Friday, April 21, 2023

Our Mississippi River Flood - 2023/04/21

Between our old snow, the new snow and recent rains, the Mississippi River here in SE Minnesota is over its banks.

In today's Lake City (our school district) Graphic newspaper....

Here's Red Wing's chart....the plateau and then another that is predicted to last too long.

The Black River in Wisconsin, a tributary further south that flows into the Mississippi near LaCrosse.

I was out and about this morning, checking things in Old Frontenac....firstly at our beach....a good place to enter the lake ice with a sidecar.




Then I went around the corner to the South end of Lake Avenue.....



Then I flew over the North end of Lake Avenue...




Down to the Lake City MNDOT Rest Area...


 Only the tops of picnic tables visible.


Three white table tops....





 
The tops of the picnic tables, the submerged fire ring and barely visible....the curbs.

The monument surrounded by shrubs...

Me....

Now down to Lake City....


Ralph Samuelson, inventor of water skiing.  In the distance across the river, Maiden Rock.



 
Abundant flotsam and jetsam...




The south end of town and the pier....



I'm looking at the 10 day forecast this evening....60 degrees is average....I don't see anything like that on our horizon.  Major motorcycle gas savings!

I'm advised that the next Post will be exclusively about Arthur (as long as the motorcycles aren't running).

2 comments:

  1. Down here in the Quad cities we are at flood stage too.

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