Monday, June 9, 2008

The river explodes!!

So it took me 30 minutes to get out of Waukesha today. All the roads into dowtown, and outlying areas have been shut off due to flooding. At 11:30 this morning, the Fox River overflowed into dowtown leaving it just a mess! The western part of waukesha has also had major flooding problems. Downtown buisnesses were evacuated this afternoon, due to structure damage. They have started filling up basements with water in some of the river side buildings to equalize the pressure. I wish you see from the below pics...how fast the river is flowing....it's all just a mess!

Tree by my house yesterday


Tree by house today (not looking good)
River overflows into the neighboohood

But the ducks are having fun!


The raging river

This car floated away from a nearby house!

7 comments:

Jenny said...

I can't believe the flooding! It's horrible :(

~Minxie~ said...

Vicky..... man oh man..... that is a lot of water!!! Glad your basement is clean and dry...... I am praying that the water recedes quickly.... stay safe!!!! Great pics by the way!!!

Blaznfire911 said...

I know it has gotten really bad! I hope everything is getting better for you!

vicky

Blaznfire911 said...

Thanks Minxie! I hope it goes away soon too!

Vicky

Kathy said...

Vicky, I hope you are OK and stay OK. Scary pictures!

-Sir Jack said...

Blazn those are great photos!! You live dangerously love, getting so close to the water.
*cringe* Be safe!!

You're a great one to blog with and I enjoy our banter. Sorry I can't go to Waukesha, but I can always go there "in spirit"!!!

Have a sunny morning love!!

Lacey said...

cool pics!