- Hairy Hillbilly lives down that way.. I think close to Lesterville.. Mike Tired of Spam?? Here's your solution.. See: http://www.spamarrest.com/affl?4001050 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Ring" <susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:35 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Tom Sauk Reservoir Dam Breakl > - > I heard on the news that they have at least one report of a house washed > away, and Johnson Shutins was completely indundated with water. I think > any > folks that live near the Black River could use some prayers this morning. > Any SLAGA people in this area? > Susan > > The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a > > * Flash Flood Warning for... > northeastern Reynolds County in southeast Missouri > > * until 845 am CST > > * at 647 am CST the upper taum Sauk Lake dam has failed! The > failure occurred at about 530 am. Officials report at least > one home has washed away and a tractor trailer was washed away > off of Highway N. > > At 650 am officials report cars have been swept off the Road and > other cars are trapped! This flash flood flow will travel > quickly south along the Black River. Residents near Lesterville... > and south to where the Black River crosses Highway k west of > Annapolis will be vulnerable. > > The crest should be near or just south of Lesterville and will > move south along the Black River at around 3 mph. The rush of > water will reach Highway k west of Annapolis by 900 am this > morning with major flooding. The river will reach a level of > 20 feet at Highway k. The flood stage is 8 feet and the > record of crest is 27 feet. > > Move to High Ground immediately! > > This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation! . > > This is a life threatening situation. Persons living downstream from > the dam should move to higher ground now! Flooding will occur > rapidly. > > Lat... Lon 3759 9111 3728 9108 3733 9078 3760 9078 > > > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the Subject field > > > > > **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field