Tons of people had come to look at the river this weekend. Many were confused becuase it had not rained it a while, so why would the river flood? I'm not sure, but it was probably runoff water from the rains we had a few days earlier. The river was at its highest on Saturday/Sunday, and by Sunday morning it started to go down again. There was alot of pieces of trees floating down the river as a result of flood damage.
My friend talked to a police office on Saturday morning who said parts of lower campus had flooded over night. She works at the bookstore in Davis and then had to help get merchandise out of the basement because the water had gotten in there. She said alot of merchandise was waterlogged and pretty gross.
I talked to another friend who has lived in Eau Claire her whole life and she said she has never seen the river this high before. So the flood definately was a unique event and one that got the public's attention.
Article from WEAU on receding water:
http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/103828399.htmlSaturday
(Above: Saturday at 9am from the hill)
(Above: Saturday at 2pm from the main campus side of the footbridge)
(Above: Saturday at 2pm from the main campus side of the footbridge)
(Above: Saturday at 2pm from the main campus side of the footbridge looking towards Haas)
(Above: Saturday at 2pm from the main campus side of the footbridge)
(Above: Saturday at 2pm from the main campus side of the footbridge)
Sunday at 1pm
(On the main campus side of the footbridge)
(Above: On the footbridge)
(Above: Behind Haas)
(Above: Behind Haas)
(Above: Behind Haas)
(Above: Behind Haas)
(Above: On the footbridge)
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