What I Heard On The Scanner

[gdh]

i heard on my scanner that two homes in polnt royal were starting to slide into tany . The story just keeps on going . i feel so sorry and pray for all those who have lost so much .

[Phil Lilley]

I saw a water patrol boat go up earlier this afternoon. Wonder if that was what he was going up for.

The multi-story condo at Fall Creek behind their dock looked like they were in a heap of trouble. I didn't go down that side of the lake but Chris did with the gopro. It's not real clear but the bank is washed away real bad there. I'm sure they had to evacuate it.

I can see this happening. This soil along the lake is sandy silt down to bedrock well below the lake's bottom. I'll check it out in the am- planning on going out and try the fishing at the dam.

[flytyer57]

With all the flooding going on there, do they enforce a no wake speed limit on Taney so the boat wakes don't make matters worse?

[Phil Lilley]

There hasn't been any boats on the lake. We kayaked it yesterday. Water patrol has been on the lake some. But the lake is now open for boating.

To put a no wake limit in effect would mean no boating at all. I doubt if that happens.

The damage as far as I can tell was stone, block retaining wall constructed a few year ago with a pool inclosed in the wall. No homes are sliding in-yet. Never know.

[OldTackleCollector]

I received this e-mail from Pt. Royale's GM this evening, it was sent to all residents.

"Good evening,

This afternoon as lake levels were dropping on Taneycomo we encountered serious erosion along Sherwood and Norwood Drive in addition to Building 68.

We rounded up about 60 volunteers (staff and owners), several firefighters from the city and county and assisted three families by moving belongings and furniture from their homes.

Two of our homes received extensive damage to back yards, landscaping, patios, decks, pools, etc.

The city of Branson Building and Engineering Department is on site and we are examining the integrity of the foundations.

As it stands we have two homes the city has deemed uninhabitable and/or unstable.

The owners are aware, they are staying elsewhere and we will coordinate efforts between the city officials and property owners to evaluate the condition of their structure.

Nobody was injured, we secured personal property and furniture in the garages of neighbors.

We will remain on property through the night monitoring the issue behind Building #68.

Pat Preston came in @ 4PM to call all unit owners in building #68 & #69 informing them of the situation.

Taneycomo continues to drop and our focus is monitoring the potential erosion.

We will keep you posted."

I just got back from checking out building 68 myself. A large portion of the bank has broken loose about 6 feet from the back of the foundation, with several 1/2-1 inch cracks in the soil opening up behind that. I remember when those buildings were constructed, they drilled down 15-20 feet M/L and put in concrete pilings down to bedrock, so hopefully they'll be OK.

I also took a quick jog through the hatchery area. It looks as though everything came out virtually unscathed, considering what happened. There are small pockets of erosion here and there, but nothing major as far as I could tell in the low light. However, about 2/3rds of the outlet 1 parking lot is covered in a few inches of sand an silt, which shouldn't be a big deal to remove. Ill take some pics tomorrow, if I see anything interesting.

-- David

[Phil Lilley]

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