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| Buzzards waiting along the river |
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| Verdigris River with some of the bank eroded |
Early May brought some severe storms with flooding rains, tornado warnings and high winds along one storm front reaching 75-80 mph. We spent a good week repairing a water line (the faucet was taken out by storm debris skipping across the yard) and cleaning up storm debris. Some local roads were flooded making local travel a challenge.
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| Highway 10 looking east |
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| Highway 10 flooded |
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| Flooded field south of Highway 10 |
The Verdigris River overflowed its banks scouring the banks, taking earth and trees with it and deposited trees and fish elsewhere along the adjacent fields and woodlands. A main water line serving this area crosses the river and was taken out of commission by trees rushing down the river. I would like to have taken a picture of all the carp and gar deposited on what should be dry land but, by the time I went back with a camera, the stench was so strong inside the truck that I didn't have the stomach to get out to take photos.
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| River bank washed out |
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| Roadway collapsed into river |
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Small corn plants mark the old edge of the field
with half of the roadway washed away |
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| Driving into the corn field as half of the roadway is gone |
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This area did not collapse until a couple of days after
the storm and after the river had crested. |
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Corn fields were flooded.
With water levels so high, some of the wheat
was flooded and left with a coating of mud on the plants |
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Buzzards waiting . . . they feasted on the fish
that were washed over the river banks |
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Imagine how high the river got, and the force
of the water required, to move all of these trees up
onto the adjacent roadway |
We've cleaned up, repaired damage, replanted corn that did not make it. It's hard to believe that just a few weeks after having flooding rains, it's now dry here and the corn needs rain. Wheat harvest is fast approaching as is soybean planting. Hoping for a good growing season.
