Floods

[Norman Kling]

To the people of Missouri and nearby areas, are you OK and are your cars OK. Let us know if you can.
Norm

[CudaMan]

Hillsboro, MO was on the southern edge of the storms, so we got a good rain but no flooding. One of my distant relatives that lives in St. Charles, MO had 7 feet of water in their basement because one of the city pumping stations went out during the storm.

[Dallas Landers]

My buddy in eastern Kentucky has land slides blocking his road. Major flooding there also.

[George House]

I would’ve liked to share in a little of that weather. Hasn’t rained measurably here in over 2 months. Stock tanks are down over a yard and even the catfish are becoming sunburned

[JTT3]

Talked to one of our fellow members and he said that they got water in the basement, they have what I call a raised house. Their neighbor had water up to the floor joists in their basement. Luckily the water in the fields didn’t get high enough to flood his hay storage barn to the level it reached though he did say the hay was on pallets which saved it. Very lucky the levy pumps diverting water worked long enough to minimize damage though I think he said the pumps failed later. I may have made that last part up. Can’t recall that for sure because we started talking alphabet Fords.

[JohnM]

Just a little water running across the basement floor to the drain for me. It was a all time one day record rainfall. St Louis airport recorded 8.64 inches. Areas in St Charles county had upwards of 11 inches. In low areas the sewer drains just couldn't keep up. If you didn't get any water in your basement this time, you probably never will.

[DHort]

Don"t they have sump pumps down south or was it just too much to handle? Our old basement twice flooded when the water came up through the floor drains.

[DLodge]

Just a little water running across the basement floor to the drain for me....

Where in the area are you? I'm in Ballwin and we had heavy rain but no flooding near me. I did see that the area of Rock Hill where the Trainwreck is flooded again, but that's par for the course.

[TRDxB2]

Flooding in Cities is due to prehistoric Civil Engineering, that is to rush the water into nearby creeks and rivers. It was reasonable when the Cities were small but as the concrete roads, parking lots and Buildings spread out they eliminated those paths and new storm sewers were built for the old volume of water for a 100 year flood in the smaller city. Now they build containment ponds to leak the water into the sewers and drains. I live where a 9 hole Golf Course used to be. Now part of it was made way for a multi-lane Interstate and housing development. Water that used to seep into the ground, no rushes down the concrete roads into a huge spillway and eventually into the Mississippi where we have encroached on its flood plains . Then it floods and we blame it all on Climate Change.

[JohnM]

Dick, I live in Tower Grove south. Most of the houses are near 100 years old. They have stone foundations and are close together leaving little surface area to absorb the runoff, it is not unusual during heavy rain to get some seepage in the basement. Thankfully the sewers do NOT back up.

[TXGOAT2]

I wonder how many acres are either paved over or roofed over in the Houston area? Cities multiply and concentrate runoff, besides being very effective solar collectors. Many cities are also located along rivers, rivers having been used as highways in the past, and are still used today. In hilly or mountainous areas, villages, towns, cities, and roads and railways are usually located in valleys, for obvious reasons. This leads to problems when heavy rains occur.