:rolleye: The waters are rising & the streams & rivers have been out of their banks for over a week from that big snow melt. Now it's rained for the last couple days. Thankfully I'm not in a flood area nor will my travel routes be cut off. But if anybody else is having troubles with high water anywhere just hang in there as best you can. It'll go away. Good Luck to everybody!!
Its been pretty high here, but not as bad as previous years.
I heard that Glen. My mom said that it was getting bad. I can remember that happening every year up near Lake Erie. :rolleye:
DirtyDog,I am up by Lake Erie its not the lake as much but all the rivers that feed into it.I live about 15 miles from the maumee river it was up yesterday.Jerry lives in a area that floods alot.
Yep.....I remember overpasses and such flooding up near Cleveland. Main thing I have to worry about here is if the damn at the Tennessee river breaks. :nono:
We had it terrible bad here a few years ago. The top half of stop signs were sticking above the water in some places. We have a dam a few miles up river from me & I think that would be the only way I would get hit. But Mom & Dad, my Brother & 1 Sister would lose everything if it burst. I would probably be OK.
Hamer, back in 2006 was terrible, that the same year for you ? National Guard called in, the entire town was under water.
I'll see if I can dig up some pic's somewhere. There's got to be some left on the www. It was that terrible.
Here ya go, I cant directly post the pictures because this is a local photograher's site.
http://www.northeastexposure.com/lightbox/index.php?category=gallery/events_2005_2006/Community%20Events/Flood%20of%202006
It was '05. I had pictures too but can't find them. :confused:
I just heard on the news that Tuscy Valley Schools will be closed do to High water.
That School is just down the road from OhioBob They were talking about alot of the roads in his area is closed
due to high water.
As for me I won't see any high water where I live,but if I get flooded ontop Grove Mt we are all in deep water
Bill-- Rt 93 is closed 1 mile North of Baltic. Rt 39 is probably closed near Dover @ the Willow Glens allotment.
It's gonna be as bad as if not worse than '05 around here. :sad: They are talking about I77 North needing to be shut down also. In '05 they did have the driving lane coned off.
May god be with us, its going to be a mess here in the Ohio river Valley as well.
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html (http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html)
Yes it will Al. My Inlaws are up the river from you in Mingo Junction & they say it's still OK there yet. :whew:
Good Luck dealing with this!! :wink:
Hate to hear you guy's are going through that. Hope things get better and not worse. Keep us posted.
I am trying to set up a hunt with Jim and a lot of my spots are under water. Maybe it will drive them yotes all to one spot for us.
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html (http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html)
I actually look forward to the Mississippi River belching out her banks in the spring. It makes for some of the best Bass and Pike ever. :yoyo:
Northern Pike in the fence rows!...I mean how can a guy go wrong? :biggrin:
Don't get me wrong...I dont wish hard times on anyone when this happens, and I know that some homes too close to the rivers are seriously jeopardized or ruined. We have American RedCross down here almost annually because of it. I'm on pretty high ground, maybe that's why I talk so bold :wink:
I hope you guys that are getting close to the flooding is allright. it is funny I live not more then 400 yds from the creek and most of the people within 500 yds of the conodoquinet creek get flooded. but living 300 ft above the water is great. we allways get the flood insurance company's calling offering flood insurance because we are in a flood zone. if it floods here somebody better be building a ark.
Hope everything works out for you guys. We'll be praying for everybody in the flood areas.
Pat
I am down around Dayton right now, but just talked with my wife and she said that the rain has quit in Defiance. The trip down here was pretty WET! Now as long as the school I have to visit tomorrow doesn't get closed due to water I will be in good shape.
Jerry
Thanks for the good thoughts!! They are certainly appreciated.
I know what you mean Jim. No offense taken at all. :wink:
Well the rain stopped for now,but it changed to snow :shrug: this wheather really sucks
I can hear my sump pump running non stop. :shck:
Quote from: bnccont on March 19, 2008, 07:57:54 PM
Well the rain stopped for now,but it changed to snow :shrug: this wheather really sucks
Yep, that is what my mommy just said. She said her car is covered already. :rolleye: Man am I glad I don't live in Ohio anymore. :biggrin:
As the saying goes if ya don't like the wheather in Ohio just wait 5 minutes
I think they say that in every state except Hawaii actually Bill :wink:
Quote from: FinsnFur on March 19, 2008, 08:23:43 PM
I think they say that in every state except Hawaii actually Bill :wink:
Yeah, I have heard that down here too. :eyebrownod:
Yes,
Wait 5 minutes and it will be raining harder!
