Lake Shoal Creek Joplin-flood pictures

[Miriam C.]

We made the National weather news with all the floods so I thought I would share some pictures. Can't get near the river at the falls and I doubt if they even look like falls.

Ok here is normal. This is the Under Cliff campground at Tipton Ford SE of Joplin.


This is what it looks like from 71 highway. Can't get to the thing now. If you look carefully there is an RV in there. Several smaller campers and a Pickup truck


The road going to the campground


And this is Wildcat Park just S of Joplin


Propane anyone


I've seen if flood but not like this. I hope to get out tomorrow and get some really good shots.

[Miriam C.]

Hope you enjoy these. I got down to the river at the falls so I could get a picture. The river is down about 10 feet today.





Guess what we call this bridge?


There are more in the http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/ ... od%202008/

[Miriam C.]

Hope you enjoy these. I got down to the river at the falls so I could get a picture. The river is down about 10 feet today.





Guess what we call this bridge?


There are more in the http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/ ... od%202008/

This is normal

[tonyj]

Guess what we call this bridge?

I have no idea what you call it up there, but in Texas, we would call that bridge "underwater."

[Miriam C.]

Guess what we call this bridge?

I have no idea what you call it up there, but in Texas, we would call that bridge "underwater."

Right! Ok you got me. However the formal name for this bridge is "Low Water Bridge."

[tbeau]

I grew up around joplin and can remember seeing the falls some what like that. How is the river road between 71 and 86 hwy. They built a big white house just up the road from the old readings mill bridge, I am curious how it has faired. Any idea?

[Miriam C.]

Well it is a good thing they built it multi storied.

Is this the one?


The house is all right today. This is River rd yesterday. The mail boxes are across the street from the house.

[tbeau]

Yes thats the one. I love to drive along that road, love the view. As they were building it and every time I drove past it after it was finished, I wondered what would happen if it flooded. Great shots. Any pictures of or from the old bridge? my family whent walking along the trail from the old bridge to wildcat park last Nov. I guess all that work is probably lost.

[Miriam C.]

The water was up into the French restaurant and it was moving rather fast so I think the trail work will have to be redone. The park it's self looks to be ok. I didn't get a picture of the Bridge. Shame they are letting it waste like that.

Oh and the restaurant is back to being a swimming pool


I added some pictures of the French restaurant to the photobucket.
http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u78/ ... od%202008/

[CAJUN LADY]

I have been meaning to ask you this entire week if you and Mike were safe from the flooding. That area looks terrible and so many lives lost. I sure hope you guys and your family are ok.

[Miriam C.]

I have been meaning to ask you this entire week if you and Mike were safe from the flooding. That area looks terrible and so many lives lost. I sure hope you guys and your family are ok.

Thanks for asking Becca. We live E of Joplin and ona hill. Joplin would really all be under water if we got flooded. We have had enough rain in past years to flood the crawl space and needed to pump it out.

Some ladies I met out by the river say it is not at record levels at the river. They were born there and remember it being to the bridge in 1943. Yes I talk to everyone.

[tbeau]

Some ladies I met out by the river say it is not at record levels at the river. They were born there and remember it being to the bridge in 1943.

I know my mom has talked about that. She was pretty young at the time, but My great aunt who lived to be around 93 told stories about that.


I miss the pool. I loved the big slide. that water was cold on fill up day, straight out of the spring, took your breath away. I have not been there since it became a restaurant. I do like to drive by.

[Mike C.]

I loved that pool too. I was born and raised in Joplin in the 50's and went to that pool from the time I was little until I left to move to KC in 1975. They closed it sometime after that. They filled it with spring water every Wednesday, and it was so cold, that it took a brave person to get into it.
The slide was about 50ft tall and I tore the seat out of my swim trunks on it when I was a teenager, kinda embarrassing. I guess too many people were getting hurt in it, and their insurance rates had gotten too high. It was a really fun pool to go to and I miss it today.

[Laredo]

Miriam & Mike,
any word on the state of things around Seneca?
and by the by, does "Needham's Store" on 43 South still exist?

[Miriam C.]

Miriam & Mike,
any word on the state of things around Seneca?
and by the by, does "Needham's Store" on 43 South still exist?

Hi girl,
Ruby, my sister says Seneca is doing great. The hills allow for great run off. They do have lots of "wet weather streams" still.