Southeastern Minnesota 2007 Flood
 

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Houston Area
Rushford Area
Hokah Area
Brownsville Area

Hokah

Brownsville

 Area Relief

 

Houston County Clean-Up

 

Make checks to:

Salvation Army

(can designate where you want it to go)

 

Mail to:

Merchants Bank

1 Sprague Square

Box 188

Caledonia, MN 55921

Powell

Fund

 

Make checks to:

Tom Powell Benefit

Mail to:

Security State Bank

P.O. Box 276

Hokah, MN 55941

 

Zibrowski Fund

 

An account has been set up for Harold and Phyllis Zibrowski of Hokah.  They lost their home on County Road 7 and Harold was hospitalized for ten days after this.  He was stuck in the mud after the hill side came down on their home. 

 

Make checks to:

Harold & Phyllis Zibrowski Fund

 

Mail to:

Home Federal Savings Bank

208 S. Walnut St.

La Crescent, MN  55947

 

Brownsville Mudslide Benefit

 

Make checks to:

Brownsville Mudslide Benefit

 

Send to:

Brownsville Mudslide Benefit

Eitzen State Bank

115 N. Hwy 44/76

Caledonia, MN 55921
 

Brownsville

Bulletin Board

1.  Saint Patrick Parish House has cleaning supplies.  Those in need -you can  pick up Mon -Sat 9 a.m. to 4 p.m - items were donated from St Patrick school in Waukon Ia.

Hokah and Brownsville Areas

Until seeing it for yourself, it is truly impossible to imagine the devastation this unexpected, powerful act of nature did to the southeastern Minnesota region. The absolutely serene Como Falls Park with its unique waterfall and striking landscaping done totally by volunteers has divided the meandering creek in half and  is  now matted down with trees and debris. (Note the before and after pictures below)
 
 

Como Falls Park - Hokah

Entry to Como Falls Park before flood

Before August Flood

Before August Flood

Before 2007 Flood Disaster

After August Flood

After August Flood

After August Flood

After 2007 Flood Disaster
 

Highway 7 east of Hokah leading to Highway 26 towards Brownsville is filled with landslides as high as the bluffs.

 

Hokah and Highway 7 East

Highway 16 intersection - Hokah

Cars buried in sand

Intersection of Highway 7 and Highway 16
     

House on Highway 7

National Guard in Hokah

Heart wrenching

     

     

     

 

Highway 26 North of Brownsville

     

     

     

     

     

 

 

 

 

 Brownsville Area

Pictures by Bob and Ruth Thomsen

Most of the pictures are Highway 26 north of Brownsville

 

1st house that was destroyed in Brownsville

2nd house destroyed

Destroyed home from pontoon
     

Another view of destroyed home

View from the road

Car was next to house that was destroyed
     

Boulder just missed road

Boulder

House next door to destroyed home
     

Front yard with mud

Keeps raining

Mud
     

Mud above boathouses

Mudslide

Very dreary weather
     

 
 

The water rushed through the creeks and down the bluffs creating landslides on all sides of Hokah and Brownsville. Some started at the top of the bluffs and raced down wiping out everything in their paths - dirt, trees, structures ...showing no compassion.  Note the destruction of the houses in the pictures above. Railroads became rollercoasters and roads were unrecognizable. Truly a nightmare for all.
 

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