Jim
FROGMAN!! I NEED SCUBA LESSONS RIGHT NOW DAMMIT!!!!! :laf: :laf:
We can take care of that! Just let me know when. :yoyo:
Jim
:laf: I'm sure you can!! :eyebrownod:
We talked to a farmer this afternoon at 5PM. He said the water rose a foot overnight last night & from 8AM til 5PM today another 8". There is a lot of water coming down from the North yet too. The levels are still at least 3 feet below '05 but it's still rising.
The farmer we talked to has his house on the bank on the left. Notice the fence posts disappearing?
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood002.jpg)
Ohiobob's neck of the woods.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood008.jpg)
I hope Bob isn't back there hunting!! :laf: Course it doesn't say anything about fishing does it? :shrug: :laf:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood010.jpg)
A couple well pumps.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood007.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood012.jpg)
My best guesstimation is another 12 feet of water & it's over the top!! It's happened before.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood014.jpg)
THE END.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood016.jpg)
Nice pics Glen.......did ya get permission from that farmer while ya was at it? :eyebrow:
Nope!! I doubt I can even find my fishing gear anymore. :rolleye:
:roflmao: :roflmao:
I must be nuts Glen, I am looking at those photos thinking.....if I were I coyote were woud I be?
I hope it clears up for yall.
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html (http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html)
The answer would be higher ground!! :roflmao: :roflmao:
We had blue skies all day today & the rain is supposed to hold off until Monday now. 72 dry hours would help Ohio a bunch right now.
I thought we were gonna get snow Fri night and Sat Chris said she heard 4 inches on the way :shrug:
The drive back from the Cincy area was interesting. Some of the low areas that were flooded on Wednesday were now just mud. A couple of small creeks were lower now than yesterday and the river is up. Looks like drainage is working. Findlay has flooding again, but not as bad as the last time. Snow is predicted, but who knows what we will get. One station said 4 inches and another said 4 to 8 inches. It will probably just rain again.
Jerry
Glad ya made it back safely Jerry
I guess we will have to take what we get wheather wise and just remember spring is just around the corner
No thats not right SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Quote from: HaMeR on March 20, 2008, 09:05:19 PM
The answer would be higher ground!! :roflmao: :roflmao:
We had blue skies all day today & the rain is supposed to hold off until Monday now. 72 dry hours would help Ohio a bunch right now.
Jim and John And I are going to some high groun tomorrow! :yoyo: He aint even all the way home from his night hunt yet and it is after 11:00pm. I do not know if I can keep up with him.
Must be those flippers on old frogman...... :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Jim will run you hard!! You better get to bed & rest up!! :wink:
:laf: :laf: You're gonna have fun with him tomorrow & prolly even shoot a couple coyotes too. :wink: Good Luck guys!! :yoyo:
Thats where I'm going, tell Bill to let me know when he gets his call. Should have been today. Take care Hammer we will let you know in a new post tomorrow.
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html (http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html)
Same here! I drove threw water up to the doors on the truck to get home last night. Sometimes it sucks living right on the river. Looked like a lake out side this Am, but its falling fast right now.
We had a few mud slides here as well that closed some local roads. My yard is like a swamp! I think its rained every other day sense Nov.....lol
Brent
With all this water..........I wonder where the coyotes go? :wo:
Anybody seen any moving?
Semp
Holy crap Glen.
Can you imagine a cold hard week long freeze now? That's a lotta water :sad:
I actually think a week long freeze might be good. That would allow a bunch of water to run away. Then a slow thaw would maybe help get rid of the rest. Ice dams might be a problem on the river but I don't know. Just seems like maybe a deep freeze would be a good thing. :shrug:
Semp-- Not to be a smart ass but I'm sure they followed the rabbits right up on the higher ground. A canoe or small boat with an electric motor would allow access to these places tho. :wink:
No mud slides here yet Brent. Hope it stays that way too. Folks are having a tough time in some areas as it is. Keep an eye on the water down there!! :wink:
Will do AL!! I'm sure Bill will post it up right quick tho. :laf: Good Luck to you & Jim today too. :yoyo:
Quote from: HaMeR on March 21, 2008, 07:48:33 AM
Semp-- Not to be a smart ass but I'm sure they followed the rabbits right up on the higher ground. A canoe or small boat with an electric motor would allow access to these places tho. :wink:
Ya think? :doh2: I figured rabbits, deer, turkeys and anything else without webbed feet would be moving to higher ground.....somewhere. I was thinking this water would concentrate them......somewhere. Might be a good time to hunt if ya knew where that somewhere was. :wo:
Next question......after the water goes down.....how long before they go back to normal routine in the low lands?
