calling any one from missouri

[shawluvsbirds]

 

[jthornton]

I don't know how much rain we got last night the rain gauge is full to the top. I have a bucket I can check after sunrise.

JT

 

[jthornton]

I checked my auxiliary rain gauge and it's over flowed as well.


JT

 

[shawluvsbirds]

It rained non stop here till about 1 this afternoon.

 

[chiknGeek]

How is everyone in SE MO doing after those storms?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We were unable to get out to the highway (60) to go to church today. Honestly we didn't even attempt it. There are two low-water bridges between us and the highway. We figured even if we could get out (not likely), chances were slim to none we could get back in three hours later. Seems like it's been raining pretty much non stop for three days, and no signs of it stopping until Monday, I don't think. One of my dogs is not eating and I think it's bc she has not been out to poop for three days. I put her on leash and took her out during a lull but ... no go, lol. The other dog went out too, and peed for about five minutes straight. Poor things. Other than the misery, we're fine.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

How is everyone in SE MO doing after those storms?

I should say, there isn't any "after" yet. Still have two days of rain to go.

 

[jthornton]

https://traveler.modot.org/report/m...istrict=ALL&filterCounty=ALL#tag_flood_closed

269 road closures due to flooding this morning, check the modot page before going anywhere.

JT

 

[ChickenCanoe]

We were unable to get out to the highway (60) to go to church today. Honestly we didn't even attempt it. There are two low-water bridges between us and the highway. We figured even if we could get out (not likely), chances were slim to none we could get back in three hours later. Seems like it's been raining pretty much non stop for three days, and no signs of it stopping until Monday, I don't think. One of my dogs is not eating and I think it's bc she has not been out to poop for three days. I put her on leash and took her out during a lull but ... no go, lol. The other dog went out too, and peed for about five minutes straight. Poor things. Other than the misery, we're fine.

When I was growing up, we lived in the city but we had a farm 100 miles south between Fredericktown and Ironton where we raised cattle, hogs, horses and pheasant. There was a low water bridge a couple miles both directions after pulling out the gate. The one in the direction of Farmington (shortest route to St. Louis) had collapsed and water usually went through the cracks in the pavement or underneath. But after significant rain it flowed over the collapsed bridge. It soon became impassable. Then we would have to go left to highway 72 and go by way of Fredericktown, adding about 15 miles to the trip. However, that took us over another bridge that was normally about 2 or 3 feet above the water but with flash flood caliber rain. That bridge would be under water for a day or two. So after atmospheric rivers like this recent one, a trip to the farm (which was weekly at a minimum, meant you had to stay there, sometimes overnight, sometimes for days. For the years we raised hogs, we went 3 times a week.

 

[Backroadlogic]

Snowed out here for a full 30 seconds this morning lol

We have low water bridges everywhere around here. I live at the very top of these hills so I was safe but my wife almost wasn't able to make it home from working. They closed the highway about 50 yards after the entrance to our dirt road, the highway was a river after that point for as far as we could see. I've lived in this area roughly 25 years and not seen it like this. As a teenager I had to sometimes park at the beginning of our driveway and walk through water that was chest high and probably 50ft wide to get to the house when it was bad like this lol