Sunday, March 21, 2010

Soggy Black Dog Road

The Minnesota River in our area is normally at 696 feet above sea level. With the record snowfall this winter, the Spring flooding has began. The city of Burnsville, our neighboring suburb, closed Black Dog Road from Highway 35W to Eagan on Monday. We went to see it for ourselves on Saturday afternoon. This road, which runs alongside the Minnesota River, will remain closed until further notice. If the water level reaches 710 feet, then 1.5 miles of road will be submerged under water!



20 comments:

Rob Siemann said...

Impressive! Will you change the name of the town into Venice, Minnesota? Guess your daughters would have loved seing it from closer.

Leif Hagen said...

You can see my curious nephew with his foot at the edge of the water. We all walked up there to see! What a mess!

Kate said...

It happens so often in the spring. Hope it doesn't get any worse!

Louis la Vache said...

That's a lot of water! This photo jogged «Louis'» memory of how far this water will travel. No doubt some of it that started here passed by here on it's way to the Gulf.

Louis la Vache said...

Leif, here's the Rotary at work in Japan!
;-)

Lowell said...

Not unusual from what I remember. We were married in Dassel in June and I recall the rivers to be crossed from Mpls to Dassel were all flooding and we were very afraid that friends from the Cities wouldn't be able to make it.

I'm not worried about you, though. I've heard that you can swim. Like a fish. Isn't that finny?

Judy said...

No matter what we do, the river will always win.

VP said...

Sorry for the water, nice pictures.

Gabriele said...

Das Problem hatten wir in Germany auch nach dem ganzen Schnee. Herzliche Grüsse aus Berlin

johnny said...

Este año ha caido mucha agua en todas partes,
Año de lluvias, año de bienes....refran español
Un saludo

Anonymous said...

With March 22nd being "WorldWaterDay" this entry of yours is for sure of interest. Hope it won't get any worse indeed.
A nice start into the new week and spring for you all, though.

Priyanka Khot said...

Whoa! that looks a little scary... I hope the water does not cross the danger mark and the roads open soon.

Unseen Rajasthan said...

This is common in India !!:)

Pat said...

Lotsa water! Our river levels have gone down, thank goodness, but if there is more rain....several years ago Belgrade had MAJOR flooding.

Anonymous said...

That sucks! Hope the flooding resolves soon.

airplane5312 said...

Oh I know that road very well, having driven it looking for photo ops, mainly in winter. Might just have to swing by next weekend for a look.

Bruce Caspersonn said...

I only wish we had some of that water here in Canberra. Our dams are only 54% full. You don't know how lucky you are.

Dina said...

Your shots really put us in the picture.

Unknown said...

This reminds me of the problems we have had this winter with the rain!...

Stefan Jansson said...

That's the weather for you! Some quality shots here.