Semp
Quote from: HaMeR on March 21, 2008, 07:48:33 AM
I actually think a week long freeze might be good. That would allow a bunch of water to run away. Then a slow thaw would maybe help get rid of the rest. Ice dams might be a problem on the river but I don't know. Just seems like maybe a deep freeze would be a good thing. :shrug:
Semp-- Not to be a smart ass but I'm sure they followed the rabbits right up on the higher ground. A canoe or small boat with an electric motor would allow access to these places tho. :wink:
No mud slides here yet Brent. Hope it stays that way too. Folks are having a tough time in some areas as it is. Keep an eye on the water down there!! :wink:
Will do AL!! I'm sure Bill will post it up right quick tho. :laf: Good Luck to you & Jim today too. :yoyo:
Nothing this mourning but we aint done yet....... :nono:going on a night hunt :congrats: :yoyo: Home sweet home :biggrin: I got a pic of a mule that was posturing in front of us....that could have been bad.
They follow the water back out Semp, at least the predators will. You would not believe the numbers of fish that will be hung up in fields. We once seined some holes in a friends fields to stock ponds and freezers. We did not get all of them. We did put several thousand eight inch fish in ponds and put several hundred large fish in our freezers. The pool of water when we fouind it was 2 feet deep and 3 to 4 hundred yards long. Buzzards showed us where it was. Jimmie
Quote from: HaMeR on March 20, 2008, 07:47:35 PM
We talked to a farmer this afternoon at 5PM. He said the water rose a foot overnight last night & from 8AM til 5PM today another 8". There is a lot of water coming down from the North yet too. The levels are still at least 3 feet below '05 but it's still rising.
The farmer we talked to has his house on the bank on the left. Notice the fence posts disappearing?
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood002.jpg)
Ohiobob's neck of the woods.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood008.jpg)
I hope Bob isn't back there hunting!! :laf: Course it doesn't say anything about fishing does it? :shrug: :laf:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood010.jpg)
A couple well pumps.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood007.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood012.jpg)
My best guesstimation is another 12 feet of water & it's over the top!! It's happened before.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood014.jpg)
THE END.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/grs204/08flood016.jpg)
Glen
Those Pics look very Familiar :laf:
It is REALLY bad out here now, and gonna get worse, Plus they are calling for Rain & Snow all the way to next Sunday :argh:
This will be much worse that the 2005 Flood and as of right now, I am but a few Feet from Isolation :argh:
I am going to try and get to my Sons House, he has a Coleman Crawdad and I think I can get a trolling Motor, and he also has a Kayak, it's a little to Cold to roll over in "Lake Cumberland" but I have been in much Colder Water before.
We had a House 1 mile from me Burn to the Ground this Morning at 5 AM, the Fire House is a 1/2 Mile away from the House that Burned, but it took them 25 Minutes to get to the Fire :sad: I know the Family real well, two Adults and 5 Kids :sad:
This Shit is really starting to SUCK !!!
I have Plenty of food and Gas for the Generator if the Power goes out, but right now I wish I would have converted to Propane on the Generator, my Generator only runs for 5-6 Hours on a Tank of Gas.
We have 1 Road to take so the Wife can get to work, but a 14 Mile Trip is now 27 Miles, and a lot slower driving because our outlet Rd is Mud and Gravel, but that doesn't matter if the Creek below me comes up about another 2 feet, and it is sounding like they are Predicting maybe 3 Feet :shrug:
I drove my Truck through about 2 feet of water the other day, but I have a friggin 2006 and they dont have much Clearence
If I still had my 1970 4X4, it would be no Problem, I drove the 70 through high water during the 2005 Flood, but it does me no good now sitting in someone else's Garage.
I have a bunch of new Pics of this Friggin Flood, and whats funny/weird is MOST of the People South of us are calling us Dumb Ass Hillbilly's for living out in the Sticks, but what they're not thinking of, is that IF the Dam Breaks, or The water TOPS the Dam, that entire 2 City Area is GONE, and those are 2 pretty Big City's, Glen & Bill can tell ya that IF these 2 scenario's happens, it will be of Epic turmoil !
