Bad In Epic Proportions At Wappapello...

[Stoneroller]

the flooding has topped the emergency spillway and is eroding the surrounding area. the Corps claims that the darn and the lake are safe... who else sees the conflict that reality has with the Corps statement? How can they know it's safe? Does this picture convey the concept of "Safe" to you? I'd err on the side of caution and say its under threat of imminent failure, especially with the rain that's been falling there nonstop since saturday night... I wouldn't want to be the Corps spokesperson that has to eat crow because of a shortsighted statement made with little to no scientific evidence to back it up not to mention the physical evidence that is counter to the statement of 'safe'.

if you live downstream from Wappapello, I'd be packing up all your stuff right now and getting the hell out of the way. Wappapello is one of the oldest lakes in the state... which means the dam is one of the oldest... you do the math...dam failures aren't an unheard of thing in this state...

[Guest]

St.Francis River basin is already flooded too,

this is EPIC....

[jdmidwest]

They have issued voluntary evac below the dam in the St Francois River floodway as the tailwater is on the rise. With the topping of the spillway, they plan to release additional water thru the normal gated spillway. Till now, they have been trying to control the downstream flooding somewhat. The dam is still functioning as designed.

Two levees breached today across the river in Ill., one at Fayville near Olive Branch and the other at Dogtooth Bend flooding a farm of some friends and several towns over there.

The Corps of Engineers are set to blow the Birds Point Floodway system starting at 9 pm tonight and running thru noon tomorrow.