Project Flood

We recently completed a project in West Baden Springs, Indiana for a new town hall. My cousin was the architect on the job. Anyway, we had to show the Indiana Department of Natural Resources that the floor elevation for the new building was higher than the 100-year flood elevation. The Corps of Engineers had done two studies in the area to determine this elevation and the building was designed accordingly. The building is now under construction.

Most people were wondering why the building sat up so high. Even the oldest residents noted that they had never seen water up to that level.

I received a couple of e-mails from my cousin today. The first noted that there was water coming up around the building but that it ought to be safe. The second was a forwarded e-mail from the West Baden Springs police department indicating that water may actually enter into the new town hall building sometime today.

I've attached several pictures showing the extent of the flooding in this town. Unfortunately, the pictures were taken by a local resident who wasn't really part of the new town hall project so it's not in any of the pictures. However, I can tell you that it's directly across the road from Fast Eddie's gas station and you can see that the water in that picture is getting up to the top of the pumps.