December 14, Reservoir Fails

I'm posting this at 3:45pm on the day that the Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir failed. The river at Black River Lodge was about a foot higher than yesterday, but we have never seen the river this color. All the silt that was washed off the mountain and from the ground at the Shut-Ins is still moving down the river. We drove up to the lower dam and the water was comming over the top of the dam, but just over, not very deep. There are a lot of downed trees floating in the Lower Reservoir. As I find out more information I will post it to this page. There are 6 TV stations broadcasting from the parking lot at Lenny's. Lesterville has never seen a day like today.