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MIAMI, Oklahoma (AP) -- A storm system that lingered over this northeast Oklahoma community and caused widespread flooding may have left the state, but rivers continued to rise and experts warned conditions may yet worsen. art.oklahoma.flooding2.ap.jpg Goldie McLaughlin, of Independence, Kansas, relaxes with her children Tuesday at a shelter in Coffeyville. Flood warnings were still in effect Wednesday for the rain-swollen Neosho River, which forced hundreds of residents to evacuate, blocked access to key roads and flooded academic and residential buildings at a state college when it breached its banks. The river crested at 29.2 feet at about 1 a.m. Wednesday and wasn't expected to fall below its flood stage of 15 feet until Sunday morning, said Chuck Hodges, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tulsa. "The upper system that has been almost stationary over Oklahoma and given us all the rain has drifted well south into Texas now," Hodges said. "So for the next several days, there will only be a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain just about every day." Video Watch how floodwaters turned a kansas road into a river » The change couldn't come soon enough for the water-logged region. Besides the floodwaters, one river carried an oil slick toward a reservoir that supplies water to several cities. An estimated 42,000 gallons of thick crude oil that spilled from a Kansas refinery on Sunday floated with mud and debris down the Verdigris River, coating everything it touched with a slimy, smelly layer of goo. Coffeyville Resources, the refinery's operator, said Tuesday the tank that overflowed and spilled the oil down the Verdigris had been secured. Environmental officials were planning to conduct water sampling where the oil slick made its way. The oil slick had been making its way toward Lake Oologah, a source of drinking water for the city of Tulsa, and came within 5 or 6 miles of the lake entrance. The spill wasn't expected to have an impact on the water-supply intakes located well below the surface at the south end of the lake, said Skylar McElhaney, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. Photo Flooding submerges the U.S. midsection » Evacuated residents were advised to wear protective coverings when they return home to avoid touching the oil.

With all the recent storms that have lingered over the Kansas / Oklahoma region, something really nasty was bound to happen.

An oil refinery in Coffeyville, KS was flooded w/ waters and spilled out over 40,000 gallons of oil....

link below has a video from cnn showing the flooding and all the oil floating in it.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/03/fl...rch#cnnSTCVideo

almost looks just like New Orleans did after Katrina

Damn I'm glad I don't live in the midwest.

only in Miami


oh wait

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thats what I call a slicky situation

we had a similar situation here in that a huge dam was beginning to show signs of cracking last week, and they were pumping water out so they could repair it but if it would've burst, it was straight down a hill into sewage works, then a major power station then a whole city (rotherham or barnsley i think) and would've been very nasty

lol gay reporter!

...i liked his shirt

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