Having been born on the Illinois side of the river in 1944 I have experienced flooding as a kid. I moved away in 1959. Like Hurricane damage and river flooding..why build so tight on the beach and on the river. Let space be there for water to do it's natural thing. There should never be building in a flood plain nor close to the waters edge on the beaches. Just my thoughts.
@@stoogie. You sound angry. If you experienced flooding or worse that is sad. I understand more than you know. I will pray for you and hope you are blessed.
I always wondered that too. I understand that commercially, economically, farming etc needs to be right there, but as someone's prime residence? I'm baffled.
I was 5-6 years old during this. I'll never forget watching the water rising and rising over the days till my mom took me and my siblings to the top floor where we lived for months. I was 5 and turned 6 in that july. Worse birthday ever when the neighbor kept yelling we were all gonna die etc. It was crazy to think back on it now. I was a child playing in that vile sh*t water not knowing the the first day of rain wouldn't be over for weeks and I was never going to see Chuckie Cheese lol
Boo hoo for st Charles and St. Louis counties. I was living in Foley and Winfield in 93 and it was the very worst of the entire flood in those towns. Some houses could only be found by their tv antenna.
Aside from the damage and the house floating away when the levee broke and all the other "whoa, this is Biblical in scope" stuff the thing I remember most was how much people cared and came together to help. It was trendy to go help fill sandbags. A group of my family went, somewhere I still have one of those cans of water A-Busch provided when they actually turned production cans into water to donate like something seen in WWII. It was mostly all in vain, but people tried.
Tennessee River had three Major Floods 2018,2019,2020 from Pickwick Dam to Kentucky Dam that all three surpassed in Great Flood of 1973 did major damage thru out Tennessee River Valley!
I was 12 during the flood. I'll never forget how it came up, stayed up, and every time people thought it might be ending one more crest would happen. I'll also never forget how many occasions I saw grown men with watery eyes, at their wits end. Many old timers had spent their entire life along the river, and saw action in WWII. Seeing even them struggle to grasp how bad it was, will always atick with me.
Dang I just came over this video I’m from Illinois but my dad was born in eureka in 1969 I bet my dad remembers this I’m not sure how old he was at the time he was prob mid 20s in college at Missouri state but idk
I was in the flood of 93 I was 10 years old. We lived in apartments off river Des Peres. We had to leave in a boat and had one bag. We were instantly homeless. We stayed at coral courts motel the last week it was open then no home. FEMA gave my mom 600 for me and my 2 brothers that’s it 600 dollars
I was at Lowry AFB Colorado for training when this happened. I remember watching about it on the news and calling my Mom to make sure our family was okay.
Great topic and discussion. It is gonna be unfortunate when all if Gumbo Valley goes under, but it is definitely gonna happen. The lessons will be learnt agian
I am a retired utility who worked in South St. Louis County, I remember the flood of 93, i worked many 80 hour weeks, it just would not end.
Thank you for your service!
Having been born on the Illinois side of the river in 1944 I have experienced flooding as a kid. I moved away in 1959. Like Hurricane damage and river flooding..why build so tight on the beach and on the river. Let space be there for water to do it's natural thing. There should never be building in a flood plain nor close to the waters edge on the beaches. Just my thoughts.
tell that to like 80% of the world's population
@@stoogie. Hi! Are you commmenting to me or in general?
@@stoogie. Did you grow up in the area?
@@stoogie. You sound angry.
If you experienced flooding or worse that is sad. I understand more than you know.
I will pray for you and hope you are blessed.
I always wondered that too. I understand that commercially, economically, farming etc needs to be right there, but as someone's prime residence? I'm baffled.
I was working for American Meter Co., installing trace devices for Laclede Gas. I saw tons of damage, mostly on the South Side.
