http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/OPPD_Says_Fort_Calhoun_Station_Rumors_Untrue_124105214.html
There has been a lot of rumors recently concerning flooding. OPPD, which operates the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Station just north of Omaha, addressed some of those rumors saying they are not factual.
But an internet site claims there are serious problems, saying flood waters are endangering the plant and a 'no fly zone' was installed to cover up a radiation leak.
The plant's chief nuclear officer, Dave Bannister, said none of that is true.
Bannister said for the plant to get to a disaster level, floodwater would have to rise three and a half feet above where it stands now.
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/17/2958429/floodwaters-might-hit-kc-by-midweek.html
The endless complexities have made prediction a tough task, said Ross Wolford, a hydrologist working long days for the National Weather Service in order to try to predict the river's flow.
"We don't have, nor does the Corps or anyone else have, a hydraulic model of what the river's going to do," Wolford said. "There's a lot of art in the way we estimate."
Hence the new midweek arrival date for floodwaters in Kansas City.
"It's really a guesstimate right now," said Tom Waters, chairman of the Missouri Levee & Drainage District Association. "Two or three weeks ago, they would've said the water would have been here late this week, early next week."
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