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A WEBSITE FOR THE BOATING COMMUNITY OF THE
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Monday...Monday 30 June 2008 Over 1.4 Million Visitors Strong !
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Picture of the Day
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Bill, A little flood water doesn't
keep the residents of Grafton and a few die-hard boaters
down. It's a great opportunity for a party. I have sent
a few pictures from Saturday and Sunday at Grafton
Harbor. Obviously we are an island but a great one at
that. The pictures are of a party on the porch on
Saturday, the Loading Dock under water, Piasa Winery
from the back and one of the rock wall from the back of
our boat. It's no longer hard to see over it and the
turkey buzzards sure like to sun themselves on the top.
NOAA says we saw the crest and the water should be on
the way down. Hopefully we will all be out on the river
soon!!! Valerie Aulabaugh
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Yesteryears Picture of the Day  Click on pic to enlarge
Actually this sunset kept getting better and better and better......But the sad news is...my pictures didn't ! Have a safe boating weekend !
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Winfield Ferry..............Closed Golden Eagle Ferry......Closed Grafton Ferry...............Closed Brussels Ferry............ Closed |
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Palisades Yacht Club.....Closed North Shore Oasis........Closed Cedar Hill ....................Closed Sundowners.................Closed LongShot Saloon..........Closed Graftons Landing..........Closed Kinders Restaurant.......Closed (water shouldn't get into the bar & restaurant)
Great Rivers Towboat Festival scheduled for June 28 & 29...... CancelledState Of Mind Water Sports Poker Run scheduled for July 19...Cancelled 3rd Annual Classic Boat & Outboard Show Sch'ld for July 21-22... Postponed |
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Updated Sun at 8:00AM
The list is getting shorter !
To: ALL MARINERS to go to NAVNOTICE # 1196... Check the CG/COE Hot Topics website for most current memos |
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Click here and check them out..... Click on the Slide Show C lick on the "i" icon in the picture to turn on text info.
A "Big Muddy Thanks" goes out to the following contributors Greg Moore, Mike Halley, Randy Johnston, Darryll Weil, Harry Ragland, Tauni Shuck, Valerie Aulabaugh, Erika Zimmerman, Anna, Mitchel, Jim & Ter, Aristotal Jones, Julie Mibbs, Steve Francis and Friends, Jeri Levesgue, Kelsie Brown, Mr Cocktail, Carl Seidler, Scott Nailor, Jerry Boyle, Connie Pickering, Tom Yates, Scott Johansson, Barry Munsel, Damian Sigman, Tom & Lou Lenkman, Gary Lucy, Cory Cissel, Mark Cutler, Dave & Carrie Ash, Ron Bachman, Lenny Bidwell, Gary and Judy Meinersahgen, Bob Slough
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Hi Bill, Click here and check them out..... ~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~
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We walked across the bridge yesterday to take a few pics. No water in the Lighthouse Inn, and only about 3' in the marina office. Lloyd and Mary Two Rivers Marina Click here and check them out..... ~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~^~~~~~
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The Big One !
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2008 Flooding in the Alton Pool by location 2008 Flooding in the Alton Pool of the Mississippi
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St. Charles County Flood Information Hotline............... 636-949-3025 US Army Corps Of Engineers Flood Fight Page............ Click hereUS Army Corps Of Engineers Flood Event Status Map....Click here The Missouri Department of Transportation road closures ...Click here
Illinois Levee Maps http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/pa/ILLeveeSummit-maps.html Missouri Levee Maps http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/pa/MoLeveeSummit-maps.html
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per Missouri State Water Patrol News Release dated 6-16-08......
By order of the United States Coast Guard Sector Upper, the Mississippi River is closed to recreational boating traffic from mm 361 to mm 168.7 Click here to read entire news release Click here to check out the Missouri State Water Patrol website |
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Per
NAVNOTICE # 1181.........
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The National Weather Service has issued the following flood Statement:
FLOOD STATEMENT ..... Click here |
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The water levels are starting to fall finally. Alton was at 33 feet on Sunday and is expected to reach 33.2 feet on Monday. Grafton is finally peaking at 30.8 feet. The Illinois River at Hardin has already crested and is starting to fall. Workers have done a good job of stacking sandbags. They even built a wall around the Portage Des Sioux Water Plant. The Missouri National Guard is still keeping an eye on the water though. They are especially watching low spots in West Alton. Hopefully this will be the end of it. To read this full story in the Alton Daily News, click here |
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For right now, the sandbagging has come to a halt in the St. Louis region for now. On Saturday, the last 1,600 foot barrier in Lincoln County broke, which destroyed about 90 homes and did damage to about 70 homes. On Sunday the waters were supposed to crest in the St. Louis area. For now, they feel that the other levees will hold, so they have stopped sandbagging. If you would like information about future volunteers needed, call 1-800-426-4626. To read this full article on STLtoday.com, click here |
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Click here for information on fireworks displays at US Army Corps of Engineers Lakes in the St. Louis Area |
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A couple of boating incidents reported this past weekend.
