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Friday, July 1, 2011

Friday July 1, 2011 - Missouri River Flooding 2011 Daily Update



Levee near Desota Bend (near Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Plant) Intentionally Blown Up Along Missouri River

Authorities Investigate Detonation

KETV.com - July 1, 2011

Authorities are investigating an intentional breach in a levee near Desoto Bend.

Pottawattamie County officials said a half-mile stretch of the Vanmann #30 levee was mechanically excavated and then lowered by using explosives.

Emergency Management Coordinator Jeff Theulen said he was alerted Friday morning that the levee may have been in the process of being intentionally breached.

About 20 minutes later, officials said they received calls from people wanting to know why levees were being blown up. One caller claimed to have witnessed the explosion.

Authorities said they’re investigating the levee breach. Pottawattamie County officials said no government entity had anything to do with the detonation, and they did not have advance notice from the people responsible for the breach.

Officials said they’re disappointed with the decision to breach the levee without notifying authorities. They said a group of citizens had wanted to breach the levee to allow pooling water to go back into the Missouri River. However, there seemed to have been some confusion as to who would grant permission for this levee to be breached.

On June 28, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said it did not regulate the levee in question. The Army Corps of Engineers initially said it would not approve the breach of the levee. But Friday morning, the Corps also said it did not have authority to regulate the Vanmann #30 levee.

http://www.ketv.com/missouri-river-flooding-extended-coverage/28421608/detail.html





Lincoln NE Airport Making Plans for Possible Shutdown of Omaha's Epply Airport in case of flooding


Posted: 9:17 AM Jul 1, 2011

Airlines and other businesses that use Omaha's Eppley Airfield are making plans in case flooding forces the airport's closure.

Lincoln Airport executive director John Wood says he's had discussion with three passenger airlines, all freight airlines and all the rental car companies that serve Eppley. He also says ConAgra, Mutual of Omaha and Kiewit have moved their corporate planes from Omaha to Lincoln.

Wood has also had discussion with the Transportation Safety Administration about possible flight diversions to Lincoln.

The Omaha airport is protected from the swollen Missouri River by levees, and pumps are keeping the main road to the airport dry.

The river isn't expected to overtop the levees but there is concern that the prolonged flooding could weaken the airport's levees.

http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/Lincoln_Airport_Making_Plans_for_Possible_Shutdown_of_Omaha_Airport_124853244.html




Feds buying up farmland they flooded; Soros in on it
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/feds-buying-up-farmland-they-floo…





Joyce Riley: They Are Flooding Us On Purpose! Underwater Body Bags
YouTube June 28th, 2011 - The Corps began to utilize the dam system to mimic the previous flow cycles of the original river, holding back large amounts of water upstream during the winter and early spring in order to release them rapidly as a “spring pulse.” The water flows would then be restricted to facilitate a summer drawdown of stream levels. This new policy was highly disruptive to barge traffic and caused frequent localized flooding...



Fort Calhoun Station EPZ Evacuation Route Map
http://www.nema.ne.gov/technological/ftcalhoun-evac.html





RadiationNetwork.com



Updated in real time every minute. This is the first web site where the average citizen (or anyone in the world) can see what radiation levels are anywhere in the USA at any time


NOAA Hydrologic - Water Level at Gavins Point Dam, near Ft. Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear Plants


(The following link takes a bit to load all data)
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/river.php?wfo=oax&wfoid=18705&riverid=203276&view=1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1%2C1&toggles=10%2C7%2C8%2C2%2C9%2C15%2C6&pt[]=141614&pt[]=144183&pt[]=142396&pt[]=143355&allpoints=143990%2C145585%2C145025%2C145026%2C144876%2C145027%2C143234%2C143184%2C145519%2C145640%2C144217%2C142150%2C142780%2C142853%2C145202%2C141586%2C144582%2C143543%2C144796%2C144098%2C144240%2C141320%2C141614%2C142968%2C144183%2C142574%2C143478%2C142193%2C142760%2C142003%2C142610%2C142396%2C144496%2C147345%2C141899%2C143355%2C142050%2C141570%2C144165%2C143476%2C141703%2C142023%2C144123%2C141863%2C143539%2C143436%2C141917%2C143009%2C142688%2C142640%2C143925%2C143734%2C142729%2C141978%2C143579%2C143348%2C142822&data[]=all&submit=Make+my+River+Page%21#bron1




BLAIR, NEBRASKA NEAR FT. CALHOUN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT


BROWNVILLE, NE - NEAR COOPER NUCLEAR PLANT





RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORTS

The following is the latest Reservoir Readings on the Upper Missouri River - Sunday June 26, 2011. This report is updated daily. Click on the picture for today's readings in reference to Gavins Point Dam, Ft. Randall Dam in SD, Big Bend Dam in SD, Oahe Dam in SD, Garrison Dam in ND and Fort Peck in Mt.

