Missouri River

[Coyote]

Corps concerned over Gavin's Point rumor

Now, someone's started spreading a new rumor, that the feds plan to detonate explosives at the dam to release the water pressure. Authorities want to set the record straight.

"We're not streaming explosives on the dam and the dam isn't cracking. It's performing as designed. Whether it's a joke, a hoax, that's what the internet allows," said Colonel Bob Ruch.

[Coyote]

Update: Hwy 30 To Close Wednesday

The Iowa Department of Transportation has announced plans to temporarily close U.S. 30 between Missouri Valley, Iowa, and Blair, Neb., beginning Wednesday, June 29, at 8:30 a.m. The purpose of the closure is to install a flood-control barrier along the south side of the road.

[Edagger]

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[DeWalt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSDAXGXGiEw[url]

Ummm... Hello? Slick Willy?

[Kyle Broflovski]

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Roflcopter.

HA HA HA HA HA!

(I watched the first 5 seconds, then closed the window, skurred at the types of people that walk among us, not so much the strength of the dam)

Kylie-B

[Stargazer]

Along with numerous other problems in our society... this is what we get for deinstitutionalizing psychiatric care.

[Kyle Broflovski]

The only thing that would have made that video better is if he had a AR15 leaning up against that bed sheet alongside a stack of bibles or something.

Kylie-B

[TLGJames]

Has anyone else noticed that the water is a bit smelly lately from the tap?

[nativeomahan]

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Roflcopter.

HA HA HA HA HA!

(I watched the first 5 seconds, then closed the window, skurred at the types of people that walk among us, not so much the strength of the dam)

Kylie-B

If you or I are going to hear a credible report about a major American dam in danger of collapsing/exploding, you had better take it to the bank it ain't gonna be coming from some yahoo wearing an American flag shirt.

[nativeomahan]

He heard it from a friend, who, heard it from a friend, who, heard it from a friend that the military is messin' around.

[Omababe]

Has anyone else noticed that the water is a bit smelly lately from the tap?

Now that you mention it ... the other day I thought I smelled chlorine in it. Smelled kinda like swimming pool water.

[S33]

Has anyone else noticed that the water is a bit smelly lately from the tap?

Now that you mention it ... the other day I thought I smelled chlorine in it. Smelled kinda like swimming pool water.

Interestingly, when tap water has a chlorine smell to it, that is usually an indicator that not enough chlorine is being used. Weird, huh?

But it can also be an indication that there may be more contaminants in your water than there should be, too.

[Omababe]

Interestingly, when tap water has a chlorine smell to it, that is usually an indicator that not enough chlorine is being used. Weird, huh?

But it can also be an indication that there may be more contaminants in your water than there should be, too.

Well, I just did a smell test of the water here in the lunchroom, and it smells like ... uh ... water.

[iamjacobm]

Interestingly, when tap water has a chlorine smell to it, that is usually an indicator that not enough chlorine is being used. Weird, huh?.

That smell isn't actually chlorine, it is the smell of the chlorine reacting with other things in the water. When you can smell it at a pool that means there is to much sweat, urine or other things you don't want to be swimming in(I worked at a pool a few summers). I would assume the same holds true for drinking water.

[S33]

Interestingly, when tap water has a chlorine smell to it, that is usually an indicator that not enough chlorine is being used. Weird, huh?.

That smell isn't actually chlorine, it is the smell of the chlorine reacting with other things in the water. When you can smell it at a pool that means there is to much sweat, urine or other things you don't want to be swimming in(I worked at a pool a few summers). I would assume the same holds true for drinking water.

Exactly what I was getting at. When you can actually smell the chlorine-like smell in tap water, it means it is out of balance, more often than not, not enough chlorine. With the correct amount of chlorine for a given volume of water, it actually reacts and creates other forms of chlorine which dilutes the smell - thus, the perfect balance.

[theurge]

I thought the same thing yesterday. The water does smell "more" chlorinated than it normally does.

Didn't know that meant that it's out of balance. Interesting.

[TLGJames]

I drink a lot of water at home so I thought something was weird that my water bottle smelled a bit funny, but I figured it was because the water was a bit old, but then my g/f remarked that it tasted a bit weird and went in bought a filter.

[Coyote]

Brad?