Collision/objects / Lake Of The Ozarks - 06/29/2008
Victim struck a tree on shore.
News Release N07080089 2 Boat Collision / Lake of the Ozarks - 06/29/2008 Boat #1 was travelling parallel with another seadoo. Operator of boat #1 turned left and then made a sharp right. Witnesses stated operator of boat #2 came out of no where and struck boat #2. Operator of Boat #2 was cited for Operating a pwc within 50' of another vessel and operating motorboat while intoxicated
Click here to check out the Missouri State Water Patrol website |
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Dated
27 June
is available on-line for the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.
Click here for the "Mississippi River" section of the report and scroll down to your favorite fishing area.
Click here for the "Illinois River" section of the report and scroll down to your favorite fishing area.
Go to http://www.ifishillinois.org for the complete report. |
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Log on to your cell phone web browser & go to the following url address: http://www.riverbills.com/river.html . |
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Grafton, Illinois is a great river town. They are used to the Mississippi River and they do what they can to keep their little town going. Most of their antique shops have remained open in spite of the flood waters. A few of the restaurants are still open also. The owner of the Loading Dock has decided to open up a temporary restaurant on the east side of the property. The Health Department allowed it because he will have portable toilets and hand washing stations. He is waiting about a week because he doesn’t want to cause too much extra traffic. He will be opening up though soon and he will sell barbecue and beer. To find out exactly when he will be opening, you can call 618-786-3494. To read this full story on the telegraph.com, click here |
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Bob Slough e-mailed RiverBill's that Luttrell Marine is open for business. Give them a call ! |
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Due to the ongoing flooding of the Mississippi River.... Little John has had to evacuate. To contact him for work or anything else of import he has his cell phone with him and has sporadic email access. His cell phone number is: (636) 541-2962 He has a mobile shop set up in the race trailer and is staying in the motor home temporarily.
Darryll Weil |
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June 30, 1870 in River History
The event kicked-off of the St. Louis annual Veiled Prophet parade and festivities.
Click here for more info |
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According to STLtoday.com, areas such as Winfield, Foley and Clarksville were all hit hard with the flood this year. Old Monroe was lucky enough to miss the worst part of it. Even though they did get high waters and several homes got water in them or in their basement, there are still many places that got very little damage. There were a couple of residents who totally ignored the warning to evacuate on Friday. These residents have lived there all their lives and feel that they don’t have anything to worry about. Even though their house is on higher ground, the roads around it are flooded. They have to take their Jon boat to go into town to get anything. They can get to their house only by boat. To read more about this town and a few of these residents who were born and raised in Old Monroe. They plan on holding out and they say that they’re not going anywhere. To read this full story, click here
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The people in Hardin have been working hard, as many other river towns are to keep the water from getting to them. They have been sandbagging and working around the clock to save their homes and businesses. They are driving farther to work due to road closures and the ferries being down. Now they are questioning the barge traffic. They have wondering why there isn’t a speed limit for these barges that send wakes up to their sandbagged shoreline. They are also asking why they do not have to stay in the middle of the river. They feel that this would help the large wakes that come rushing in their town. On a better subject, the state of Illinois just received $3.5 million in funds to pay 200 workers to start cleaning up the flood areas. They need workers to clean up damaged facilities and others to deliver food, clothing and other items to the flood victims. To read this full document in telegraph.com, click here |
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Matt Neustadt, the 29 year old farmer from Portage Des Sioux, who was starring in a reality show, “Farmer Wants a Wife,” was not able to join his friends to watch the finale of the show on Wednesday night. He had to take care of his farm. Since 800 of the 2,000 acres of his family land has got 6 to 15 feet of water in it, he is working to save as many crops that he can. He had to wait until after the show to express his true feelings for one of the single city women who were trying to impress this good old country boy. It really bothered Matt every week when he had eliminate one of the ladies. He was very impressed by 23 year old Brooke. In fact, he would love the chance to talk her into moving to the ‘Show Me Stat.’ Right now his thoughts are not on the reality show, they are on reality – the flood. To read about this story, Matt’s show and his farm life, click here on STLtoday.com
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The Weekend Report Sat, Sun...28, 29 June 2008 Over 1.4 Million Visitors Strong !
