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I will second Stan's hope for your house to remain dry. I can say from experience, a flood can turn your life upside down even if your house is spared.
It took 5 years for the roads to be repaired between my house and town after our "500 year flood" in 2013. I fared far better than my neighbors living below me but it still made for some very difficult times.
Wishing you the very best.
Steve
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Like the old saying, God willing and the creek dont rise!
Thanks guys
I couldn't figure out why the water was so low in front of my house So, I drove down to the end of the road To see.
Well it turns out that the flood gates are closed, so, the head of water on the other side of them is about 6 or 8' higher than where my ditch ends.
so what that means, is that If the floodgates fail, or if They are topped,I lose about 8' of elevation out of my ditch. So, if it weren't for the flood gates being closed, I'd be right back where I was a couple of days ago.
It was very strange, driving along the levy Seeing the river with in a couple feet of the top, but It being higher than The cab of my truck flowing by.
The roads are all water covered two miles down.
Crest is tomorrow sometime.
Last edited by ClapperZapper; 05/21/20 08:59 PM.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Good luck, keep us posted.
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The river crested at 10 this AM.
I dodged the bullet.
The reason I did not get flooded or should I say have waters around my home, is because of the gentle breeze from the south west that is blowing the water out of Saginaw Bay.
The Saginaw River flows straight north 12 miles into Saginaw Bay, its a river of commerce.
A northeast wind (think fall and winter storms), pushes water back into Saginaw Bay from Lake Huron, and raises river water levels.
The high-pressure system that arrived after the storm, accompanied by the southwest wind due to the expanding warm air from the west, pushes the water out of Saginaw Bay and pulls the water out of the river more quickly.
So, weve reached the crest With no rain expected for three or four more days and I can go back to my normal routine.
Thank you for all the well wishes, and naturally I am very grateful that things worked out.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Good news. Glad to see you are safely out of it. Floods worry.me more than other disasters for some reason.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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CZ, I'm very glad you dodged the bullet with this flood. I hope the waters recede and give you no more problems. But, one question keeps bugging me. Why does a "greyman" tell the location of his house, and describe it (170 years old ....... stone)?
The greyman concept is to blend in with every other person in the "crowd" and draw no attention to one's self. Spotting the location of your home, and describing it, is not the way to do that.
?????????? SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Old stone houses are common in this area.
People emmigrated, cleared some forest, found out the glaciers left great building material, and used it.
My unimportance is pretty secure.
Now that the Coronabowl is over downstate, I can go back to unrelenting obscurity within the mass.
And remember, first leave no trace. LOL!
Out there doing it best I can.
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I dunno, man. Naming your county isn't exactly what I would call "leaving no trace".
Good luck with that. SRH
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Meta data harvested and available via a common cell phone leaves no man grey, regardless of what he believes. There exists a version of the hellfire that is non explosive, and will kill you in your car, leaving bystanders outside uninjured. If you have a phone, you can be instantly targeted. https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/20190525.aspxGrey disappeared a long time ago. Best, Ted
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Meta data harvested and available via a common cell phone leaves no man grey, regardless of what he believes. There exists a version of the hellfire that is non explosive, and will kill you in your car, leaving bystanders outside uninjured. If you have a phone, you can be instantly targeted. https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairw/20190525.aspxGrey disappeared a long time ago. Best, Ted Dang, Zapper Survive a flood just to get turned into cole slaw by a ninja ginsu missile. ____________________________ https://youtu.be/P3MUQKD_GOE
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