Man In Prohibited Area: Floating On Rubber Raft, Taking Pictures

Deputies cited a 42-year-old Omaha man after they caught him floating down a closed portion of I-29 on a rubber raft. He was taking pictures.

[nebugeater]

Brad?


Man In Prohibited Area: Floating On Rubber Raft, Taking Pictures

Deputies cited a 42-year-old Omaha man after they caught him floating down a closed portion of I-29 on a rubber raft. He was taking pictures.

Brad is probably OK on this one. Don't think he has made 42 yet!

[sincitybaby]

From Pakastani news "The Nation"

US orders news blackout over crippled Nebraska Nuclear Plant: report

A shocking report prepared by Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAAE) on information provided to them by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) states that the Obama regime has ordered a “total and complete” news blackout relating to any information regarding the near catastrophic meltdown of the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant located in Nebraska.

According to this report, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant suffered a “catastrophic loss of cooling” to one of its idle spent fuel rod pools on 7 June after this plant was deluged with water caused by the historic flooding of the Missouri River which resulted in a fire causing the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) to issue a “no-fly ban” over the area.

Located about 20 minutes outside downtown Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska, the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Plant is owned by Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) who on their website denies their plant is at a “Level 4” emergency by stating: “This terminology is not accurate, and is not how emergencies at nuclear power plants are classified.”

Russian atomic scientists in this FAAE report, however, say that this OPPD statement is an “outright falsehood” as all nuclear plants in the world operate under the guidelines of the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) which clearly states the “events” occurring at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant do, indeed, put it in the “Level 4” emergency category of an “accident with local consequences” thus making this one of the worst nuclear accidents in US history.

Though this report confirms independent readings in the United States of “negligible release of nuclear gasses” related to this accident it warns that by the Obama regimes censoring of this event for “political purposes” it risks a “serious blowback” from the American public should they gain knowledge of this being hidden from them.

I have recently flown in to Omaha twice in the last month. We almost always approach the airport from the north, which puts us over the plant. Only three weeks ago, before the supposed "no fly zone" was issued. Only a week later on a flight back to Omaha, after the "no fly zone" was initiated, we flew in from the south. I also noticed that every single plane taking off from Eppley, regardless of destination, was coming in from the south and departing from the south. It just seemed very curious to me as I have flown numerous times to Eppley, and have never approached or departed from the south as opposed to the north. Just an observation, but maybe it can be related to this?

[the1wags]

You do know planes take off and land into the wind and that wind changes direction right?

[Omababe]

I fly in/out of Eppley on average of once a month or more and have for several years.

It seems to be a coin-flip as to whether the planes are taking off/landing to the north or south, or which runway they use.

However, the traffic always seems to be in the same direction, taking off and landing, depending on which way the wind is blowing. I can never remember seeing the planes both come in from the south and take off to the south.

The planes that fly west to Sin City, either direct or via Denver, turn west almost immediately after take-off, far south of the Fort Calhoun Nuke Plant, which is way north of Fort Calhoun, much closer to Blair.

[Tornado]

The river hit 36ft this morning at 8 in Omaha.

[OmahaBen]

Just an observation, but maybe it can be related to this?

Yeah, no. It's because of the wind.

[sincitybaby]

Alright, thanks for correcting me, again just a observation! I couldn't believe how high the river was when I was there!

[Bryan1117]

The river hit 36ft this morning at 8 in Omaha.

Which means the river hit the top end of the 34-36 foot range the Army COE predicted for this event. For the last week, the river forecast has predicted that the river would stay steady or fall - only for it to rise higher each day. The current forecast has the river at 35.9 feet today, dropping to 35.7 by tomorrow... Makes me wonder if they are underestimating the aftermath of last week's rains or the affect of the increase to 160,000 CFS here.

Also, sad news about the levee break down near Percival, IA. Interstate 29 is now closed down from mile marker 24 (the Bartlett interchange) to Rockport, MO - another 14 miles of vital interstate shut down. Also more importantly, this levee break looks to directly impact Percival as well as the other home owners between I-29 and the river in that area. :(

[Mr.Nuke]

I have recently flown in to Omaha twice in the last month. We almost always approach the airport from the north, which puts us over the plant. Only three weeks ago, before the supposed "no fly zone" was issued.