Link to daily report:
http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/showrep.cgi?3MRDTAP7

July 1, 2011


July 30, 2011

The Cave's Archive: NW DIVISION OF THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER DAILY REPORT


Link: THE CAVE'S OVERFLOW - Archive of the Cave's Daily Flood of 2011 Updates

Saturday, June 25, 2011

THE CAVE NEWS FLOODING UPDATE - Saturday June 25, 2011 (updated throughout the day)

MISSOURI RIVER FLOODING UPDATE

Aerial video of the Missouri River flood taken June 24, 2011

NC News Press - Nebraska City, Nebraska
Near Brownville's Cooper Nuclear Plant




EMERGENCY NOW DECLARED FOR 4 NORTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES DUE TO RISING MISSOURI RIVER

Posted on Fri, Jun. 24, 2011 05:10 PM

Gov. Sam Brownback has proclaimed a state of disaster emergency for four northeast Kansas counties threatened by the rising Missouri River.

Friday's declaration applies to Doniphan, Atchison, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties.

The governor says the proclamation activates the disaster response and recovery portions of the state's overall response plan. That allows state agencies, such as the High Patrol and transportation department, to help county and local governments.

Only scattered flooding has occurred so far on the Kansas side of the Missouri River, but Brownback says residents should prepare to move quickly if evacuations are needed.




Another river levee fails in northwest Missouri near Cooper Nuclear Plant



ROCK PORT, Mo. (AP)

Friday, June 24, 2011

Another Missouri River levee has failed in northwest Missouri, prompting evacuations in a mostly rural area of the state.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Thursday night after a levee about three miles north of Brownville, Neb. failed.

The extent of the damage to the levee wasn't immediately clear. Atchison County officials ordered anyone living in the area between Interstate 29 and the river in the county to evacuate.

The area near the latest failed levee is mostly rural, but the weather service said the flooding could affect Phelps City, Watson and Langdon, Mo.

At least two other levees in northwest Missouri failed this month, and others have been overrun by floodwater. Officials predict the river will remain overfull into August, so more levee problems are likely.




Nebraska Cooper nuclear plant gets relief from upstream levee breach in NW Missouri




Flood stories from the Sioux City Journal
FROM DRUDGE REPORT:

Drilling For Water Removal At Omaha's Eppley Airfield

Eight sink wells installed for pumps to remove floodwater




REAL TIME RADIATION NETWORK

(The following is only a picture of the website - a link)

http://radiationnetwork.com/

ALERT LEVEL = 100 CPM
CPM = Counts Per Minute

From Radiation Network: The numbers represent radiation Counts per Minute, abbreviated CPM, and under normal conditions, quantify the level of background radiation, i.e. environmental radiation from outer space as well as from the earth's crust and air. Depending on your location, your elevation or altitude, and your model of Geiger counter, this background radiation level might average anywhere from 5 to 60 CPM, and while background radiation levels are random, it would be unusual for those levels to exceed 100 CPM. Thus, the "Alert Level" for the National Radiation Map is 100 CPM, so if you see any Monitoring Stations with CPM value above 100, further indicated by an Alert symbol over those stations, it probably means that some radioactive source above and beyond background radiation is responsible.


Friday, June 24, 2011

US ARMY'S corp of engineers DAILY RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORT UPDATE

CAVE EDITOR'S NOTES:
US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS NEWS RELEASE

July 7, 2011 is scheduled for diversion through regulating tunnels to allow for routine inspection of spillway slabs at Ft. Randall Dam (dam upstream from Gavins Point)

Pickstown, S.D. —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites the public to witness the diversion of surplus water out of Fort Randall Dam through the dam’s four regulating tunnels July 7, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

“This is only the second time in history that such a high volume of water will be released through the regulating tunnels,” said Tom Curran, Fort Randall Dam operations manager.

The opening of the regulating tunnels will equate to a flow of approximately 120,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) through these 22-foot diameter pipes. The water will be diverted to allow for routine inspection of the spillway slab at the dam. The spillway slab is 40 acres of concrete with a thickness of 2 – 6 feet, used to carry water downstream and away from the spillway gates.

