Waterville battles largest flooding event in its history
City administrators say 1,000 volunteers have already filled and distributed 60,000 sandbags, and there have been talks about bringing in the National Guard.
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It's 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 waterville now.
@xTracii
15 күн бұрын
But actually I hope they are doing okay
@browngreen933
15 күн бұрын
Underwaterville actually. I also hope they pull through okay. Floods are no joke.
"I didn't move to waterville to deal with this kinda thing.' - residents
Whoever named the place, knew their stuff. 😢
@jamesellis2784
14 күн бұрын
I’m melting .I’m melting .
My thoughts & Prayers from former Midwesterner. Tragic to see your homes,Towns being devastated.
Waterville certainly lived up to its name 😨 Hope everyone stays safe and can recover. What an insane situation!
Imagine that. Flooding in minnesota, the "land of 10,000 lakes."
@timRosco1760
12 күн бұрын
❤😂
So awful for these people..hope they all recover their lives again..
It's a "fluid situation"? He seriously made that pun?
@PsychoThirteen
15 күн бұрын
He was quoting "city leaders", but still... what you said.
@SirNic4180
15 күн бұрын
It's just water under the bridge 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. You better start using those bootstraps I keep hearing about😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@bradley-eblesisor
10 күн бұрын
Seems pretty disrespectful.
Former resident of Stillwater Minnesota writing to you from the central highlands of mexico. It's raining and flooding here too, like never before...practically the entire country.
wow what a nightmare. Sorry for these people
@sl4983
16 күн бұрын
It's engineered weather. Weather warfare
@Amir_Nassir
13 күн бұрын
@@sl4983 yes, it's HAARP for sure
Sad for the home owners ...pray for you all .
National guard is on its way.
When I see things like this, all I think is how much mold will be growing in those homes & businesses… like when we had flooding here nearly every other year for a decade.. people drain the water and move back in… Indoor molds kill. And you don’t even know what’s happening, what’s causing it, or how serious it really is. It really was only since hurricanes Katrina & Sandy that the general population started to understand the health impacts of indoor molds. It makes me cringe. My daughter & I had our health severely damaged from indoor molds at 2 different homes that had water damage that we didn’t know about until it was too late. There was very little info available and no help. We are still trying to recover more than a decade later.
@derekmason7507
15 күн бұрын
I live in that area maybe 20 minutes away and thats all i can think about seeing all this flooding is how much mold people are going to have and not tale it seriously… its a living Hell somtimes Being sick from mold exposure and micotoxins
@mollypaintscows
15 күн бұрын
Mold was my first thought. Indoor mold is so dangerous, a silent killer.
well, it's name IS WATERVILLE - it's kind of to be expected ,no?
@sl4983
15 күн бұрын
That didn't go past the weather handlers
@vne5195
14 күн бұрын
They changed the name to Waterville in response to global warming. It's all caused by global warming.
Guaranteed this flood has knowing happened decades before this town was built.
We all need to pray for God's mercy on the world!
I'm so sorry for your pain, prayers for all.
I feel for these people we have been thru it. 😢
I’m so sorry for these folks. I went through this with IAN hurricane so I understand the heart feelings of these folks. I pray and hope your lives are spared and you will find a way to endure and rebuild. My heart breaks for you 💔. Fla is in hurricane season now so we understand these folks feelings.
Buckle up.
Leave folks go to higher ground .stay safe
Wow so much water!
@sl4983
16 күн бұрын
It's intentional engineered weather. Weather warfare
@xTracii
15 күн бұрын
The pfp matches the comment 😂
I knew I couldn't be the only one hearing the irony in this city's name...
Waterville is connected to the Cannon River system that feeds east. The Cannon Lake is at a all time high, flooding houses in some areas. It flows into Wells lake that goes into the city of Faribault, it has over flown near the dam and the Cannon River is flooding areas and roads thru the city.
The town being "nestled between two lakes" makes it sound so charming.
@frankblangeard8865
15 күн бұрын
Until the water in the lakes rises.
@hoosierdaddy8002
15 күн бұрын
Hence Waterville.
@daviddamelio1671
15 күн бұрын
Why on earth would anyone live there???
@uberdang830
15 күн бұрын
If you live in a flood plane it's going to flood at some point.
@packers12to80
15 күн бұрын
@daviddamelio1671 I live in florida....ppl live where the live for hundreds of reasons. I've been thru many hurricanes . There really isn't anywhere in the US u can escape mother nature. From frozen to hot to hurricanes to tornadoes.....just what it is
Never move to a place called 'Waterville ' and expect it to be dry!😅😅😅😊
So so sorry for everyones agony
Why blame Mother Nature? Y’all know who’s to blame you just can’t admit it!
"Waterville" Irony at it's worst. I believe this town was flooded out maybe 10 years ago?
@lissalea8014
15 күн бұрын
It floods every year, it’s just a matter of when and how much
@tessmoore3762
14 күн бұрын
About every 10 years this part of Minnesota has major flooding. They have flooding most years, but major flooding about every 10 years.
Climbs the trees? ? Ladders helmets climbs the roofs? ? Helicopters rescues? ?
The town is now hear by called Moldville
Oh what a disaster, is there anything we as a community can do to help?
The national guard should've been called days ago.
@BadWolf1958
15 күн бұрын
The national guard should have been called when Minneapolis was burning.
