tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post495312925607360340..comments2023-10-22T08:30:46.934-05:00Comments on Redd Shift: Missouri River Flooding along Council Bluffs and Omaha Bike TrailsScott Reddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13769134824821490457noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-86165264368029747272011-06-20T12:06:43.174-05:002011-06-20T12:06:43.174-05:00@munsoned Some of the RR tracks are offically clos...@munsoned Some of the RR tracks are offically closed. BNSF closed a week ago and they are diverting RR traffic due to flooding of their transloading dock which is downtown hugging the river in the litte Italy district. <br /><br />@Scott How far can you go on the trail towards bellevue going towards the river? Also, be safe when hanging out by the levee!! :) They can burst at anytime... even if it dosen't look full they can't hold the pressure. Last year in Norfolk, NE the levee workers drowned while inspecting the levee :(Cupcake88https://www.blogger.com/profile/12493137725650602821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-7221410300159021562011-06-20T12:05:25.551-05:002011-06-20T12:05:25.551-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cupcake88https://www.blogger.com/profile/12493137725650602821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-82524776793993147892011-06-20T03:14:51.762-05:002011-06-20T03:14:51.762-05:00Omaha Trails just opened it's blog to report a...Omaha Trails just opened it's blog to report area's where the trails have been damaged/flooded. You all have such great information that I wondered if perhaps you'd be willing to share it with them. <br /><br />Here's the link : <br /><br />http://www.omahatrails.com/index.php?option=com_ccboard&view=postlist&forum=6&topic=6&Itemid=156Nicky Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15054366862302090581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-34184046535966279642011-06-15T15:44:30.155-05:002011-06-15T15:44:30.155-05:00Oh sure, I tried riding the South Omaha levee trai...Oh sure, I tried riding the South Omaha levee trail on Friday (starting at the north end) and was stopped and scolded by an old geezer working for the city. "Surely you saw the road closed signs at the entrance," he remonstrated. In fact, the signs were on the road leading up to the trail and didn't convincingly indicate that the trail itself was closed. Luckily this was almost at the south end of the levee trail and he let us turn around and go back the way we came. Oh, and those ramps do flatten high pressure tires... but not instantly. I must have gotten a nick that didn't give way to a full puncture until I was miles from nowhere on another trail the next day... without a pump.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14867426586457719794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-7937358787473133882011-06-13T19:03:32.815-05:002011-06-13T19:03:32.815-05:00Thanks for the comments, Vernon, Genevieve and Mik...Thanks for the comments, Vernon, Genevieve and Mike.<br /><br />I think the biggest danger at this point is water weakening the levee. They can only take so much saturation before they give in.<br /><br />By the way, I corrected all of my misspellings of "levy" to "levee." Duh!Scott Reddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769134824821490457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-31605959636565797252011-06-13T08:22:32.810-05:002011-06-13T08:22:32.810-05:00Scott, in your opinion, if the water were to rise ...Scott, in your opinion, if the water were to rise even 4 more feet, wouldn't it spill over to all the train tracks from that point right under the I-80 bridge(your 6th picture from the bottom)? The water is so close to the trail at that point. I don't understand why they don't have sandbags there yet.munsonedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878330049549526023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-78605474311821406802011-06-12T18:43:47.664-05:002011-06-12T18:43:47.664-05:00I tried to take the NE trail north around the airp...I tried to take the NE trail north around the airport and ran into barricades as well...and OPD, the Parks Dept, AND the Corps of Engineers driving by to holler at cyclists. Parks guy told me (unofficially, of course) they're just not sure what to expect, that it could be as much as ten additional feet of water! It's likely we won't see many of these trails until next summer...Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04552724771682270801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7015779968336479872.post-89736220485005000962011-06-12T17:44:21.036-05:002011-06-12T17:44:21.036-05:00Its moving, I was at Lewis & Clark landing Fri...Its moving, I was at Lewis & Clark landing Friday & the water wasn't splashing on the landing yet.Vernon Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725624891229633277noreply@blogger.com