Saturday, April 2
The waiting begins, both for those who have boats at Sunset Marina and for the entire Quad-Cities.
It was amazing how much of the 100 and 200 Dock parking lot got covered with the about .2 of a foot rise. Since Friday the water had come up on both sides of the lot, leaving only a space as wide as a two-lane road down the middle. But the water didn't come over the road, so all the debris is being swept down the slough between the marina and Pettifer Island. And the pair of geese are back.
At 10 p.m. Saturday the water had crested at 16 feet and was expected to hold steady until Sunday then begin a slow fall, very slow. Now all anyone can do is watch the crest and the storm clouds up north in the weather report. If there are no significant rains, the crest should stay where it is before it begins to fall. If a major storm hits them, our water can come up -- possibly fast.
The fall is predicted to be excruciatingly slow, so we'll remain vulnerable until the river gets down to a lower stage.
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