I grew up around Gavins Point Dam stretching across the boundary of Nebraska and South Dakota. Severe flooding on the upper Missouri may be a rare event, but harsh criticism of the the US ARMY corp of engineers isn't. For decades, stakeholders up and down the river have waged a fierce struggle over how the corps has managed water releases from the great 6 Missouri River reservoirs -- struggles triggered equally by periods of low water as this year's high water.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Saturday June 25, 2011 - MISSOURI RIVER 2011 FLOODING UPDATE

MISSOURI RIVER FLOODING UPDATE

Aerial video of the Missouri River flood taken June 24, 2011
NC News Press - Nebraska City, Nebraska
Near Brownville's Cooper Nuclear Plant




EMERGENCY NOW DECLARED FOR 4 NORTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES DUE TO RISING MISSOURI RIVER

Posted on Fri, Jun. 24, 2011 05:10 PM

Gov. Sam Brownback has proclaimed a state of disaster emergency for four northeast Kansas counties threatened by the rising Missouri River.

Friday's declaration applies to Doniphan, Atchison, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties.

The governor says the proclamation activates the disaster response and recovery portions of the state's overall response plan. That allows state agencies, such as the High Patrol and transportation department, to help county and local governments.

Only scattered flooding has occurred so far on the Kansas side of the Missouri River, but Brownback says residents should prepare to move quickly if evacuations are needed.



Another river levee fails in northwest Missouri near Cooper Nuclear Plant



ROCK PORT, Mo. (AP)

Friday, June 24, 2011

Another Missouri River levee has failed in northwest Missouri, prompting evacuations in a mostly rural area of the state.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Thursday night after a levee about three miles north of Brownville, Neb. failed.

The extent of the damage to the levee wasn't immediately clear. Atchison County officials ordered anyone living in the area between Interstate 29 and the river in the county to evacuate.

The area near the latest failed levee is mostly rural, but the weather service said the flooding could affect Phelps City, Watson and Langdon, Mo.

At least two other levees in northwest Missouri failed this month, and others have been overrun by floodwater. Officials predict the river will remain overfull into August, so more levee problems are likely.



Nebraska Cooper nuclear plant gets relief from upstream levee breach in NW Missouri



Flood stories from the Sioux City Journal
FROM DRUDGE REPORT:

Drilling For Water Removal At Omaha's Eppley Airfield
Eight sink wells installed for pumps to remove floodwater



REAL TIME RADIATION NETWORK

(The following is only a picture of the website - a link)

http://radiationnetwork.com/

ALERT LEVEL = 100 CPM
CPM = Counts Per Minute

From Radiation Network: The numbers represent radiation Counts per Minute, abbreviated CPM, and under normal conditions, quantify the level of background radiation, i.e. environmental radiation from outer space as well as from the earth's crust and air. Depending on your location, your elevation or altitude, and your model of Geiger counter, this background radiation level might average anywhere from 5 to 60 CPM, and while background radiation levels are random, it would be unusual for those levels to exceed 100 CPM. Thus, the "Alert Level" for the National Radiation Map is 100 CPM, so if you see any Monitoring Stations with CPM value above 100, further indicated by an Alert symbol over those stations, it probably means that some radioactive source above and beyond background radiation is responsible.


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