More Omahans get flood warnings

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110708/NEWS01/707089925#more-omahans-get-flood-warnings

By Nancy Gaarder
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

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The baby clothes have been brought up from the basement.

The doll made so many years ago by a great-grandmother has come upstairs as well.

Anita and Chris Long say they're as ready as they can be if the levee breaks, sending Missouri River floodwater toward their northeast Omaha home, located in the 4700 block of North 14th Street.

“If it happens, it happens,” Anita Long said Thursday.

The Longs are among the approximately 5,700 Omaha residents who received flood warnings last week from the city. That number is twice the city's original estimate of 2,700 Omahans at risk. The City of Carter Lake has sent a similar letter to its 3,800 residents.

Anita Long said she “freaked out” when she got the Omaha letter.

“Oh, my gosh, really?” she recalls thinking. “It really scared me.”

FULL story at link.

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