MONTHLY RESERVOIR OPERATION - MAY 2011 - PECK, GARRISON, OAHE, BIG BEN, FT. RANDALL, GAVINS POINT


FOLLOWING LINK UPDATES DAILY:

http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/showrep.cgi?3MRDTAP7


THE FOLLOWING ARE LINKED TO A PICTURE:

June 27, 2011

JUNE 26, 2011


JUNE 25, 2011

JUNE 24, 2011

A guide assisting in reading this report:

  • Under 'Project Information' are the capacities of each reservoir referring to the dam/reservoir's elevation above sea level.
  • MP means the minimum power pool or a normal lake level- FC means flood control of the maximum height the reservoir can hold before water goes over the emergency spillways (called an "uncontrolled release").
  • Current data shows the reservoirs actual level at the time of observation- acre-feet of the lake's surface- inflow to the lake/reservoir and discharge out the dam's control structures/spillway.
  • The last figure in each project- probably the figure most telling- is the percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake.


http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/fortpeck/welcome.html
59600 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 24, 2011
60200 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 22, 2011
61800 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 21, 2011



percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake
110.4% June 24, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 112.9% June 22, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 112.9% June 21, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 115.1%


http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/garrison/welcome.html

150300 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 24, 2011
150400 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 22, 2011
150200 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 21, 2011



percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 103.0% June 24, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 102.4% June 22, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 101.0% June 21, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 98%


http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/oahe/welcome.html
150400 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 24, 2011
153900 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 22, 2011
160300 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 21, 2011


percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 94.3% June 24, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 92.7% June 22, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 89.8% June 21, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 87.8


http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/bigbend/welcome.html
165000 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 24, 2011
162900 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 22, 2011
162900 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 22, 2011
158900 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 21, 2011


percentage of flood control capacity left that particular reservoir/lake 47.0% June 22, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left that particular reservoir/lake 31.7% June 22, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left that particular reservoir/lake 0.0% June 21, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 0.0%


http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/fortrandall/welcome.html



137800 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 24, 2011
139600 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 22, 2011
143500 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 21, 2011

percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 79.4% June 24, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 68.7% June 22, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 62.4% June 21, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 51.7%


http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/gavinspoint/welcome.html
158500 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 24, 2011
150900 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 22, 2011
150000 cubic feet per second (cfs) June 21, 2011


percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 53.0% June 24, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 62.8% June 22, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 51.6% June 21, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 52.3

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Sioiux City Journal | Nuclear Plants Rumors Swirl


One of Nebraska's two nuclear power plants -- Fort Calhoun Station north of Omaha -- is surrounded by the Missouri River.

The other -- Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville -- is close to shutting down because the Missouri River is rising to critical levels and pushing water over levees.

People are understandably nervous. They worry about a nuclear disaster like the one that occurred in Japan after an earthquake and tsunami in March.

And inaccurate information and rumors floating on the Internet are fueling the fear.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Sioux Ctiy Journal | With increase of release to 160,000 cubic foot per minute - a one foot rise is expected

SIOUX CITY -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday announced that it will increase the water releases at the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton to 155,000 cubic feet per second on Wednesday, June 22, and 160,000 cfs Thursday, June 23. The announcement came during a regularly scheduled call with the agency that controls water flow along the Missouri River.

"Once they started talking 160,000 releases out of Oahe, I figured that at some point that same amount has to come out of Gavins," he said. "We built our levees to 1,100 (feet above sea level). I think the current (river) elevation is 1,095. I guess this will add 6 inches to that.

"But this puts that much more pressure on the levee and that much more current. The 3-inch rain we got last night created some interior drainage issues. Problems crop up. You deal with them."

1-FOOT RISE

Col. Robert Ruch, commander of the corps' Omaha District, said the 10,000 cfs increase from Gavins Point and high tributary rivers will combine to raise the Missouri River level about a foot in Sioux City.

At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the river was at 34.23 feet, above the 30-flood stage. The corps has predicted in recent weeks that the river would peak at 35 to 37 feet at Sioux City.

The river will swell first from the tributary flow, he said, then maintain that level because of the additional Gavins Point discharge.

Despite the increases from Gavins Point, the corps does not plan to increase flows at all of the dams along the river.

Farhat said the current plan calls for a reduction at Fort Randall dam, from 143,000 cfs to 138,000 cfs, and from Oahe Dam, which will be reduced from 160,000 cfs to 150,000 cfs.

Flows will increase at Big Bend Dam, which will discharge 165,000 cfs today and for the next seven to 10 days, Farhat said.

Unlike the past few days, the forecast looks much drier after today. According to the National Weather Service, there's a 50 percent chance of rain today in Sioux City but then little more than a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain through Saturday.

