not build so close to a river, just because they could. As for you Phil, you run a business on the river serving that river. I'm sure that if you did not do so, you would not have built on the river. I've seen the news reports showing the flooding along the river, and I've seen your videos of the river here on OAF. Most of those homes would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to build. It's not like those homes are the homes of the poor hillbillies who were there long before the dams. Those homes were built there only because those people had the money to do so and because it would be so nice to have a home along the river.

Try this link: BREAKING NEWS: Corps says record release from Bull Shoals under way now

The cost would be to those who are dumb enough to build below the dams.

Think about that for a second Pete. They can open the gates and run the turbines and let all the water out that they want to.

FLOOD WARNING On the screen watching the Weather Channel, the COE is going to raise flows from Bull Shoals to 35,000 cfs at noon, and to around 44,000 cfs at 2 PM. The river is expected to rise 4-5 feet and people are being warned to secure docks and head to higher ground.

I use a coffee grinder made by Mr.Coffee. I think I paid about $20 for it at K-Mart or Walmart.

Anybody know if any of the deaths were at the hospital? I'm sure there were plenty of injuries. I've always said, if you're gonna get hurt, the hospital is the place to do it. But not like this.

Caught this greenie just after moving down to AR. Caught in Crooked Creek on a White Gurgler.

I'm not one for prayer, but my thoughts go out to all of the people affected by this storm.

1) Wisconsin River below the dam at Merrill, WI 2) Menomonee River between Amberg and Wausaukee, WI 3) Milwaukee River near Fredonia, WI 4) Crooked Creek, between Pyatt, AR and the White River 5) Buffalo National River 6) Anywhere else where the smallmouth are plentyful and large

I've always dreamed of going to Belize for Tarpon and Permit. Now I'll just settle for getting out of the house with no rain and flooded rivers to catch some smallies.

Any pics available?

Looks like an Ozark Bass. Member of the Rock Bass (goggel eye) family.

Hope you ain't planning on being a bucket biologist with those carp.