![]() O’Donnell thought his home would survive unscathed from the flooding, and that also appeared to be the case in Davenport, a city of 100,000 just a few miles north of Buffalo.Īfter rising for weeks, the Mississippi River reached its peak over the weekend in parts of southwest Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. “I’ll sit on the porch and drink a cup of coffee in the morning or couple beers in the evening and see everything pass in front of me.” “It was a lot of work to get the sandbags in place but then it was just a matter of watching and hoping it goes down,” said O’Donnell, a 79-year-old retiree who bought the house three years ago. He got his money’s worth Monday as the Mississippi crested at a near-record high just feet from his home, which was surrounded by sandbags and with a sump pump hose snaking from his basement. ![]() ![]() ![]() BUFFALO, Iowa (AP) - Dale O’Donnell bought his small brick home only 100 yards or so from the Mississippi River because he enjoys watching the river and wanted a good view from his front porch. ![]()
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