July 1, 2007
Ottawa, Kansas
Photographer states :: The main street bridge is completely submerged.
Ottawa — During heavy rains here Saturday, Tyler Carey, 24, could see the water ominously inching toward his house in the eastern part of the city.
It crept within 3 feet of his front porch. By Sunday evening, Carey looked out onto the body of water that had spilled over from the Marais des Cygnes River, which runs through Ottawa. It had overwhelmed the bottoms area by his house near East Second and South Poplar streets.
“I never thought in my wildest dreams that it would come all the way up to my house,” he said.
His two closest neighbors had left during the flooding, and Carey and his wife propped up their furniture. The couple and their three children spent Saturday night elsewhere with family, but they were back at home Sunday because the waters never reached the home.
“Everyone’s pretty much in shock,” Carey said....
It crept within 3 feet of his front porch. By Sunday evening, Carey looked out onto the body of water that had spilled over from the Marais des Cygnes River, which runs through Ottawa. It had overwhelmed the bottoms area by his house near East Second and South Poplar streets.
“I never thought in my wildest dreams that it would come all the way up to my house,” he said.
His two closest neighbors had left during the flooding, and Carey and his wife propped up their furniture. The couple and their three children spent Saturday night elsewhere with family, but they were back at home Sunday because the waters never reached the home.
“Everyone’s pretty much in shock,” Carey said....
