Comments on: 20 Years Later: The Flood of ’93

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:25:32 +0000

charli,

How did you all fair in 2011? What are your feelings about the Army Corps of Engineers blowing up the levees?

By: Richard Sutton

Richard Sutton — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:26:42 +0000

While we try to control the floods with levees,buy it holds back the water until it has no place to go. When the levees fail all of the water that was held back rushes though the opening and floods is greater. The flooding was much worst because of the levee systems. It is a catch 22 .

Along time ago we wanted to have the land flooded. It enriched the soil naturally.

By: Leanne

Leanne — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:15:17 +0000

Really enjoyed that Charli. Loved all the pics!

By: Don L

Don L — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:14:22 +0000

I was very fortunate to have just missed the flood of 1993 while stationed at NAS Memphis. I ended up going to Virginia Beach in April 1993 and watched the news reports of the massive flooding.

By: R J

R J — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:12:48 +0000

NW Mo has had a lot of flooding in my lifetime. It has gotten more frequent since 73. 2011 got real close to 93, with the exception of the rains locally not anything like 93. It rained every day in July save the last 4 in 93 and they were not little 1/4″ in 2 hours, it was inches per hour. No where for rain water to go and that caused a whole bunch of trash and dead livestock to go down the Muddy Missouri. It was moving fast enough to tie a rope to a solid object and water ski on if it didn’t have all the trash in it.

By: Alle

Alle — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:55:07 +0000

I live in Illinois, right on the Mississippi, and remember the ’93 flood well. The majority of my neighborhood had to evacuate. You could canoe through our yards, over our fence lines, down our road, and down the major highway that sits at least 800 feet from the banks of the river. We sand bagged like crazy, but it wasn’t enough to save the majority of my neighbor’s homes. My house sat on a very high hill and that saved it. We had a lot of water in the basement, but the main levels of the home stayed dry. Very memorable year.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:24:38 +0000

Witnessed the ’93 flood first hand. I was 13. Our little town along the river was crowded with Illinois National guardsmen. My grandfather was in charge of cooking all the meals for the red cross that summer at his church and shipped them out to volunteers up and down the levee’s. We sandbagged everyday in our little park. I still remember it like it was yesterday! Hard to believe it’s been 20 years.

By: Michael Amato

Michael Amato — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:27 +0000

In 1955 Connecticut, where I still live, we had back to back hurricanes, Connie & Diane, which brought historical floods to the Naugatauk Valley. I was only nine years old at the time but I remember how bad it was for our relatives who were thapped during the flood. Luckily, my relatives lived on top of a hill & while they were trapped, they were also high & dry.

By: mark duenow

mark duenow — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:17 +0000

very beautiful mamy meries. MSD