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River water is rising as the weekend’s heavy rainfall trickles down from Alabama through the Choctawhatchee. It’s putting several places in a state of emergency, including parts of Washington County, where the worst isn’t over yet.
“Last couple years it’s been dry, and now we got water like we’ve never seen before,” said Washington County Commissioner Donnie Strickland. The river measured 17.14 feet Monday afternoon. That’s 5 feet above flood level.
“The park that used to be there is all under water,” said Strickland pointing toward a nearby boat landing, “today from lunchtime it came up about a foot.”
Road blocks and sand bags are in place as they prepare, but with 8 to 14 inches of rain in the forecast this week, the worst may be yet to come.
“It’s finally making its way down to Washington County. For the next week, week and a half from here to Ebro, it’s going to be rough,” said Strickland.
Some nearby residents are headed to higher ground, like Tommy Pittman.
“It’s about the same as the rest of them,” the life-time resident said, “It gets pretty bad sometimes.”
With his truck packed, Pittman will be staying with relatives in Vernon.
“Just used to it,” he said, “If you’re going to live here that’s what you have to do.”
One of the worst floods in the town of Caryville was in 1994 when waters rose above 6 feet. Officials say finding a place to stay is the best preparation.
“Be prepared, if you see water coming up,” said Strickland, “Get out.”
Washington County Emergency Operation Center officials are also reminding everyone not to drive or walk across washed out roadways, and pay attention to all road closures.
Hi-Mar.31, 8:30 A.M. Age 73 yrs old.
We live at Jenkins Landing on the Choctawhatchee River and it’s over our local Choctaw Rd this AM. We have pulled 3 of our rental travel trailers to higher ground nearby this morning. The water is rising as we watch.
It takes about 3 days to get Caryville’s crest downriver to our bank. is up 3 steps at our place already. When our water gets to the 9th step, our yard will be flooded. In 1995 our yard flooded to the back of the barn and we had to canoe to get anywhere. In 1990 we flooded all over and lost our place. We replaced our double wide a new house on stilts, which was built according to Wash.Co. regulations.
We are getting our canoe ready to go back and forth today because we can’t drive our truck across the road anymore. Jenkins Landing is cut off by road now. The coming rain will make things a lot worse before it’s all over. We’re OK.
I will keep on WMBB on line for the latest on the River Level. Thanks!
Priscilla Aldrich
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Hi, 04/01/09 7:00 am
We are still at our place on the Choctawhatchee River. The river is almost into our yard. Our immediate concern is that our house is on stilts and stands on a giant concrete slab. That’s a lot of weight. With the ground saturation, and being close to the river, it is thought (by a builder), that our house might sink into the ground, and might disappear. Hope that doesn’t happen! The water that is covering the roads at Jenkins Landing is slow. Roads are eroded. Not much change since last evening. River is roaring hard past our bank. One boat house submerged. Still have power so I can write this. We have a generator if needed. We have one travel trailer in the woods on higher ground where we can canoe to if necessary. Have food, water and medications. No new plans right now.
Hope all folks keep safe out there!
Priscilla Aldrich
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