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Old 07-09-2013, 10:40 PM   #442
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Originally Posted by angus99 View Post
Wow, Don, if this is comparable to '72, it must be pretty bad indeed. (I'm in Chicago at the moment missing all this.). I was working at Miller Bros in Eastgate in '72 and we were flooded out. But that was before TVA built the levee. Stay safe!
Flooding in town is not near as bad as '72. A lot of things have been done to mitigate flood damage since then. Plus we haven't had as much rain. I was referring to the water building up behind the bridge piers. They are really releasing a lot of water from the dam. There is a visible low place next to the sides of the piers where the fast water is speeding on by a foot or two off the pier. I don't see that often, and I live one block from the bridge.
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