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IT IS STILL NOT A
GOOD IDEA TO
COOL OFF IN THE
ELKHORN RIVER
TONIGHT --
PAPIO-MISSOURI
RIVER NRD
OFFICIALS TELL
WOWT 6 NEWS
THAT ACCESS
POINTS TO THE
ELKHORN ARE
CLOSED
RIGHT NOW THE
ELKHORN RIVER
IS RUNNING HIGH
AND COULD BE
DANGEROUS.
OFFICIALS
BELIEVE THE
ELKHORN
SHOULD RETURN
TO SAFE LEVELS
BY THURSDAY.
THE SITUATION
COULD CHANGE
IF HEAVY RAINS
FALL IN THE AREA
BEFORE
THURSDAY.
PAPIO NRD
OFFICIALS SAY
THE PLATTE
RIVER SHOULD
BE O-K FOR
RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITY,
BUT LAST
WEEKEND
THINGS GOT A
LITTLE SCARY ON
THAT RIVER.
JOHN CHAPMAN
CONTINUES OUR
COVERAGE.
THE RIVER CAN BE
VERY DANGEROUS
AFTER A HEAVY RAIN
THE RAIN
PUSHES UP THE
RIVER LEVEL AND
SENDS A LOT OF
DEBRIS FLOATING
DOWN THE
PLATTE.. A LOT
OF THAT DEBRIS
GETS CAUGHT
AROUND
BRIDGES..THIS IS
DEBRIS ALONG
THE LIED PLATTE
RIVER BRIDGE
NEAR SOUTH
BEND...JOHN
SENSER AND HIS
SON WERE
BIKING OVER THE
BRIDGE LAST
WEEKEND, JOHN
NOTICED A FEW
PEOPLE WHO
HAD TROUBLE
WHEN THE
APPROACHED
THE BRIDGE AND
ALL THE DEBRIS
AROUND IT.
08 38 18 THE RIVER
WANTS TO PUSH
YOU AND MAKE YOU
A PART OF THAT PILE
AND WHEN YOURE
ON A RAFT IT CAN
SUCK UNDER AND
GET CAUGHT ON THE
STICKS AND THE
WATER IS JUST
PUSHIG AGAINST
YOU 08 38 29
TRANSCRIBE
JOHN DID NOTICE
A FAMILY OF
FIVE....THEY HAD
LOST THEIR RAFT
IN THE FAST
MOVING WATER
AND DEBIRIS,
THEY WERE ALL
STANDED ON A
PILE OF
BRANCES AND
TREE LIMBS IN
THE PLATTE
RIVER..FORTUN
NTLY JOHN SAW
THEM FROM THE
BRIDGE AND
CALLED 911.
08 41 54 "SHORTLY
AFTER THAT THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
CAME AND DROPPED
THE LADDER OVER
THE EDGE AND
THEY CLIMBED UP TO
SAFETY" 08 42 01
IT WAS A GOOD
THING THAT JOHN
JUST HAPPEND
TO BE ON THE
BRIDGE LAST
WEEKEND..HE
HOPES THIS
GIVES PEOPPLE
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
BEFORE THEY
GET INTO ANY
RIVER IN OUR
AREA. WITH
PHOTRAGHPER
MIKE PLEWS
JOHN CHAPMAN
WOWT SIX NEWS.
THE FAST-
RUNNING HIGH
WATER ON THE
ELKHORN IS
ALSO COSTING
SOME BUSINESS
OWNERS ALONG
THE RIVER TO
LOSE MONEY,
WE'LL TELL YOU
ALL ABOUT IT IN
OUR SIX O'CLOCK
NEWSCAST.