@Sabios33
15 күн бұрын
@@BadWolf1958I saw the national guard patrolling the streets
@lissalea8014
15 күн бұрын
@@BadWolf1958dude, shut the hell up. They were called. Get the hell over it.
@lukewarme9121
15 күн бұрын
The Red Bulls are in the Middle East right now!
National Guard should have been there awhile ago.
Handtrucks. Bags of sands.
Note to self, don’t live anywhere named Waterville.
So why do they call it Waterville?
Heartbreaking
Living up to the name
You live in a town called Waterville. What did you expect?
Boats. Canoes. Sails boats.
I would invest in a flood barrier tube if I lived in an area like this.
Hard times make strong people they will do fine good strong people
🙏🏼
Waterville, hmmmm
@sl4983
16 күн бұрын
Exactly. It's engineered weather. Weather warfare
Is it still like that
Lifes jackets. Wood floats.
Where so dry in my place right now we having heat wave thiers a rain forcast but never rain yet gosh this one is to much
How many miles does Babs travel each week?
@HanifBarnwell
16 күн бұрын
😂 he’s been skating on thin ice for a while, he’s taking any assignment to get off his PIP. 😂
@ryanwall1780
15 күн бұрын
@@HanifBarnwell Oh man, I need to know more. What's up with Babs?
@HanifBarnwell
15 күн бұрын
@@ryanwall1780 just a bad joke, we all know Babs is a Fox9 team player!
@ryanwall1780
15 күн бұрын
@@HanifBarnwell Man, hell yeah!
Buckets. Repeats. Drainages the waters.
Literally
Digs ditches with shovels pickaxes to drainages the waters to the ocean!!!
Waterville flooding imagine that...
No. I will not stop the rain dance.
Flooding in a town called Waterville!
Get on your knees and Pray everyday for the rest of your Life
1,700 humans & a few crocodiles
Too much rain
Wheelsbarrows. Flatbeds trucks.
Blessinges, The Watteres, came-downe...✝️🕊️
Minnesota?
@xTracii
15 күн бұрын
Yes
I would take what is left of my house drag it to dry land in pieces and build an ark. 😂
Well its name isnt "Dryville" after all
Pipes. Pumps.
safe until you see that minnow in your glass
I grew up here
@johnmcclendon2571
14 күн бұрын
As a little minnow?😂
Helicopters. Searches and rescues? ?
😊..
could be worse…ducks and carp versus gators and snakes
The Waterville name didn't age well.
if you live between two lakes you might want to expect an occasional flood.
@lissalea8014
15 күн бұрын
No shit, they probably plan for it weeks ahead of time
@Ryan5oh7
14 күн бұрын
Actually no. This is like once in a century flooding. We don't get bad flooding around here ever
waterville u say
"Waterville" is flooding?
water is resistant:(
Irony alert.
Lifes jackets. Run uphill. Walk uphill. Roll uphill. Rows boats uphill.
@sl4983
16 күн бұрын
It's engineered weather. Weather warfare. Haarp
Some real bad weather in Virginia and Maryland New Jersey Delaware New York in West Virginia they're on the way RPS 111
Need help up there joe
@kathleenscheidt9587
14 күн бұрын
Keep voting against the reality of global warming. Get your paper towels out
Truck car engine trailer a boulder and or rocks to repair the bags sand wall broken by water flood.
Gov. Dont care only about ukr.😮😢
Weed ,Ca
"...all they shall receive is the sign of Jonah..." The eclipse isn't the sign of Jonah, that was God. Jonah is remembered because of the whale... the sign of Jonah.. is water.
“I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD Almighty. Isaiah 14:23
Waterville became a water ville.
It looks like a lot of water everywhere United States going to have 500 tornadoes Angela's and earthquakes and some volcano eruptions thunderstorms tropical storms and hurricanes RPS 111 or Raymond Paul Sullivan III
Uncle Joey sent all the money overseas
Lemme guess.....we get to "bail out" lakefront homeowners.....who didn't have flood insurance......
"La notte è avanzata; il Giorno è vicino.".
Waterville town built between two lakes 😂 ffs
Boats.
In His great love, God tries to awaken mankind from their selfish occupations and worship Him, Who created and sustain all the planets, not only ours, see Revelation, chapter 14, verses 6 to 12: "Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth-to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.” A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.” A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus." The mark of the beast is honouring the Sunday, instead of the seventh day of the week, the Sabbath, which God sanctified and blessed since the creation of the earth, see Genesis 2: 1- 3: "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done."
Aren't they just getting what they asked for? I mean with a name like Waterville? Didnt' they all move there because it had such a charming, picturesque name and now they want someone else to have the water that they don't want any longer.
Trump would have stopped the flooding.
It's engineered weather. Weather warfare
@ARandomDonut
16 күн бұрын
Bro what are you smoking
If the world were run by vegetarian women instead of meat eating men, this would never have happened.
waterville, hmmm. foreshadowing much?
All the money that would have been set aside to help this issue has been sent to Ukraine and now you must suffer. Enjoy the water in Waterville.
Karma.
@xTracii
15 күн бұрын
Fym karma? What did they do?
@lissalea8014
15 күн бұрын
For what?!?!
Dumb people built near a lake that is unstoppable
Why not pray to your god? No you plead with something called Mother Nature.