The Wait for Water~

 We wait daily - for any new news coming from either our town Facebook pages, or from the Glenwood School District.  City officials have been relatively quite when it comes to providing the community with information.  Most of us are relying on the GSD updates that are informative & give an idea of where things stand with regard to our fresh water service.  Mills County Emergency Management starting sending out updates on the 22nd.

3.27.19  Glenwood Water Treatment Plant

No end in sight?  That was the last part of the lead line in our local Opinion-Tribune newspaper, distributed yesterday.  Some of the statistics in the article are impressive.  Just the cost of hauling the water in, is $40,000. per day...

A new well is being drilled, but had a set-back last night.  (Click on the link to view the video.) They're going 350 feet down, it's not an easy operation & they're working night & day.  Once they have the water, it's supposed to take anywhere from 3-7 days for DNR to do the testing.

Our boil advisory is still in effect.  That makes it difficult for the local restaurants, but most, including the Gathering Place are still open & serving hot meals!  Here's another video on our news.

We've become a town of porta-potties & boxes of bottled water, along with collection points to return the empty bottles.  Smaller trucks fill up nightly & set up shop in town, offering fresh water for those who bring in their containers.  A huge help to the community.

I still have pots & the tub full of water that we were told to collect prior to the boil order.  A shower is about 30 seconds & glad to have it!

NE State Patrol~

Everybody is helping Everybody!  It's the greatest feeling to see so many doing so much for so many more!  One of my favorite video's is courtesy of the Nebraska State Patrol.  There is very little negativity here.  Even those who've lost everything, look for ways to lend a hand.

Some photos almost make us laugh!  Iowa State Patrol

Butch drove the choir on a 350-mile round-trip to Nebraska yesterday.  He said the damages there are as bad as we've seen...  Both states are planning a full scale effort toward recovery!  (The choir won the competition!)
 
Today, we're back to gray skies, but so far the rain has remained very light!  Things still don't look positive for the next couple days.  Next week we're to go back into the 60's & that should help - or not - if more melting comes down river?
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