So supposedly the flood is on the way out; moving downstream to affect other towns. While we are far enough from the river that we have remained dry, we are still feeling the pain of the flood in the guise of traffic pains. Since the river is flooded, they had to close 3.5 of the 5 bridges in town. I say .5 because though one bridge was open, the road on the east side of the bridge was closed, making it almost impossible to use said bridge. Due to the bridge issues, the University decided to close this week. And now, while the river is receding, U is still closed due to traffic and parking constraints. In fact I got an email today sending people home because those on campus were using too much electricity, placing a increased burden on the electrical plants that are currently working at 20% capacity. Supposedly next week things will be better.
As far as clean up in concerned, I have heard that some places, such as my bank on the strip think it will be at least a month before they open, while other places, a church by Tyson's school (which is probably under 4-6ft of water) will be at least a year.
These pictures are from highway 6, (near our house) at the bridge, which just reopened toady. You can sort of see how close to the road the water still is.
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