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HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:19 am
by Tie Dye Surfin Guy
Just saw a breaking news headline that said there were like 20 people or so stranded on top of the bath houses at Byrds on the Berry and the rescue teams were working to get 'em outta there!!! Gauge shows the Berry at like 16 feet!!! Hope everyone gets outta there safe!! Anyone able to take and post photos of the flood?
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:41 am
by Half Ton
Dang man. What a flood. 3 Search and Rescue got swamped in a flat bottom boat I heard. They all made it out alive, but just barely.
Swimming at night in pitch dark on a 16ft mulberry. Just imagine.
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:49 am
by prophet
Half Ton wrote:Dang man. What a flood. 3 Search and Rescue got swamped in a flat bottom boat I heard. They all made it out alive, but just barely.
Swimming at night in pitch dark on a 16ft mulberry. Just imagine.
yeah, that would be scary. i have to wonder about using a flatbottom boat in those conditions, although having the perfect equipment handy would be a longshot. anyone know if they have motorized rafts in their arsenal?
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:09 pm
by anthony
Here is the radio traffic from last night. Seemed like quite the ordeal.
http://forums.radioreference.com/arkans ... aters.html
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:15 pm
by Natural
Thanks for the link to the incident.
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:30 pm
by reedo
I heard about it being flooded (on the radio), but DAMN....what a cluster****.
I sure hope everyone is ok!
I want to say the gauge said "2.somthing and raining" WED. AFTERNOON
CRAZY :shock: :shock: :shock:
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:40 pm
by reedo
just checked the history for the mullberry
it was YESTERDAY at 8:01 am 2.9
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:48 pm
by hfunkhouser
Still looking for some pic's of this one. I haven't seen anything on the news sites, I think they were blocked out. Gonna have to find a resident or a "participant".....at least everyone is allright.
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:13 pm
by prophet
Ch. 40/29 had a story this evening re the Mulberry, only real info was the person in the river from the johnboat was rescued via their motorized raft.
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:04 pm
by Cowper
Found this
http://www.mcrecordonline.com/index.php?id=3884" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
but I liked the "real time" chatter on the radio ham website even more...
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:11 pm
by Lakefire
It seems the Mulberry may now have a problem , from the camp grounds down there may be lots of thing in the river , like campers , or parts of campers , no one has been down it yet so not sure how much junk will be in the water , it's just not in the camp ground anymore , first one down will know ,
Re: HOLY $HIT!!!!
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:56 pm
by robkanraft
So, what is the rest of the story? I saw Turner Bend posted today no rentals due to river clean-up. What became of Byrd's camp, etc?