The Missouri River is going to flood here later this week.

[Gogi]

Too much water out west and up north in Iowa, going to crest 12 feet over flood stage next Monday. I do believe the drought is broken.

[rockymountaindem]

1. Good think the National Guard will be nice and dry in Iraq

:sarcasm:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

2. Are you in the St. Louis area? Just caught the report on the

NBC Nightly News and said the exact same thing to my husband. I'm figuring Thursday or Friday...

[Gogi]

4. I live in Warren County pretty close to the Big Muddy.

Worst thing that could happen here is a flash flood on the local creek which is up already due to the river rising. Thank goodness I don't live, like my neighbors, right along Lake Creek!

[evlbstrd]

3. A week ago

while I was in Iowa, there were fields that looked like ponds. I wonder how they look now?

[Sal Minella]

8. They have mallards on them. I am not making this up.

[evlbstrd]

11. I saw that, too.

How's the fishing?

[Sal Minella]

14. Am not sure, this last weekend was "Walleye Weekend" and I'm just now coming out of hiding.

Lots of drunks driving pickups with big boats behind them, good time to stay home with the DVDs.

[evlbstrd]

15. I don't blame you.

We drove up from KC to Des Moines, over to Cedar Rapids and back again. There were motorcycles everywhere. And racing fans.

[Neecy]

5. it's bad

I'm watching the local news and people are beginning to evacuate from some of the Missouri river districts near Kansas City.

The Missouri river is expected to crest to 38.8 feet in Kansas City on Wednesday morning - flood stage is 32 feet.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=eax&gage=kcdm7&view=1,1,1,1,1,1

[fooj]

6. Oh noooo...

[Gogi]

7. Forecast at Washington, MO is...29.7 feet on Saturday May 12.

To put it into perspective: flood stage is 20 feet at Washington, MO.

Here are the biggest floods (Washington, MO):

1) 35.40 feet 7/31/1993
2) 32.80 feet 5/19/1995
3) 32.50 feet 10/06/1986
4) 32.25 feet 6/01/1844
5) 30.90 feet 7/19/1951

[malaise]

9. Stay safe n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. I have been saying this all weekend

This is way too much rain. And it isn't going to stop for several days.

[catmandu57]

12. It is here

It's already driven my mother in law from her house along with the entire town where she lives. She lives at the confluence of the Nodaway and the Missouri, The Missouri is so full that it has the Nodaway out of it's banks.
The good news is the rain has stopped, and the river is expected to crest sometime tomorrow.

[lovuian]

13. I remember when the levees broke by Highway 40

and then the engineers bigger levees and now all those wetlands are businesses and corporations all built down there


All I can say is I hope the levees hold

the Corp of Engineers said they would but they said that about katrina too