Tenkiller

[captain_surly]

Is a little high right now. That's a 5 foot chain link fence. Notice my 250 gallon propane tank floating upside in the background. At normal level the shore is 200 yards from my door. Now it's on my deck and still rising. It's about 10 feet deep in the middle of the front yard. Almost 32 feet above normal.


http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/539/2011flood1.jpg (http://img810.imageshack.us/i/2011flood1.jpg/)

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/794/2011flood3.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/2011flood3.jpg/)

[The]

Holy crap

[3rdgensooner]

That would make me surly, for sure.

[SoCaliSooner]

I thought there was a drought.

[KantoSooner]

Looks like you'll have a fine mosquito harvest sometime soon.

[Shakadoodoo]

Will all the extra rain make the fishing good? I would like to go fishing this weekend!

[NormanPride]

What? Why is this happening? Wouldn't it have drained back a bit?

Also: your deck is cool.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Wow....that is crazy

[Lott's Bandana]

What a difference a week makes.

[captain_surly]

That would make me surly, for sure.

I shall become most surly if it rises 4 more feet and gets in the house. It's going to be a very close call between going over the spillway and coming in my door. A matter of mere inches. I have no ill will toward the folks downstream from the dam but I'm pulling for the spillway.

[soonercruiser]

We need a water pipeline to OKCity!

[3rdgensooner]

I shall become most surly if it rises 4 more feet and gets in the house. It's going to be a very close call between going over the spillway and coming in my door. A matter of mere inches. I have no ill will toward the folks downstream from the dam but I'm pulling for the spillway.
I will also pull for the spillway. What is the spillway's mascot? Team colors?


Seriously, I hope the water doesn't darken your doorway.

[Mjcpr]

Wow...where are you on Tenkiller? My MIL lives in Pine Cove although not close enough to be in danger of flooding.

[captain_surly]

What? Why is this happening? Wouldn't it have drained back a bit?

Also: your deck is cool.

It's happening because it rained 15 inches in Northwest Arkansas in 72 hours last weekend. Monday it was rising a foot an hour.

The deck is an excellent place to get porch drunk and the view is usually quite nice.

[Mjcpr]

I thought that was your personal boat dock.

[captain_surly]

Wow...where are you on Tenkiller? My MIL lives in Pine Cove although not close enough to be in danger of flooding.

In the vicinity of Blackgum. About 3 miles upstream from Pine Cove on the east side of the lake.

[Jammin']

Good Ness! Thats some serious water. I'll pull for it heading over teh spillway as well. good luck and keep us posted.


Oh, and watch out for gators. I know they aren't usually around here but the rumor is some people are raising them in their own homes these days.

[Mjcpr]

In the vicinity of Blackgum. About 3 miles upstream from Pine Cove on the east side of the lake.

Turn at the church and back down in there somewhere?

I'll be rooting for the spillway as well!

[captain_surly]

I thought that was your personal boat dock.

My personal boat dock required unhooking from the walkway to prevent major damage. It is floating around nicely attached to some cables. A couple of docks in the cove have actually been pulled underwater because the walkways were too short to accommodate 32 feet above normal.

[captain_surly]

Turn at the church and back down in there somewhere?


Eggzackly.

[captain_surly]

I will also pull for the spillway. What is the spillway's mascot? Team colors?


That would be the bad to the bone Gore Pirates.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5773/gorepirates.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/gorepirates.jpg/)

Green and white I believe. Thanks for your support.

[The]

That would be the bad to the bone Gore Pirates.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5773/gorepirates.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/gorepirates.jpg/)

Green and white I believe. Thanks for your support.


Correct. Gore is Green and White.

[soonerhubs]

Correct. Gore is Green and White.

Go Pie--Rats!

