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Lake Delton is gone
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) — Floodwater from days of rainstorms washed out an earthen dam and sent a 245-acre lake rushing into the Wisconsin River Monday, ripping homes from the shore and sending them floating downstream.
The overflow happened as authorities ordered evacuations and sandbagging in a number of towns across the southern portion of the state.
Lake Delton, a manmade lake and popular tourist spot south of the Wisconsin Dells, overflowed and emptied out Monday afternoon. Three homes were washed away and two others were torn apart. Gov. Jim Doyle vowed the state would work to replenish the lake.
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Jun 10, 2008 at 11:19 a.m.
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Tommy Bartlett can't stand up very far -- he's been dead since 1998. Still, it's good the show is not just letting people go.
Jun 10, 2008 at 11:15 a.m.
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Tommy is nor standing up any more. RIP Tommy.
"Thomson "Tommy" Bartlett (July 11, 1914 - September 6, 1998) was a Wisconsin showman and entertainment mogul. He is most often associated with the water skiing thrill show based in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, known as Tommy Bartlett's Thrill Show."
Source: WIKIPEDIA
Jun 10, 2008 at 10:21 a.m.
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I heard that Tommy Bartlett was trying to find work for all of the college kids he hired - over 175 of them. What a stand up guy!
Jun 10, 2008 at 9:32 a.m.
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The Tommy Bartlett Show is going to add "Mud Wrestling" to it's Stage and Air Shows.
Jun 10, 2008 at 4:36 a.m.
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wonder how long it will take to repair and fill back up?
Jun 10, 2008 at midnight
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IrishMafia,
You forget, Doyle is a politician, and more importantly a Democrat. They all specialize in making vows and promises without following through on them. Being a Democrat, he enjoys the added bonus of not having anyone in the main stream media perform a flagrant act of journalism and call him out on any of his failed promises. I have to say though, the Gov has had a rough couple weeks with regard to the Wisconsin economic picture.
Jun 9, 2008 at 11:54 p.m.
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under the picture of the houses giving way it says , "A home near the 254-acre Lake Delton in Lake Delton, Wisconsin was damaged when flood waters breached the bank and drained the lake Monday, June 9, 2008. Floodwater washed away three houses and threatened dams in Wisconsin as military crews joined desperate sandbagging operations to hold back Indiana streams surging toward record levels."
Indiana? and the streams down there are doing what?
hehe
Jun 9, 2008 at 10:52 p.m.
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Wow he's got his work cut out for him!
Jun 9, 2008 at 7:44 p.m.
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How terrible.
Roll up your sleeves, Doyle.
Making vows are only as good as the work you do to achieve them.
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