Monday, June 9, 2008

Draining!

So Monday is one of my days off, and after working this morning to get things in shape for Michelangelo and having some leftover spaghetti for lunch, I flipped on the news. Turns out that Lake Delton was draining into the river ... Below is the report the County.
AT 1034 AM CDT...THE SAUK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM LAKE DELTON SPILLING OUT...MAKING ITS OWN DIVERSION
TO THE WISCONSIN RIVER.
* THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL OUT OF LAKE DELTON THROUGH A
CHANNEL ACROSS COUNTY TRUNK A. THIS AREA IS IMPASSABLE.
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN FROM LAKE DELTON TO THE WISCONSIN
RIVER...AND DOWN STREAM ON THE WISCONSIN RIVER. THE FLOW IS TAKING
LARGE DEBRIS AND TREES DOWN RIVER. PERSONS NEAR LAKE DELTON AND ON
THE WISCONSIN RIVER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH
RISING WATER AND LARGE FLOATING DEBRIS.
The lake is just a bit east of us, but we are in no danger. We are making thge national news though. Here is a video clip from MSNBC. This is just a few miles east of here.

1 comment:

Sank said...

Glad to know you guys are fine. I was thinking about you during the storms.