Bartlesville drone video.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157258533727418&id=697737417
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Oologah is 120% and rising, starting to cover 169. Hell of weekend coming. This is so nuts it's hard to keep up with all of it.
With more than twice as much coming in as they're letting out, it will get worse even if there's no more rain at all.
Kaw opened the gates to 7.5’ releasing 108,000 cfs at noon today. Yesterday they were open 5.5’ discharging 85,000 cfs. We got 3” rain last night.
We started at 2am this morning moving cattle off the river bottoms in anticipation of this event by horseback and ATV. Got all we could get out except for one longhorn that refused to cooperate. A car is sunk at the end of our driveway, but they all got out.
Our water well is under water and contaminated, but the house is on high ground. We can’t get out unless we cut the fence and drive out on the lease roads. The freezer is full of elk, deer and fish. The likker cabinet is full of good stuff so we just have to wait it out.
The bridge over Kaw Lake appears to have suffered some damage.
We started at 2am this morning moving cattle off the river bottoms in anticipation of this event by horseback and ATV. Got all we could get out except for one longhorn that refused to cooperate. A car is sunk at the end of our driveway, but they all got out.
Our water well is under water and contaminated, but the house is on high ground. We can’t get out unless we cut the fence and drive out on the lease roads. The freezer is full of elk, deer and fish. The likker cabinet is full of good stuff so we just have to wait it out.
The bridge over Kaw Lake appears to have suffered some damage.
Best wishes Dennis. You guys are certainly in our prayers.
Well crap. The power just went out.
Hope you get it back soon, Shoddy. In the meantime, fire up the generator and drink the liquor before the ice melts!
Yeah I see reality is getting some press this evening. It's pouring in Wichita tonight. Insane rainfall rates. NWS Wichita is retweeting some great photos/videos/reports right now.
People will remember this PR blunder as long as they do the flood. Bixby lowlanders who evacuated too early will be moving back in right before the flood actually hits I bet. Drove through there today, lots of empty dry houses with sandbags around them. Saw business taking the bags down.
I just don't see how NOAA, SPC, NWS, etc can be so consistently excellent about coveying pertinent information to the public with incredible accuracy and timeliness and the corps is this bad. This is as important if not more than severe weather forecasting. It would be like if the SPC said on convective outlooks that "tornadoes aren't on the ground right now so they're not a threat to anyone. right now we will be holding steady with no tornadoes until a tornado occurs. hope this helps". This needs to be addressed top down at ACOE
People will remember this PR blunder as long as they do the flood. Bixby lowlanders who evacuated too early will be moving back in right before the flood actually hits I bet. Drove through there today, lots of empty dry houses with sandbags around them. Saw business taking the bags down.
I just don't see how NOAA, SPC, NWS, etc can be so consistently excellent about coveying pertinent information to the public with incredible accuracy and timeliness and the corps is this bad. This is as important if not more than severe weather forecasting. It would be like if the SPC said on convective outlooks that "tornadoes aren't on the ground right now so they're not a threat to anyone. right now we will be holding steady with no tornadoes until a tornado occurs. hope this helps". This needs to be addressed top down at ACOE
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