Water

I haven't posted about the water lately. The "weather man" on KAIT News is predicting rain today and Wednesday. We really do not need any more rain. Neighbors on both sides of me(their houses are at the bottom of the ridge) have water in their houses now. The girls and I rode down past our house where the river is closer to the road, at one house there was a minivan (must not run) parked in the yard, Wednesday the tires were under water....yesterday, we could only see the the top of the van. Some of the storage buildings have been pulled up as close to the road as possible.

I need to explain why the water is not over the road yet...just past my drive way, the highway department installed a huge culvert that is supposed to act as a suction for the water and fill up the gully and ditch in front of my property, therefore no flooding should occur. It worked as a suction alright...just worked the wrong way.

What does this mean for us? The only real problem we will have will be NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO OUR HOUSE. The water will not (hopefully) rise high enough to reach our house.

My dad said that the last time he remembers Hwy 163 being closed was in the late
70's, which would be before the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river and built the spill ways. I do remember the water over the road in the 80's, I'm guessing around 83 or 84. Dad lives in a tiny community called Lead Hill (just outside of Harrison) and they are having their own problems with water...Bull Shoals Lake feeds the creek that runs behind their house and he said the water is getting pretty high there.