24 August 2013 (19:27 UTC-07 Tango 23 August 2013)/17 Shawwal 1434/02 Shahrivar 1391/18 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711
Officially, Idaho has been in a drought since 2000. Has it finally ended for Bannock County?
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- Pocatello’s Center Street underpass at record flood stage! No long term resident has ever seen so much water here. Max clearance is 12′ 2″ (almost 4 meters)! City officials warn it is electrified, due to contact with major electrical lines! This pic by Jenny Schow
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- Yellowstone (aka State HWY 91) in front of Fred Meyer. They closed North 7th, right after I made the mistake of driving down it. 1st gear all the way, or the force of the water just stopped my Kia.
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- Pocatello Fred Meyer loading dock. Employees had to block through traffic.
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- WinCo loading dock.
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- Water level danger close to electrical box near WinCo trash compactor.
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- WinCo waterfall.
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- Pocatello Ford dealer lot underwater. It doesn’t help that it’s below street level.
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- Hmmm, boat look good right now…
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- Employees were scrambling to move vehicles out of the flood zone.
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- The culprit. Flandro Drive is funneling the flood water right into the Ford dealer’s lot.
There were many other streets flooded, including residential streets that had water up to the axles of the pick up trucks parked on the side of the road, and all the front yards were flooded. There were parts of Yellowstone Avenue that looked like someone took a sledge hammer to it, lots-o-new pot holes. My camera battery died, and it didn’t help that some jerk in a big SUV almost drowned me as I was taking pics!