I was 5-6 years old during this. I'll never forget watching the water rising and rising over the days till my mom took me and my siblings to the top floor where we lived for months. I was 5 and turned 6 in that july. Worse birthday ever when the neighbor kept yelling we were all gonna die etc. It was crazy to think back on it now. I was a child playing in that vile sh*t water not knowing the the first day of rain wouldn't be over for weeks and I was never going to see Chuckie Cheese lol
Damn,I certainly remember the great flood. I was 17.
Man . What happend to your Hair Man , Went Silver Pretty Quickly , Looks Cool , Yep We got Flooding :\ QC
I was sandbagging in crystal city mo
It was the year of the Water Rooster in chinese zodiac 🐓 💧
Boo hoo for st Charles and St. Louis counties. I was living in Foley and Winfield in 93 and it was the very worst of the entire flood in those towns. Some houses could only be found by their tv antenna.
Farrakhan told us. He told us what was gonna happen, but yall just aint listen.
Anybody remember the burger king boat at 3:54...
The 2019 Flood is only 3 quarts shy of the 1993 Flood.
Aside from the damage and the house floating away when the levee broke and all the other "whoa, this is Biblical in scope" stuff the thing I remember most was how much people cared and came together to help. It was trendy to go help fill sandbags. A group of my family went, somewhere I still have one of those cans of water A-Busch provided when they actually turned production cans into water to donate like something seen in WWII. It was mostly all in vain, but people tried.
Im from st.louis I Will never forget I was in my teens when this occurred
I was 13 living in St. Louis County
Tennessee River had three Major Floods 2018,2019,2020 from Pickwick Dam to Kentucky Dam that all three surpassed in Great Flood of 1973 did major damage thru out Tennessee River Valley!
I was 12 during the flood. I'll never forget how it came up, stayed up, and every time people thought it might be ending one more crest would happen. I'll also never forget how many occasions I saw grown men with watery eyes, at their wits end. Many old timers had spent their entire life along the river, and saw action in WWII. Seeing even them struggle to grasp how bad it was, will always atick with me.
That Valmayer city executive/former mayor is a really dedicated, genuine guy.
This was the month when the Network Production Music played some music during the Local Forecast on the Weather Channel.
Dang I just came over this video I’m from Illinois but my dad was born in eureka in 1969 I bet my dad remembers this I’m not sure how old he was at the time he was prob mid 20s in college at Missouri state but idk
I was in the flood of 93 I was 10 years old. We lived in apartments off river Des Peres.
We had to leave in a boat and had one bag. We were instantly homeless. We stayed at coral courts motel the last week it was open then no home. FEMA gave my mom 600 for me and my 2 brothers that’s it 600 dollars
Sorry for the grief! Come to NYC... its built on bedrock hill 65 feet above sea level, no floods, no hurricanes, no earth quakes.
No matter what you do or build Taming the great Mississippi will not happen. When he decides to take the land back there is no stopping him !
I spent that summer sand bagging and cleaning up.
I was at Lowry AFB Colorado for training when this happened. I remember watching about it on the news and calling my Mom to make sure our family was okay.
I remember seeing the flood of 93 on national television I was living in Jacksonville IL and I was just 10 years old
I was in third grade when this happened and I've been afraid of uncontained water ever since.
Great topic and discussion. It is gonna be unfortunate when all if Gumbo Valley goes under, but it is definitely gonna happen. The lessons will be learnt agian
The other news on that day that’s not about weather
Never, EVER say that there would “be less damage and we’d be better prepared.”
Mother Nature has a way of dealing with that level of arrogance.
Is this where Algore discoverers Global Warming? Interesting.
Wow it's been 30 years. I was just a 8 year old.
manbearpig at 4:20
10 years Anniversary June/July 2003
You guys are right it's gonna happen again I'm scared my mom was watching the news and it said there might be a flood because it rained a lot
Ahhh....Al Gore. Bulls***er extraordinaire.
I was a little kid when the flood happened
I was born during the flood 8/17/93. Crazy that this was 30 years ago 😭.