I can live with the high water, but the 2 cities South Can't, it;s a Shame that the FEW Idiot's calling us "Dumb Hillbilly's" couldn't be the only ones to lose everything, but 95% of the People in those 2 Town's ARE Good People :highclap:
I am heading out now to check the Road out, and check some other BAD Spots out, I hope to hell that this incoming weather is wrong, but it doesn't look like the Forecasters are wrong either :sad3:
Bob
Hang in there Bob, I'll say a little prayer for ya tonight buddy
Good to hear from you Bob!! I have a couple gas cans here you can borrow. I have two 5 gallon cans & a couple 2 1/2 gallon cans. If you want them call me & I'll see you get another 10 gallons or so of gas!! I just need em back before the grass gets too high tho. :wink: :roflmao: :laf: :laf:
330-308-8050
Anybody else near Dover/New Phila have an extra can or two for Bob?? :shrug:
I am not that close but I have a few 5 gallon cans if ya need them
Anyone got a boat
Hang in there Bob. Maybe the water won't get much higher.
Jerry
Thats not a boat paddle Bill its a turkey call! Dangit Hammer you were supposed to show him. :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Sorry I could not pass that up.(Just kidding around)
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html (http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html)
Guys,
I have a scuba class beginning in Marietta at the Y on Sunday afternoon March 30 at 2:00 PM. Looks like you guys might need spearguns to coyote hunt up there. :roflmao:
All funnin' aside I hope things work out for you. Looks kind of tough right now. :madd:
Jim
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: Frogs are funny too..... :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Thanks for all of the Generous offers guys, I have enough Gas for now, we need this Bad weather to turn into Sunshine !!!
But it doesn't Look like that will happen, my 2 Sons called about an hour ago, 1 is a Senior & the other is a Sophomore, they are going out in their Boat tomorrow, I gave them the Speech about Hypothermia and how Cold this water really is, I DON'T think they listened very well :doh2: they are actually getting bored by being home all the time, if it was a snow day, they always went into the Woods, but now the woods is "Flooded Timber" :rolleye:
If it were Waterfowl season, we could become rich out here, taking people on Duck & Goose Hunts, but this stuff hit about 6 weeks to late :laf: BUT I have seen some Waterfowl up close (to Close) that I have only seen in Pictures.
This is the First Time that I have seen Wild Swans, I never knew that Swans were so damn BIG !!!
If it get worse on Tuesday, I am going to park my Truck up the road, and put a Boat in at the Bottom of my Hill, at least me and the Neighbors can get out if need be, and after the House down the road burned to the ground, I have checked and
Rechecked wiring around the House, the ONLY thing that saved the 7 People down the road was a Smoke Detector, I guess it is a Good day when a $5 piece of plastic saves 7 Lives, thank God it wasn't worse, I called and told the Guys Family and neighbors that I have a lot of Clothes for them, but I can't get to them, but those 7 people are being well cared for now :highclap:
I went and took about 50 new Pics, I got a new Pic of the 1 that Glen Posted, the Landowner Hunting only Sign, it is under water now, and at the same spot, I took a Pic of the Road Sign & a Stop Sign that is under water except for the tip of the Signs.
If it was warm out, I would have 1 of the biggest Swimming Holes around, well, except for all the TRASH floating around, People ARE Pigs !
And there is a Dead Cat at the Spot of Glen's Pic :puke: it IS nasty !
I guess I should know by Wednesday if I need all the extra Gas Cans, maybe earlier :shrug:
And about the Coyote's, everything around here went to High Ground, but Me and my Buddy hasn't Went Coyote Hunting in about 10 Days, and we aren't going for quite a few more weeks, so I think our Season is DONE :argh: BUT, when this Flood first started, we talked about taking his Boat out and "Cadillacing" for Coyotes, but he was to busy with Emergency Meetings because he is a Trustee in Lawrence Township and they are under water as well.
The First Flood in 2005 was a Novelty, sort of Cool as it has never been this Bad, but THIS Flood is nothing but a PITA Now, the Novelty of 2005 has wore off :sad:
Well I am going to TRY and upload the New Pics onto Photo Bucket
Thanks to ALL
Bob
UPDATE!!
I've always wanted to do that^^^^!! :roflmao: :roflmao:
Seriously tho the good news is that Bob almost got his wish for sunshine. While we haven't been having a lot of it lately around here at least the rain has held off except for a few showers here & there. They have re-opened the Exit/Entrance ramps along I77 about 10 miles from Bob's house which means the water is receding. How much I don't know yet but it's going down. I'll take a ride this weekend & see. The other good news is that Bob didn't need our gas cans which means his power has hopefully been uninterrupted. Or his phones are out. :wo: Altho the offer still stands Bob!! :wink:
Having said that the Southern 1/2 of Ohio has gotten heavy rains again. Marietta,, which is on the Ohio River in ESE Ohio next to W Va,, has reported some flooding. I don't know how bad tho. That also means from there down past Brents & on to Cincinnati are having high water problems as well. So everybody down that way Good Luck & keep your heads up!! It'll all be just a bad dream in another 2 weeks!!
