The flooding in wahoo Nebraska is less than a mile from my moms farmland. I used to play one of those creeks as a kid Our family farm is less than a mile from the creeks. I used to play in there as a kid
Ask someone who's ever had their house on fire what was the worst part, and most of the time they'll say "the water damage."
My brother got hit by a tornado in the early March outbreak. Got a tree that fell on his roof. Water damage was by far the worst part
Nobody can get in or out of town. All roads closed. Town is around 25,000 residents outside of Omaha.
So Nebraska is still underwater oldberg people using your shit on twitter ^holy shitballs Major streets into Omaha, above. Infrastructure is going to be so god damn expensive. Between the roads, bridges, dams, and livestock I can't imagine what sort of cost this will be.
A bunch of communities don't have potable water at this point. At least Fremont still has good water but they were running out of food until a bunch of trucks found a way into town with help from Nebraska's DOT. Lots of people sleeping in churches and other shelters. Just, hell. No big deal just out here saving horses
I’ve never seen massive wildfire damage in person like the stuff in California, but I’ve seen plenty of home and apartment high rise fires through work. Have experienced flooding personally, and of course the tornado damage I surveyed in Joplin. Nothing comes close to Joplin for me.... but they’re all awful in their own way. You can have your car thrown a couple hundred miles per hour through the air and ripped/twisted into an unidentifiable mess with a tornado, melted into a blob of metal from intense heat/flames, or swept away and twisted and beaten to an unidentifiable mess from raging flood waters. Pick your poison.
Lot of people feeling left behind nationally with this thing. We'll see if it makes a damn bit of difference.
Have they said if that is because a water plant was compromised? Didn’t get a chance to watch the presser last night.
The aquifer is 80 feet below ground and the city’s treatment plants are fine, it’s the mains themselves that are having trouble. Per the Lincoln Journal Star.
Fremont's problem is that this flood cut a new goddamn channel through town because of a broken levee. Apparently they won't be able to fix that until the river goes down. When the hell will that happen?
I know a certain poster who I can have arrange to drop a couple million bottles of water off at a random runway and throw some tarp over it to keep it safe. Just let me know
My kid will love the fact he only has to shower like once this week. Also, I kind of want to go to a really nice dinner this week just to see it served on some paper plates
I think the Red Cross would be the place to start? Not sure where would even be best. Lincoln, I would guess, considering its proximity to most places with passable roadways and its own issues. At this point people have been buying shit at Costco/Sams and filling up trucks with supplies. The water issues are all over and some of the communities that don't have potable water (North Bend) are under mandatory evacuation so not sure people are even there. I do think Hyvee donated a bunch of trucks of water but anything would help, I'm sure. This is just heading Southeast and now communities like Plattsmouth are having their water compromised.
City of Lincoln used 1,000,000 less gallons of water than normal this morning. It's nice to see people taking the water restrictions seriously