...it's true. That's a certified United States Geological Survey map published only 2 years ago.

 

Touche. Didn't mean it to come off as doubting your or your source. I was just going off of the "depending" part of your original comment. It's just hard to imagine putting a three story building at Newport's stadium, and the top of it being at the same level as Bellevue's. They seem so much closer to the same elevation when you're coming down 471.

Touche. Didn't mean it to come off as doubting your or your source. I was just going off of the "depending" part of your original comment. It's just hard to imagine putting a three story building at Newport's stadium, and the top of it being at the same level as Bellevue's. They seem so much closer to the same elevation when you're coming down 471.

 

Totally understand. I actually went to the USGS topo because I didn't think there was really much, if any, elevation difference in the two either and I was kind of doubting @NKYknowitall 's post and I wanted to confirm. Looks like he/she knew it all in this case.

Well if all the rubber crumbles float away it would actually be a good thing according to this article.

 

Feds promote artificial turf as safe despite health concerns

Totally understand. I actually went to the USGS topo because I didn't think there was really much, if any, elevation difference in the two either and I was kind of doubting @NKYknowitall 's post and I wanted to confirm. Looks like he/she knew it all in this case.

 

@Colonels_Wear_Blue I've been in Newport my entire life. Played football, basketball and baseball when I went to school there. I'm probably one of the few Newport insiders on here.

@Colonels_Wear_Blue I've been in Newport my entire life. Played football, basketball and baseball when I went to school there. I'm probably one of the few Newport insiders on here.

 

Wish there were more. Kids from all schools need better representation on here.

This is Trinity's baseball field

 

This is Trinity's baseball field

 

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The mound and home plate look to be dry!

The mound and home plate look to be dry!

 

I don't think the hard stuff's gonna come down for quite awhile. I'd keep playing.

This is Trinity's baseball field

 

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Ouch. They won't be playing home games for a while. Do the Louisville Bats have turf?

Ouch. They won't be playing home games for a while. Do the Louisville Bats have turf?

 

Louisville Slugger Field is grass. Plus now they have a minor league soccer team playing on the field in addition to the Bats. Not a chance Trinity an swing that deal.

I don't think the hard stuff's gonna come down for quite awhile. I'd keep playing.

I see what you did there.

Mystery of flooded Newport sports fields solved - Story

 

NEWPORT, Ky. - A city official in Northern Kentucky is admitting to possibly making the decision that caused flooding of high school athletic fields.

 

Nearly all the outdoor fields for Newport High School athletics were underwater for several days after heavy rains caused the Ohio River to reach levels not seen since 1997.

 

Inches, maybe feet of dark brown, murky water soaked the synthetic playing surfaces for the Wildcats’ football field and inundated basketball courts, the school's track and several baseball fields.

 

The flooded fields remained a mystery to principal Tony Watts until earlier this week. That was until Doug Roell stepped up and took credit for it.

 

Well, he took partial credit anyhow.

 

"That decision rests with me,” Roell, the community services director for the city of Newport told WCPO on Thursday.

 

Roell says the athletics fields just happen to be in spot identified as a retention or stormwater overflow area.

 

Because of that distinction, there's a pipe that runs from the fields to nearby Taylor Creek. It can be left open for rainwater to drain out, or closed to keep the creek from backing up and flowing onto the fields.

 

"So, you're kind of trying to figure out the idea timing between the two. Do you close it? Don't you close it? And if you close it, at what time so you actually minimize the flooding down at the park?” Roell asked rhetorically.

 

“Unfortunately, we weren't too successful this time."

 

Roell says the damage shouldn't take long to clean up – "a couple days, I would think."

 

Newport High School’s athletic director, Matt Schmitz, isn't quite so optimistic. He said it could be months.

 

"We'll have the sanitation company come in and inspect everything because besides just the turf and grass and the actual surface, we’ve got dugouts, the fences, the walkways, the water fountains, the equipment – everything that was touched by that will have to be inspected."

 

And he worries the recently installed artificial turf on the football field may need to be replaced.

 

The high school staff hopes to have a sanitation crew on campus Friday to inspect the damage.

 

No one from the city or the school would discuss an estimate on the cost of possible repairs or whether not they expect insurance to cover most of the damage.

 

In the meantime, the athletic programs at Newport High School are forced to play elsewhere. Community leaders and other schools have stepped up to let them use their facilities.

The water at Trinity's baseball field has receded. Now to get the new sod down. Thankfully it hadn't been laid before the flooding.

 

I certainly don't want to make light of this flooding. But some of the old timers I'm sure remember the ball field at Goebel Park in Covington. That thing would flood darn near every time it rained from sewer backup. We'd wait for the water to recede and be on that field ASAP. I even had football practice down there. No one got sick or even so much as a rash. Probably because we were outside all the time, building up our resistance to things.

Check out Manual Stadium right now here in Louisville...