water, water everywhere

So it has been an interesting morning here in Northern Nevada. Woke up to the radio reports of the oncoming flood. Morsa called and said she was leaving her apartment so as not to get trapped there by flooded roads.

Jumped in my truck and went to the south part of town to check on all the ongoing projects, here are some pics of the water in and around the projects I have been working on:



Here is Toll Road, across Geiger Grade (going to Virginia City) from a subdivision I designed. As you can see by the roadside signs, there is no getting across this one.



Here is a bridge we designed under Steamboat Parkway. The rise of the opening is about 15 feet at the center.



Here is the creek immediately downstream of the bridge. I would say it is flowing about 6-7 feet deep here.



Here is what happens when a culvert crossing under a road gets clogged. Which is frustrating when you put so much effort into designing it so it works.



And here is what happens when a storm drain (or in this case, an irrigation pipe) gets too much water. This is a manhole whose lid has popped off, and the water is now flowing out of the manhole.

Of course, we are getting used to this extreme weather every New Year's - we got a few feet of snow last year. And despite how it looks in the pics, everything at our projects seems to be working pretty well. Hopefully it will hold up until tomorrow.

And hopefully Morsa will be able to go home tonight.