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BRIDGES TO NOWHERE
June 10, 2008
From DesMoinesRegister.com:
The amount of water flowing out of the Saylorville Lake reservoir is expected to double tonight as the Army Corps of Engineers lowers an emergency flood dam.The six-foot steel dam, which was installed after the floods of 1993, was erected on Monday to give Des Moines city officials and residents more time to prepare for additional flooding, said Ron Fournier, spokesman for the Army Corps.
Fournier said the dam will be lowered slowly for up to six hours tonight sometime between 10 p.m. and midnight, though it could be earlier.
And this:
Des Moines city officials will close the Walnut Street bridge at 2 p.m. today.The bridges at Court and Grand avenues, and Locust street, will close at 6 p.m.
Based on the latest projections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, city officials believe Saylorville Lake will overflow some time today and send water rushing down the Des Moines River into the downtown area.
The bridges are expected to be covered by water.
OK, we have enough rain now.
Related: Compare and Contrast, on the rising levels of the Raccoon River, which joins the Des Moines river in Downtown Des Moines.
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