WATER WATER EVERYWHERE

[orange-n-brown 365]

The creeks are arising and schools are gettin out early today!

[Lancer_Fan]

Are all the county schools dismissing early? My lil Nurse is hoping it floods enough to close Hocking...LOL!

[orange-n-brown 365]

My nurse went to clinicals in athens said one gal had to back track to get there I think from chesterhill...
not sure who all got out early

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

it was getting up there going out 141 today to rio grande, even my deer out back, are swimming to eat their corn n oats.

[orange-n-brown 365]

we are watching the water its almost to the point where it will start coming in the lower level deemed the disaster ! I've cleaned up more water than I care too over the past 20 years.. I hope it stops!

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

man, you should see portsmouth west, the area where you enter into it, along the highway, it look just like kentucky lake. big time flooding there, yesterday.

[caglewis]

I went into downtown Ironton around 5:00 PM last evening which means crossing the Storms Creek [at its mouth to the Ohio River] bridge on N 2nd St. The water was nearly to the underside of the bridge.
The runoff from previous rains to our north filtering down all creeks/streams toward the River is probably going to get our Ironton floodgates UP - whatever we get over the next couple of days is only going to make it worse!
Thank goodness for this [Thurs] fair day, but I doubt one day was enough time to absorb all the recent rainfall over the entire watershed.
As much as I hate the idea of snow, at least snow doesn't raise water levels as quickly as rain does. But, of course, its impact will come later with melting which will extend and prolong flooding problems. Bad news all the way around!
Whatever the weather brings - it looks like we're in for a lousy weekend and problems for some time to come!