NKYknowitall Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Formidable flood puts a damper on Newport High School sports - Story Its almost a lake down at the Stadium. The football turf will be effected greatly and the baseball field is completely under water as well. Not sure when this will be drained as we will have to wait until the river level goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawildcat Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 What does the river level have to do with it? That water couldn't have come from the Ohio River flooding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKYknowitall Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 And now I will explain how when the river rises, the stadium gets water back up. The pipes run to a creek, which leads to the river. When the river rises, the creek rises. When the creek rises, the water backs up needing somewhere to go. Therefore, it backs up onto the baseball and football fields. This is not the first time this has happened, however this is the worst it has happened. So yes, this is from the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawildcat Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 And now I will explain how when the river rises, the stadium gets water back up. The pipes run to a creek, which leads to the river. When the river rises, the creek rises. When the creek rises, the water backs up needing somewhere to go. Therefore, it backs up onto the baseball and football fields. This is not the first time this has happened, however this is the worst it has happened. So yes, this is from the river. Gotcha....so why hasn't Bellevue's field flooded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKYknowitall Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 It happens a lot more often than people realize. It's just never been this bad. Once the water recedes and it starts draining out, it will take another week or so to dry out the baseball field. Gonna be a rough next couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDEaston Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 What does the river level have to do with it? That water couldn't have come from the Ohio River flooding. I'm not familiar with the area around the stadium, but if there are tributaries near by that flow into the Ohio, they are likely in much worse shape than the Ohio due to the Ohio not allowing them to flow. Again I don't know the area so its just a theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDEaston Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Man I'm a slow typer lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKYknowitall Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Gotcha....so why hasn't Bellevue's field flooded? Bellevue's field sits up higher than the creek. Newport's stadium is pretty much in a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonels_Wear_Blue Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bellevue's field sits up higher than the creek. Newport's stadium is pretty much in a hole. Looks like Newport's stadium could be as much as 30 feet lower than Bellevue's stadium depending on exactly where they fall in this topographic plat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexitucky Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bellevue's field sits up higher than the creek. Newport's stadium is pretty much in a hole. In '97, the creek rose up to the field goal posts on Bellevue's field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexitucky Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Kudos to Bellevue for stepping up w/ assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PepRock01 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'm pretty sure this is what Boone County's field looked like in the late 80s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincySportsFan Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Looks like Newport's stadium could be as much as 30 feet lower than Bellevue's stadium depending on exactly where they fall in this topographic plat... [ATTACH=CONFIG]49662[/ATTACH] Wow, if that's true, I never would've guessed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonels_Wear_Blue Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Wow, if that's true, I never would've guessed that. ...it's true. That's a certified United States Geological Survey map published only 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawildcat Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Wow, if that's true, I never would've guessed that. I was going to say it has to be true because CWB is never wrong. Very recently, I have changed my stance on this issue.:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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