The Flood of ’93 | Living St. Louis | Full Episode

The Flood of ’93: Then and Now - A Living St. Louis Special | June 18, 2018
The Great Flood of 1993 was unprecedented in size and impact in St. Louis and much of the heartland. Twenty five years later, is the region better protected and better prepared or have important lessons been ignored?

[timsr.]

I am a retired utility who worked in South St. Louis County, I remember the flood of 93, i worked many 80 hour weeks, it just would not end.

[jasonwomack]

I was 12 during the flood. I'll never forget how it came up, stayed up, and every time people thought it might be ending one more crest would happen. I'll also never forget how many occasions I saw grown men with watery eyes, at their wits end. Many old timers had spent their entire life along the river, and saw action in WWII. Seeing even them struggle to grasp how bad it was, will always atick with me.

[lynadams]

Having been born on the Illinois side of the river in 1944 I have experienced flooding as a kid. I moved away in 1959. Like Hurricane damage and river flooding..why build so tight on the beach and on the river. Let space be there for water to do it's natural thing. There should never be building in a flood plain nor close to the waters edge on the beaches. Just my thoughts.

[midwestcountrystl]

Anybody remember the burger king boat at 3:54...

[generalkickass]

Im from st.louis I Will never forget I was in my teens when this occurred

[shannoncheney]

I was at Lowry AFB Colorado for training when this happened. I remember watching about it on the news and calling my Mom to make sure our family was okay.

[mrblock]

Great topic and discussion. It is gonna be unfortunate when all if Gumbo Valley goes under, but it is definitely gonna happen. The lessons will be learnt agian

[CJColvin]

The 2019 Flood is only 3 quarts shy of the 1993 Flood.

[DeAngeloStevens]

This was the month when the Network Production Music played some music during the Local Forecast on the Weather Channel.

[trashpanda]

That Valmayer city executive/former mayor is a really dedicated, genuine guy.

[animationalliance]

I was 5-6 years old during this. I'll never forget watching the water rising and rising over the days till my mom took me and my siblings to the top floor where we lived for months. I was 5 and turned 6 in that july. Worse birthday ever when the neighbor kept yelling we were all gonna die etc. It was crazy to think back on it now. I was a child playing in that vile sh*t water not knowing the the first day of rain wouldn't be over for weeks and I was never going to see Chuckie Cheese lol

[vsamuels]

I was working for American Meter Co., installing trace devices for Laclede Gas. I saw tons of damage, mostly on the South Side.

[rustycoleman]

Tennessee River had three Major Floods 2018, 2019, 2020 from Pickwick Dam to Kentucky Dam that all three surpassed in Great Flood of 1973 did major damage thru out Tennessee River Valley!

[D-Fens_]

Aside from the damage and the house floating away when the levee broke and all the other "whoa, this is Biblical in scope" stuff the thing I remember most was how much people cared and came together to help. It was trendy to go help fill sandbags. A group of my family went, somewhere I still have one of those cans of water A-Busch provided when they actually turned production cans into water to donate like something seen in WWII. It was mostly all in vain, but people tried.

[freedom]

No matter what you do or build Taming the great Mississippi will not happen. When he decides to take the land back there is no stopping him !

[Bluesbetter]

Dang I just came over this video I’m from Illinois but my dad was born in eureka in 1969 I bet my dad remembers this I’m not sure how old he was at the time he was prob mid 20s in college at Missouri state but idk

[nickelliott]

I spent that summer sand bagging and cleaning up.

[whewchile]

I was in third grade when this happened and I've been afraid of uncontained water ever since.

[jonaichs]

Damn, I certainly remember the great flood. I was 17.

[jodimcdaniel]

I remember seeing the flood of 93 on national television I was living in Jacksonville IL and I was just 10 years old