Since there has been major flooding on the Missouri river; our family and some of our friends wanted to see how close the flooded river was to the levees. We went to the pedestrian bridge, where the Missouri river divides Omaha from Iowa. The bridge is very long and large. It was breathtaking to walk across it at night when it was lite up. If you look at the top left corner of this birds eye view picture of the bridge, you will see the end of the bridge. The flooding has gone all the way out there to the end of the pictures. The levees are very close to the end of the bridge. It was amazing to see where the river would naturally be vs. where the river is now. I was very uneasy while we were on the bridge, because you could see how powerful and destructive the river was.
Our ward in Council Bluff has ask members to prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. They wanted us to have our 72 hour kits ready to go. Since Village Green is on a hill, we are safe from flooding if the levees brake. However our water supply and sewage might be affected. Some members in our ward and stake will be in the flood zone. The bishop and stake president has ask members to open up their homes to members that could be affected by the flooding. I am so happy we have a basement room that is finish so we could help if we needed to.
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