The forecast was similar for cities in western, northeast and Southeast South Dakota.

Read full story:

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/a1/article_764767d1-16aa-5144-84d3-ff3bedaad075.html

Click picture to view video on YouTube

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Missouri River Reservoir System with 6 large dams managed by the US Army Corp of Engineers

DAILY US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORT
(ISSUED AROUND 9 AM CDT)
http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/showrep.cgi?3MRDTAP7

A guide assisting in reading this report:

  • Under 'Project Information' are the capacities of each reservoir referring to the dam/reservoir's elevation above sea level.
  • MP means the minimum power pool or a normal lake level- FC means flood control of the maximum height the reservoir can hold before water goes over the emergency spillways (called an "uncontrolled release").
  • Current data shows the reservoirs actual level at the time of observation- acre-feet of the lake's surface- inflow to the lake/reservoir and discharge out the dam's control structures/spillway.
  • The last figure in each project- probably the figure most telling- is the percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake.



The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 692 miles (1114 km) long, in the western United States. Considered the principal the Missouri River, approximately 692 miles (1,114 km) long, in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park across the mountains and high plains of southern Montana and northern Wyoming. It is the longest undammed river in the lower 48 states.

THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER (S. Montanta & Wyoming) ENTERS THE MISSOURI BELOW
FT. PECK DAM IN MONTANA


http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/fortpeck/welcome.html
61800 cubic feet per second (cfs)
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 112.9%
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 115.1%

http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/garrison/welcome.html
150200 cubic feet per second (cfs)
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 101.0%
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 98%

http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/oahe/welcome.html
160300 cubic feet per second (cfs)
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 89.8%
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 87.8

http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/bigbend/welcome.html
158900 cubic feet per second (cfs)
percentage of flood control capacity left that particular reservoir/lake 0.0%
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 0.0%

http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/fortrandall/welcome.html
143500 cubic feet per second (cfs)
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 62.4%
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 51.7%

http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/Lake_Proj/gavinspoint/welcome.html
150000 cubic feet per second (cfs)
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake 51.6%
percentage of flood control capacity on JUNE 15, 2011 52.3%

Yankton Press & Dakotan | US Army Corp of Engineers coordinating releases of Gavins Point dam and Ft. Randall dam upstream

http://www.yankton.net/articles/2011/06/21/community/doc4e001a6466ab7385363576.txt

Monday, June 20, 2011

South Dakota Governor forms team to question the US Army Corp of Engineers regarding Missouri River Flooding

KTIV Sioux City Iowa

Corp of Engineers up releases at Oahe Dam at Pierre SD

The Missouri River is flooded in several states. But upstream in Pierre, South Dakota, the Army Corps announced it'll raise releases at the Oahe Dam another 10,000 cubic feet per second this weekend. That will bring it to 160,000 by Sunday.

"We are transferring flood storage from Oahe and Big Bend to Fort Randall, which has more storage available at this time," said Jody Farhat, chief of Water Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division. "The amount of rain has nearly filled the reservoirs, doing away with most of the flexibility we had built into our operations for this year," said Farhat.

The additional volume will be stored at Fort Randall, with the releases at Fort Randall and Gavins Point remaining at 150,000 cfs. Flows from the Fort Peck and Garrison dams will remain the same, based on current forecast, at 65,000 cfs and 150,000 cfs, respectively.

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says he is very disappointed by the news.

He says he's concerned and the state is working with the Corps to learn the impact this will have on levees downstream.

Daugaard has named two of his advisers to lead a team that will question the Corps and examine the management decisions that contributed to the flood.

With the initial work complete, the governor says the time has come to ask the Corps why this happened and determine if we can prevent it from happening again.


http://www.ktiv.com/story/14933183/corps-bumps-up-releases-at-oahe-dam-at-pierre

Rapid City SD - Complaints of US Army Corp of Engineer's mismanagement of Upper Missouri River

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_224526f0-9af5-11e0-84b8-001cc4c03286.html

Corps caught in the middle
2 hours ago
Severe flooding on the upper Missouri may be a rare event, but harsh criticism of the corps isn't. For decades, stakeholders up and down the river have ...
Rapid City Journal

US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS ACCUSED OF MISMANAGING THE MISSOURI RIVER

Nebraska Republican Senate hopeful Don Stenberg today is accusing the Army Corps of Engineers of mismanaging the Missouri River and called for Congressional hearings into the Corp of Engineer's actions.

http://nebraska.watchdog.org/14941/flood-of-2011-enters-senate-race-2012/Link