Other posters already addressed the wind issue. I want to address the "no fly zone" issue. There is a TFR for the Fort Calhoun plant. It covers a 2 nautical mile (2.3 miles) radius from the ground to 3500 feet. If you are above 3,500 feet our outside of that 4X4 nautical mile box you are fine.

However, the traffic always seems to be in the same direction, taking off and landing, depending on which way the wind is blowing. I can never remember seeing the planes both come in from the south and take off to the south.

At Eppley and 99% of the airports out there you will takeoff and land into the wind. The majority of the exceptions out there either deal with terrain noise abatement or both. For example from midnight to 7:00 a.m. at LAX the preferred traffic pattern is to have planes land from the west over the Ocean AND takeoff to the East over the ocean for noise issues. At Telluride Colorado a single runway airport, the preferred traffic pattern is to have planes land from the West and takeoff to the East for noise abatement and terrain issues.

The planes that fly west to Sin City, either direct or via Denver, turn west almost immediately after take-off, far south of the Fort Calhoun Nuke Plant, which is way north of Fort Calhoun, much closer to Blair.

Omaha is a relatively un-busy airport. When planes takeoff within a minute or two after departure they are issued radar vectors to their initial fix. 95% of the time on Omaha to Denver the initial waypoint is the OBH VOR West of Columbus. So yeah as you said, the plane will already have been assigned a heading to intercept OBH well before Fort Calhoun.

The only spot the TFR could potentially impact Eppley traffic is the 14R approach for landing. If you followed the full instrument approach the initial approach fix called "OTSEE" is only 2 miles outside of the restricted zone, so you'd be close to Fort Calhoun at that point. That said, you are required to normally be at above or 3300 feet (the TFR requires above 3500 so only a 200 ft difference). Not a huge issue at all. Also much like takeoffs from Eppley full approaches are very rarely flown. You are usually given more direct vectors by controllers.

[thenewguy]

according to the hydrological forecast for the river from NOAA, the river is supposed to drop to 35 feet in the next 5 days.

[Bryan1117]

according to the hydrological forecast for the river from NOAA, the river is supposed to drop to 35 feet in the next 5 days.

Guess that's a little bit of good news in this flooding situation\mess... but we need to see a much bigger drop than that to take more pressure off these levees. Hoping that the weather stays dry and there are no more further increases in the release from Gavins Point.

[HuskerDave]

according to the hydrological forecast for the river from NOAA, the river is supposed to drop to 35 feet in the next 5 days.

Guess that's a little bit of good news in this flooding situation\mess... but we need to see a much bigger drop than that to take more pressure off these levees. Hoping that the weather stays dry and there are no more further increases in the release from Gavins Point.

Well, for what it's worth, they've been predicting a slow drop every time I've looked at it for the past week, even as the actual water level has continued to rise.

[Pat]

[Big E]

Duane who?

Duane the tub, I'm dwowning.

[Coyote]

Reminds me of the Lady of the Lake

[Brad]

That's Crazy!

[TLGJames]

Been quiet lately?

[Stargazer]

This Saturday, ~8:30pm... clear skies permitting... I'm going to set up a scope at the base of the bridge on the Omaha side and allow passers by views of the Moon and Saturn.

[Coyote]

Airport Flood-Fight
Digging in to Keep Planes in the Air

Starting at each of the 70 well-sites, the pipes connect to one of six dewatering pumps located around the entire 3,600 foot levee, then under Lindbergh Drive and over the levee. The Airport Authority says through today 51 of 70 dewatering wells have been drilled. The water table has decreased 2 - 7 feet inside the airfield.

As of today, Roth says they've identified 81 problem areas around the levee -- sand boils, water seepage and sink holes. They've fixed 35 of those, through the help of the $1.5 million in grant money awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers.

[Uffda]

New lake north of Omaha

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/featur ... oding.html

[Coyote]

Army Corp of Engineers to Reduce Water Releases from Dam

The corps' Omaha District construction chief, Robert Michaels, says the corps will decrease the water volume gradually from its current 160,000 cubic feet per second. The corps plans to drop the flow to 155,000 cubic feet per second on July 31 and cut it to 150,000 cubic feet per second on Aug. 1.

[Uffda]

more water coming

Two inches of rain overnight in Sioux Falls causes problems

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