[FirstAndGoalOU]

GORE -- With Lake Tenkiller rising 30 feet above normal, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened the main gates to the Tenkiller Dam.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/articleimages/2011/20110428_tenkillerdam040404028.jpg
link..http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20110428_12_0_GRWtae32995

[87sooner]

http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/TENK.lakepage.html

[Fraggle145]

A similar situation was going on a few years ago at Texoma. You guys are lucky they decided to let the water out. Probably the only reason they could was because the rest of Oklahoma was so down and isnt realeasing water right now.

[BudSooner]

We were down at the entrance to Cherokee earlier just to see how bad the flooding was, the water is now almost up to the entrance to the highway. If you are familiar with the bridge leading from there to Elk Creek, well the water is amost up to the bridge, I would guess that the water is about 25 feet or less to the bridge now.

Petite Bay is in bad shape, a woman I work with and her husband run the marina there, the water is less than 10 feet from her front door.

I'm sick of the rain, having to work out in it, navigating roads that cannot handle the runoff and needing to find a detour....it has really sucked this week.

[olevetonahill]

Thank God for a Sunny day today
Hope every one drys out

[achiro]

So I guess a canoe trip this weekend wouldn't be a good idea?

[Taxman71]

Sadly, the water level in our ponds in SW Oklahoma are the lowest in 30+ years.

[delhalew]

We need some of that water in the SW for sure.

[DRLSooner]

Got a place at Strayhorn... wonder if its floating?

[Jammin']

How about an update cap't? Hope the water stopped risen.

[captain_surly]

How about an update cap't? Hope the water stopped risen.

It crested at 663.34 feet at 7 a.m. this morning. That's about a foot higher than the pictures. Down to 663.27 at 3 p.m. The problem is more rain forecast for tomorrow and Sunday, possibly into Monday. .89 inches of rain across the entire watershed and we hit 667 which is the level of the spillway.

I don't think we'll be out of the woods for weeks.

I certainly appreciate everyone's concern.

[olevetonahill]

Cant believe it aint been done yet.:D
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[soonercruiser]

How high was it, Mama???

It was sooooo high that even Dean was gurling "Baaaaaan, baaaaaaan"!
:D

[Taxman71]

I did see where Pine Cove was under water yesterday and Blackgum Landing can be seen.

[BudSooner]

http://youtu.be/ezTiEg3z--c


This was Thursday at Cherokee, note the moron launching the boat NOT a good idea when the lake has alot of trees/logs and other debris floating around out there not to mention underwater hazards.

[StoopTroup]

http://youtu.be/ezTiEg3z--c


This was Thursday at Cherokee, note the moron launching the boat NOT a good idea when the lake has alot of trees/logs and other debris floating around out there not to mention underwater hazards.

Especially if that area has those concrete picnic tables and steel grills.

[BudSooner]

Especially if that area has those concrete picnic tables and steel grills.

That's just it as they have those there.

[GDC]

Well, it's raining like a MF here again today.

[OUHOMER]

we were up there last january and the lake was very low. Amazing what a few months can do

[BudSooner]

Well, it's raining like a MF here again today.

I just knew you had something to do with it. :D

[GDC]

I just knew you had something to do with it. :D

Well, there's a powwow this weekend, maybe a reverse rain dance is in order.

[soonerhubs]

Well, there's a powwow this weekend, maybe a reverse rain dance is in order.

Any events on Moonshine Road?

[BudSooner]

Well, there's a powwow this weekend, maybe a reverse rain dance is in order.**** that, tried it....got hail instead.


Any events on Moonshine Road?
Where is that?

[GDC]

Any events on Moonshine Road?

Not this weekend, that I'm aware of.

[SunnySooner]

My old stomping grounds. Hope y'all dry out soon, Cap'n.

When we lived in WA state, it POURED off and on, with measurable rain for 44 straight days. I'm still amazed I didn't strangle someone at some point. I hate rain. I'm sending some sunny vibes that way!! ;)

[captain_surly]

My old stomping grounds. Hope y'all dry out soon, Cap'n.



If you ever hung out at Boy Scout Point you drove right by my place. The property has been in my wife's family for years. My wife is from Muldrow and her mother retired as a teacher there. You probably knew my wife's son in school. Small world.