High water

[Mom70x7]

Jo -

The Wichita Eagle today talked about your park:.

Here's the story: http://www.kansas.com/sports/story/122535.html

One of the quotes from the article -

At the peak of flood waters, only about 30 of Elk City State Park's 860 acres were above water.

We used to live just north of the dam and would frequently drive through the park, so I know the area well. That's a lot of water!

[Dee Gee]

Yes, it was a lot of water, in the 20 plus years I have lived here it was at least three feet higher than in was in October of 1986.  It was something to see the water running over the uncontrolled spillway by over 4 feet.  The article was interesting but included a pitch for additional funding to me.

[Jo McDonald]

That was a good article -- and Yes it did mention that there is needed funding -- and when you see all the work that is still to be done, the budget probably will be Very Shy of what is actually needed.
Seems strange that the officials can afford to fly over in the helicopter - but they 
can't afford any extra funds for the needed reconstruction that will have to be done to bring it back up to spec.
Seems to me they could maybe find some alternate means of determining the needs of the flood victims.