Prayers have been answered. I am so glad that the water stopped and is receding. Hope all continues to go well. By the way Rene, do you fly fish for the carp there ? Jimi
Jimi and all, situation has improved a lot. The rain stopped and the water didn�t rised as much as expected. We came out last night with a maximum of 9.75 meter and the water is now falling with 1 cm/hour. The historic old town (incl. my favorite flyshop) stayed dry as well. Here in the southern part of cologne a lot of streets are below water, I myself live in a area which is �save�. We are now 6 meter above the regular level, it needs 1,5 meter more that the water reaches me. Never had this in the past. If you want some pics: http://www.stadt-koeln.de/hochwasser/bilder/03808/index.html Look at the third pic. Without this barriers the old town would have been flooded and you see how tight it was. water is moving down now to the Netherlands, hope our firends there will stay dry as well. Dry socks and tight lines Rene -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Samstag, 4. Januar 2003 14:38 Betreff: Re: [VFB] Rain - Rain - Rain >We will pray that it rises no more Rene. >Jimi > > >Ed, > >We do not have much trout in the Rhine, beside Carp and Whitefish we have >pike, walleye and an increasing but small amount of See-trout and Salmon >(Yeah, Samon has returned into the Rhine and is spawning in some >tributaries.) > >Fishing is impossible, today we have a water level of 9,50m, thats appr. 6m >(7yards) over the regular level. The �banks�of the river are on out streets >which are near the river and in the living rooms of some poor guys. > >When the river will return in his bed fishing will be as usually (hopefully) > >BTW: Prognosis from this morning: High level will be at 9,99 m, no kidding, >that�s 1 cm below the level of the walls and damms which protect the old >town of Cologne.