Sun at 9:00AM...more 2008 Flood Pictures, Clean Water Act, Updated Lock and Dam Closures, News, Pic of the Day, River Level Charts Updated Sat at 4:00PM ... US Army Corps Press Rel, Mo Dept Cons Fish Report, 2002 260 SeaRay For Sale, More Pics on Little John's website, Little John's is open for business, Redneck Yacht Club Party, Lock and Dam Closures, Barge hits Eads Bridge, Winfield News, Army Corps Engs news Rel |
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Alton Marina #1 Henry St, Alton, IL .....(618) 462 - 9860The Finest Marina On The Mississippi
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K.J.'s Place 1530 Highway J, Portage Des Sioux (636) 899-1139
Welcome All Boaters ! for Map from Map Quest to go to K.J's webpage |
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Picture of the Day
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Bill, I saw someone else had posted a
picture of the Spirit of Peoria when it was in Alton a few
weeks back. I took this picture last Sunday just south of
the Route 24 bridge (McCluggage Bridge).
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Picture of the Day
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The good news is the Mississippi River has almost crested at Winfield !
Correction: On 01 Aug, 1993 ... the Mississippi River crested at Winfield, Mo during the record setting flood of 1993
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E-mail Commentary of the Weekend
Get on your soapbox, write a commentary, tell us what you think !
From:
"Clayton Murphy" <claytonm21@bellsouth.net>
Bill,
This is a public service for the boaters who frequent this website. E-mails posted are the sole responsibility of the person who wrote them; they are not reflective of the views or opinions of RiverBills.com LLC. RiverBilll's reserves the right to only post e-mails written in good taste. Full name is appreciated |
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Yesteryears Picture of the Day Sunday
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“Calloway Steam Generators”
was sent in by Bert Yates.
He wrote
"Here’s a sight not often seen on the Upper Miss. Although the picture quality is poor, the bright white cylinders laying on their side are two of the four steam generators being replaced at Callaway during this fall’s outage. The trip started from Chalon, France on May 12th and they arrived at Callaway’s Missouri River docking facility on June 21st. Each steam generator weighs in at a svelte 371.5 tons, not including the packing and shipping containers. Not quite what Mike Tyson tipped the scales for his last fight, but definitely in the heavyweight class! "
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Yesteryears Picture of the Day Saturday
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“Foggy Sunday Morn”
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Winfield Ferry..............Closed Golden Eagle Ferry......Closed Grafton Ferry...............Closed Brussels Ferry............ Closed |
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Palisades Yacht Club......Closed North Shore Oasis.........Closed Cedar Hill ....................Closed Sundowners.................Closed LongShot Saloon...........Closed Graftons Landing...........Closed Kinders Restaurant........Closed (water shouldn't get into the bar & restaurant)
Great Rivers Towboat Festival scheduled for June 28 & 29...... CancelledState Of Mind Water Sports Poker Run scheduled for July 19...Cancelled 3rd Annual Classic Boat & Outboard Show Sch'ld for July 21-22... Postponed |
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Updated Sun at 8:00AM
The list is getting shorter !
To: ALL MARINERS to go to NAVNOTICE # 1196... Check the CG/COE Hot Topics website for most current memos |
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More pics from Bob Slough
Click here and check them out..... Click on the Slide Show C lick on the "i" icon in the picture to turn on text info.
A "Big Muddy Thanks" goes out to the following contributors Greg Moore, Mike Halley, Randy Johnston, Darryll Weil, Harry Ragland, Tauni Shuck, Valerie Aulabaugh, Erika Zimmerman, Anna, Mitchel, Jim & Ter, Aristotal Jones, Julie Mibbs, Steve Francis and Friends, Jeri Levesgue, Kelsie Brown, Mr Cocktail, Carl Seidler, Scott Nailor, Jerry Boyle, Connie Pickering, Tom Yates, Scott Johansson, Barry Munsel, Damian Sigman, Tom & Lou Lenkman, Gary Lucy, Cory Cissel, Mark Cutler, Dave & Carrie Ash, Ron Bachman, Lenny Bidwell, Gary and Judy Meinersahgen, Bob Slough
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Finally edited a couple of video clips from the June 18th flyover with Lloyd of the flooding in Alton Pool. Go to the Con Trios Yacht Club website (www.contriosyachtclub.org) and then click on the "Photo Galleries" link.Darryll Weil, webmaster
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