More flood pictures

The river has crested and is slowly beginning to receded, though if we get too much rain over the weekend we may get a second crest. Below are some additional pictures of the flood waters.

First is a stop at CDC Resources. Their parking lot is flooded, so all activities are cancelled.

 The parking lot at nearby American Melt Blown (old Schmacher building) has lots of standing water and there is a large pothole at the entrance.

 The water near the Middle School will not drain because there is no where for the water to go.

 There is a lot of trash in the School House Ditch (I think that is what it is called) just to the east of the high school. There is no noticeable current.

 It appears that the water level along the highway is higher than the water level in the detention ponds at the hospital.

 The end of Iliff Street is under water.

 A common sight in quite a few neighborhoods is hoses of various sizes dumping water into the street.

 The Melville Street Bridge still has a few inches of clearance.

 Just to the south of the Melville Street Bridge there was water over the roadway. It was only an inch or so deep in the middle. The water from the river had filled the ditch on the side of the road. What surprised me was that the quarry was pumping water into this ditch. You would think that they could wait a day or two.

 This is a field to the east of Melville Street.

 Since I had pictures of water under the other bridges, I thought I should complete the series with a picture of water flowing under the Grace Street Bridge.

 Below is the river below the Grace Street Bridge. Normally the river only flows between the trees that line its banks.

 Below is a view from near Dr Sy's office looking across the river into Potawatomie and Iroquois Parks. By the way, Dr. Sy sent a letter to her patients saying that she would soon be getting married, relocating to Rochester, and scaling back her Rensselaer practice. Perhaps she can find another dentist who would like to inherit a thriving practice.

 Below is the intersection of Lincoln and Elza with the high-rate treatment plant in the background. Notice the top of the fire hydrant to the left of the telephone pole. In 2015 only the very top of this was above water. This year the hill formed with the construction of the treatment plant acted as a dyke and kept the water from rising even higher.

Below is what the gauging station showed today. Notice that the river peaked yesterday at a little above 17 feet (the highest I saw was 17.04) and is now declining. Let us hope that weekend rain does not reverse the decline.