Burns Ditch Is a Disaster
09-16-2008, 03:06 PM
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Looking out my office window over Monroe Harbor it looks like someone took a chit all the way out to the second break wall!! If you hadn"t heard they opened the locks and let the Chicago River flow into the lake. So many boats are gonna have a brown stain from sitting in that crap!!
09-16-2008, 04:22 PM
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09-16-2008, 09:39 PM
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HEY! I resemble that remark.
but seriously, that really sucks! Your boat get ripped loose, if it is lucky enough to drift out of the mile long chanel, it gets looted. Tragic things like this brings out the best in some people, and the worst in others.
Our water in the Kankakee river is still at an all time high.
as are the big drainage ditches. We have 2 farms that are being theatened, 700 acres total. So far we have had only 1 levy fail. That put 90 acres of Soybeans under 6 feet of water. The water then broke out the other end of the property and flooded 150 acres fo a neighbors farm. He had to vacate a house and empty an equiptment shed.
What really is amazing is all the volenteers we had to fill thousands of sand bags that all the farmers needed. A local Quiznos was droppeng off party trays of sandwiches to several crews of workers that simply never took a break.
What a storm! that was pretty wild.
but seriously, that really sucks! Your boat get ripped loose, if it is lucky enough to drift out of the mile long chanel, it gets looted. Tragic things like this brings out the best in some people, and the worst in others.
Our water in the Kankakee river is still at an all time high.
as are the big drainage ditches. We have 2 farms that are being theatened, 700 acres total. So far we have had only 1 levy fail. That put 90 acres of Soybeans under 6 feet of water. The water then broke out the other end of the property and flooded 150 acres fo a neighbors farm. He had to vacate a house and empty an equiptment shed.
What really is amazing is all the volenteers we had to fill thousands of sand bags that all the farmers needed. A local Quiznos was droppeng off party trays of sandwiches to several crews of workers that simply never took a break.
What a storm! that was pretty wild.
09-16-2008, 10:03 PM
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I feel for ya Mark. Hang in there buddy.
09-16-2008, 10:53 PM
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HEY! I resemble that remark.
but seriously, that really sucks! Your boat get ripped loose, if it is lucky enough to drift out of the mile long chanel, it gets looted. Tragic things like this brings out the best in some people, and the worst in others.
Our water in the Kankakee river is still at an all time high.
as are the big drainage ditches. We have 2 farms that are being theatened, 700 acres total. So far we have had only 1 levy fail. That put 90 acres of Soybeans under 6 feet of water. The water then broke out the other end of the property and flooded 150 acres fo a neighbors farm. He had to vacate a house and empty an equiptment shed.
What really is amazing is all the volenteers we had to fill thousands of sand bags that all the farmers needed. A local Quiznos was droppeng off party trays of sandwiches to several crews of workers that simply never took a break.
What a storm! that was pretty wild.
but seriously, that really sucks! Your boat get ripped loose, if it is lucky enough to drift out of the mile long chanel, it gets looted. Tragic things like this brings out the best in some people, and the worst in others.
Our water in the Kankakee river is still at an all time high.
as are the big drainage ditches. We have 2 farms that are being theatened, 700 acres total. So far we have had only 1 levy fail. That put 90 acres of Soybeans under 6 feet of water. The water then broke out the other end of the property and flooded 150 acres fo a neighbors farm. He had to vacate a house and empty an equiptment shed.
What really is amazing is all the volenteers we had to fill thousands of sand bags that all the farmers needed. A local Quiznos was droppeng off party trays of sandwiches to several crews of workers that simply never took a break.
What a storm! that was pretty wild.
09-17-2008, 07:01 AM
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The river will be real Ugly for a few weeks,although you could pick up a good 10 mph right about now 
09-17-2008, 09:03 AM
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Im ok there to,,,,, no way in he77 I would put my boat on the river !!!!!!!
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09-17-2008, 10:05 AM
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Bill, where were those pics taken from???
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09-17-2008, 10:15 AM
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09-17-2008, 10:17 AM
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