Thought I’d show you guys a few pictures of how we are enjoying the Spring. Don’t be overly concerned, my bed is dry. Our customer’s swimming pool, er lounge.
Our Shop for servicing your equipment.
Our Marina Office and Store for all your boating needs
However, we are open for business and taking people to their boats.
And our Ship’s Store is still opened, but a little congested.
So how come you don’t bring that tractor-trailer rig to York so Andy can get more grain hoppers?
Looks like you managed to get everything to high ground in time. If I remember, this is a pretty regular drill, yes?
Bob McCown said:(crackin up) get'em, Bob....
So how come you don't bring that tractor-trailer rig to York so Andy can get more grain hoppers?
Jon Radder said:Jon, it's pretty regular, only when the water gets real high.... :)
Looks like you managed to get everything to high ground in time. If I remember, this is a pretty regular drill, yes?
I see on the News that the Mississippi is gona rise! big time. You may to move to even higher ground!
Paul
I thot a marina was closely associated with water. 
Shouddna be a prollem.
We have a floating restaurant near here and it rises and falls. It has big collars mounted to the pilings that go up and down.
Might want to do that with the store.
Seriously, I hope it gets a little drier for you.
If the Mississippi rising affects Ric’s marina, we have other things to worry about…
Larry: Neat! Where do you keep her? Friend of ours keeps his trimaran at Jubilee.
Me too Jubilee. Let me know if you want to go out…seriously
Or… we can just drink at the bar and look at the boats and the water
This is Veloce. He’s trying to sell it.
(http://www.nemasail.org/images/veloce.jpg)
Will keep you in mind for this summer. Always looking to go out for a while.
We are part of the Mississippi Flood Control System and holding water is our business. The levee that was blown down by the confluence of the Ohio and Miss Jct. at Cairo is the reason for our high water. We were doing pretty good until we got a 2 inch rain fall in the entire Kaskaskia River Valley last Wednesday. That cooked our goose. It doesn’t really happen that often, but we get something in a cycle of about every 5 or 6 years. We were out of the Galley, (swimming pool normally without water) in 2005 and 2002 before that. 1995 was rough and we had a little impact in 1993 and 1990. 1973 was once the record, but the current record is in 2002 and about 1.5 feet above what it got to this time. Once the corn gets up our World improves. A single stalk of corn can absorb an amazing amount of water in 24 hours. We are kind of vunerable right now, a big rain will probably put Carlyle Lake at maximum pool which is 462.5 feet above sea level. This time we went to 458. 24 this morning. Current record is 459.84. 462.5 is water going over the spill way gates with the gates closed, that’s not a good thing. Maximum outflow is 10,000 cubic feet per second (cfs). In extreme conditions we have gone to 13,500 cfs. The other day we had 45,000 cfs coming in and the record is 59,000 cfs. A lake down by the Bird’s Point Levee, which made all the news was getting 80,000 cfs coming in. That’s a lot of water.
Our house and railroad sit about 475.0 feet above sea level and is 2 miles from the marina. You’ll find very few retired Coasties that live near the water or don’t know how high the history of the water is around their property. This is our life, most of the time it is fun. The rest of the time it is exciting. As I said in my first post, our bed is dry.
Sounds like you guys are coping well with the water, but better get Andy to plant some corn on the BS to help out. Your bed is try so that’s all that matters.
And besides a steam loco doesn’t might wading through a little bit of water, it’s those new fangled dismal thingies that hate getting their feet wet.
I know that one Bob…we call it the oil can I think he says others call it a Narwhal 
Heheheh you guys need to have been ther in real life to appreciate eaxactly what you are seeing…like how far up the side of th e gally the water is and how high the marina office is normally above the water…
Wow. Those pictures had me wondering how the dam was holding up. How are those downstream from the spillway coping?
I’m used to looking down at the boats in the marina. Pretty scary when your looking up at them…
Wow is right. When Andy mentioned you were missing the museum trip due to flooding, I didn’t quite picture this.
I’m guessing the hard work begins when the water goes back down =(
Ralph
Ken Brunt said:
Wow. Those pictures had me wondering how the dam was holding up. How are those downstream from the spillway coping?I’m used to looking down at the boats in the marina. Pretty scary when your looking up at them…
