Rain causes brief flooding

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Rusty Murry/Daily Mail

The Marmaton River breaches its banks and covers Minie Ball Rd. northwest of Nevada on Monday morning. Two days of constant rain had left rivers and creeks in the area running high and creating hazardous flood conditions in many low lying areas, even rising above portions of U.S. 71 north of Nevada and portions of U.S. 54 near Drywood Creek; but these reopened early Monday. Motorists should use caution when driving in flood prone areas and remember to never drive into moving water. The Missouri Department of Transportation has this simple recommendation: "Turn around, don't drown."

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Lightning struck a transformer in my area during the storm. The NFD came and checked it. I called the city dispatcher to see if they notified KCPL that electricity was out. Their response, "no. call them yourself". Nice people.

-- Posted by TerryB on Tue, May 1, 2012, at 8:39 PM
they are right call ur self, nfd puts out fires not call power company duh

-- Posted by vcbill on Tue, May 1, 2012, at 10:14 PM
They always have before when one is struck by lightning. I hear it on the scanner all the time.

-- Posted by TerryB on Tue, May 1, 2012, at 10:22 PM
Keep in mind it was not NFD or a city employee that told you that it was the dispatch center at the county jail.

-- Posted by ccmom on Wed, May 2, 2012, at 8:22 AM
Terry, Just call 888-LIGHT KC next time (that's the number on my KCP&L magnet that I use - they always ask you to report it yourself). Calling yourself allows dispatch and the fire department to deal with more urgent matters.

-- Posted by tfallin on Wed, May 2, 2012, at 11:57 AM
The NFD has a number that leads to a person, that way if there is special circumstances, a person on oxygen etc, they can realize it's a priority. Anyone else who calls gets a machine. And a house who has a person on oxygen was the last one to get reconnected.

-- Posted by TerryB on Wed, May 2, 2012, at 4:27 PM
If you have someone in your home requiring utilities for medical reasons, please let the utility companies know that in advance. I've had two situations where we could not be without power for long (my son with heart monitors and my mother with oxygen) and I knew to make the utility company aware of long-term needs in advance. Doing so might help you next time, as you are then in their system as a household that needs attention when you report your outage. Trying to do it after the fact is difficult in the midst of a crisis. Just a head's up.... Many folks may not realize you can do this in advance and save some trouble.

-- Posted by tfallin on Wed, May 2, 2012, at 5:38 PM

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