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13 June 2008
Wet, wet Wisconsin My photos of the rising Rock River in Janesville. We aren't experiencing the worst of this, even on this river, but this is shaping up to be the worst flooding in my city in decades. And all we can do is watch! (Oh, and sandbag.)
I should clarify that I'm not personally affected -- we're about 25 or 30 feet of elevation up the hill from the river. Waterlogged from the rain, with basement seepage, but not in danger of actual river flooding. Where I am, it's only the half-block nearest the river on either side that's in real jeopardy.
Was just downtown again. The city was starting to evacuate buildings along the river and cutting off utilities. The city manager was considering exercising emergency authority to exclude looky-loos (like me) from the area entirely. They're worried about someone falling in the river and being basically unrescuable.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
