Coffeyville, KS Flood Photos
- Thread starter Kathryn Piotrowski
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mrobinett
EF3
Jeff Smith
EF3
Relief effort...
I am heading up a small relief effort to go to Coffeyville this Saturday, July 14th. We will be taking up toys and school supplies for children and youth. I would appreciate your thoughts & prayers and if you would like to help, please pm me. Thanks!
I am heading up a small relief effort to go to Coffeyville this Saturday, July 14th. We will be taking up toys and school supplies for children and youth. I would appreciate your thoughts & prayers and if you would like to help, please pm me. Thanks!
John Diel
EF5
This is the town I grew up in ages ago. It is truly heartbreaking to see the photos and the video from the area news services.
However, this isn't the first time it's flooded like this in Coffeyville. Maybe not to this great extent, but I have seen flooding very close to this level many years ago. Unfortunately, Coffeyville sits in the lowest part of the state. Most of the town is built on the Verdigris Flood Plain.
I think the saddest part is that the town has been struggling for the past few years to even remain alive. Recession has hit this region extremely hard and Coffeyville has seen close to 50% of it's population leave over the past 20 years. This flood will be very hard to recover from for the city.
Jeff & Kathy, Your photos speak volumes to me. Most of the places you took photos I know very well. The one of the Regal Inn? Well, that was probably the best thing to happen to that place. In reality though, I know several residents on that particular side of town and know they will e struggling to recover. Coffeyville is the one that made the news though. Independence was also very hard hit, as well as points east in the farmland areas. I also know several folks in those areas. The entire region around there is basically a big swamp right now. I hope they will be able to recover from this, but it almost appears that it will be more like N.O. and Katrina, only a much smaller scale.
John Diel
However, this isn't the first time it's flooded like this in Coffeyville. Maybe not to this great extent, but I have seen flooding very close to this level many years ago. Unfortunately, Coffeyville sits in the lowest part of the state. Most of the town is built on the Verdigris Flood Plain.
I think the saddest part is that the town has been struggling for the past few years to even remain alive. Recession has hit this region extremely hard and Coffeyville has seen close to 50% of it's population leave over the past 20 years. This flood will be very hard to recover from for the city.
Jeff & Kathy, Your photos speak volumes to me. Most of the places you took photos I know very well. The one of the Regal Inn? Well, that was probably the best thing to happen to that place. In reality though, I know several residents on that particular side of town and know they will e struggling to recover. Coffeyville is the one that made the news though. Independence was also very hard hit, as well as points east in the farmland areas. I also know several folks in those areas. The entire region around there is basically a big swamp right now. I hope they will be able to recover from this, but it almost appears that it will be more like N.O. and Katrina, only a much smaller scale.
John Diel
