- Thanks Gale. Very interesting. Bernie. Gale R. Nie wrote: - It was the Johnson Shut-Ins SP superintendent and his family that was washed away in the flood. The noon news reported their 3 and 5-year-old are at Cardinal Glennon and the 7-month-old was in transport. I think the prayers helped considering they weren't killed. I've been to the reservoir a couple of times and found some sites with info if anyone's interested. I think the most interesting thing about the plant is it actuallygenerates at a net loss of electricity. They pump the water up at night during the lower-demand period and then use the water to generate electricity during peak demand periods. This is a site showing the liner thatwas installed in 2004 to prevent leakage. http://www.geo-synthetics.com/taum_sauk.asp[1] I found some info about Amerenwanting to build another similar plant in the area a few years ago. I wasn't aware of that. http://www.missouri.sierraclub.org/SierranOnline/SepOct2001/12PumpStorageProj ectbyDaveBedan.HTM[2] http://parks.missouri.org/heri0801.htm[3] Gale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Ring" <susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx>[4] To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>[5] Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:35 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Tom Sauk Reservoir Dam Breakl - I heard on the news that they have at least one report of a house washed away, and Johnson Shutins wascompletely indundated with water. I think any folks that live near the Black River could use some prayers this morning. Any SLAGA people in this area? Susan The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... northeastern Reynolds County in southeast Missouri * until 845 am CST * at 647 am CST the upper taum Sauk Lake dam has failed! Thefailure occurred at about 530 am. Officials report at least one home has washed away and a tractor trailer was washed away off of Highway N. At 650 amofficials report cars have been swept off the Road and other cars are trapped! This flash flood flow will travel quickly south along the Black River. Residents near Lesterville... and south to where the Black River crosses Highway k west of Annapolis will be vulnerable. The crest should be near or just south of Lesterville and will move south along the Black River at around 3 mph. The rush of water will reach Highway k west of Annapolis by 900 am this morning with major flooding. The river will reach a level of 20 feet at Highway k. The flood stage is 8 feet and the record of crest is 27 feet. Move to High Ground immediately! This is an extremely dangerous and life threatening situation! . This is a life threatening situation. Persons living downstream from the dam should move to higher ground now! Flooding will occur rapidly. Lat... Lon 3759 9111 3728 9108 3733 9078 3760 9078 **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com[6]Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching[7] Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html[8] **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[9] with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com[10] Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching[11] Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html[12] **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[13] with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com[14] Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching[15] Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html[16] **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[17] with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field --- Links --- 1 http://www.geo-synthetics.com/taum_sauk.asp 2 http://www.missouri.sierraclub.org/SierranOnline/SepOct2001/12PumpStorageProjectbyDaveBedan.HTM 3 http://parks.missouri.org/heri0801.htm 4 mailto:susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx 5 mailto:geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 6 Http://WWW.GeoStL.com 7 //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 8 //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html 9 mailto:geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 10 Http://WWW.GeoStL.com 11 //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 12 //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html 13 mailto:geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 14 Http://WWW.GeoStL.com 15 //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching 16 //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html 17 mailto:geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field