Good Luck!! :yoyo:
Glen
We did lose Power and Phone Service last Monday or Tuesday, I think it was Monday, the Power & Phone was out for about 4 Hours, no big deal, I went out and Fired up the Generator, came back in and turned the TV back on and made something to Eat, it was a struggle :whew:
One Good thing is my Neighbor Finally Got His Generator, last Flood in 2005, the Power went out for 4 Days, I Ran an extension Cord to my Neighbors House (a LONG Cord) so he could Plug in his Freezer, his Freezer was just Filled with Meat about 3 days before the Power went out, so I had to shut some Breakers off when I ran the Extension Cord because it was drawing the Juice down pretty Good, but his Freezer was more important than Having all my Lights and TV on.
As Glen said, the Rain held off, Thank God for that one, it is supposed to Rain again this coming week, but Hopefully this will be handled before any Big Rains
I want to try and Find a Place to convert my Generator over to Propane from Gas, I am not sure who does this, or where I could even get the Kit, but as soon as our roads are accessible and I don't have to drive 30 Miles to get to town which is 13 Miles away, I will pursue the Propane Switch.
But I sure do hope this Stuff moves on and NEVER Comes back again, but there seems to be a 3 year Trend around here anymore, we will see
Thank You
Bob
Thanks for the up close & personal update Bob!! Good to hear you handled the struggles so well!! :eyebrownod:
Glen
There isn't really a Stuggle out here, now if the Damn Breaks, that would be a struggle, not for me, but People South of Here would be in a World of Shit.
I think we actually have the Largest "Community Pool" in the County now, if not in the Entire State, we all have Access to the Pool from our Land :laf:
Bob
Bob good to see your still on high ground buddy.If the water stays around you won't have as much grass to mow
Glad to see this post, Ive been wondering if any of you guys were affected, on my way to Wyoming last week going thru Missouri up to St Louie the water was almost up to the interstate in lots of places, hope everyone gets thru this OK. We have been needing some good rain here in SC for the last couple of years but not like you guys are getting. cc
Bob, Its good to hear you're alright, its nice to have flooded timber to hunt but not at that cost.
I've been seing species of ducks around here I didnt see in the fall, drake common mergs, drake hooded mergs, shovelers, drake red heads, of course the mallards and woodies are back as well.... where the hell were they when the season was in !!!!
Quote from: Silencer on March 29, 2008, 03:32:34 PM
Bob, Its good to hear you're alright, its nice to have flooded timber to hunt but not at that cost.
I've been seing species of ducks around here I didnt see in the fall, drake common mergs, drake hooded mergs, shovelers, drake red heads, of course the mallards and woodies are back as well.... where the hell were they when the season was in !!!!
Same here Vic
We are seeing all kinds of Different Species, I guess they are here every year, just not when Waterfowl Season is in :madd:
But those Swans are HUGE !!!
We have Mergansers all over the Place, Buffle heads and quite a few more Species that we never get a Shot at.
We had some Smaller Floods in Waterfowl Season, and I really did like Hunting Flooded Timber, but by the next weekend, the Water was back down and the Flooded Timber was, No More.
I wish Ohio had a Damn Seagull Season, those "Water Pigeons" are good for NOTHING ! I might even buy a Seagull Stamp, I have heard that those Seagulls Explode when a V-Max hits them ??? :shrug:
Bill
The Wife will not let me mow the Grass, I always Scalp it and try to let the Sun burn the Grass up, I don't care what the Lawn Looks like, but the Wife Loves Mowing, and me being the Good Husband, I
Let Her do the Mowing :laf:
I saw this Guy in our Bottoms last week :laf:
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z277/ohiohunter55/SSFatGuy.jpg)
And Coyote Hunting is Over for me this year, this Flood got to one of my Good Spots but I will hit it again in the Fall
Flooded Spot, there should be ZERO Water in this Pic
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z277/ohiohunter55/CoyoteGroundFlooded.jpg)
I need to get me one of those Coleman Crawdad Boats and put a Good Trolling Motor on it to "Cadillac" for Coyotes.
Bob
I can't believe Bopeye was that close and didn't even stop by to say howdy :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
At what does contestant #3 win!!!!!!!!!!???????
A BIG BITE ME goes to Bill..............yessur.....he won it fair and square............. :wink:
That guys too thin to be me........... :doh2:
Thanks Bop I needed that :roflmao: