FLOODS AS A SIGN OF TRANSITION -
Nationally, it was called The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993. Others called it the Great Flood of 1993. While the Minnesota River didn't get its name into the historic titles for that year's flooding, it was a major event in the MN river valley and ranks as the highest river reading ever at Mankato.Ken Weilage, who lived a few miles north of North Mankato on Highway 169, remembers the flood well. "
We were there since 1975 and never had much trouble up until '93," said Weilage. Hearing the predictions of major flooding, Weilage built an earthen dike around the entire five-acre site. While the water rose to the very top of the levee, it protected the buildings from damage.Unlike most floods, which hit southern Minnesota in March or April — the results of heavy snowmelts and spring rains — the flood of 1993 came in June with the river reaching a crest of 30.1 feet June 21.
And the flooding in 1993 was unique in that it affected the Missouri, Minnesota and Mississippi rivers for several months with different areas getting pummeled from April to October — and many places being hit repeatedly.The floods were the most costly and devastating in U.S. history with $15 billion in damages. The flooded area totaled 30,000 square miles and was the worst disaster since a massive Mississippi flood in 1927. (66 Years before) The flooding actually had its origins in the fall of 1992, when there were unusually heavy and persistent rains that left the soil saturated just before the ground froze.
Sunday morning, August 2, 1992 - after being urged by The Holy Spirit for the previous 24 hours to drive 120 miles one way to a Good Thunder house fellowship. During worship in that house church, I saw a vision of a branch blowing in the wind. Later it morphed into a eucalyptus branch.
I couldn't discern what the branch was even though I looked at it for several minutes in the vision. On my return trip to the metro, I felt my head being gently turned and I saw fields of corn with tassels, and I realized that the 'branch' I had seen blowing in the wind was a corn stalk with tassels.
Being born and raised in the city, I did not understand the significance of that vision. I asked God what does it mean? The Lord told me to ask my father, who became very animated as he explained to me exactly what the significance of the tassels meant. I didn't know this but he had de-tasseled corn in his youth in southern MN and explained to me the entire process of cross-pollination.
Two weeks later August 16, 1992, I shared this vision at that same house church gathering in Good Thunder. I prophesied that a significant move of God was going to sweep this region.
A few weeks later in the fall of 1992, God invited me to watch HIm take this city but I would have to move here and live among the people. In November of 1992, I took a job in Mankato at only 33% of what I was making at the same job in the metro, my first day was December 2, 1992.
I couldn't discern what the branch was even though I looked at it for several minutes in the vision. On my return trip to the metro, I felt my head being gently turned and I saw fields of corn with tassels, and I realized that the 'branch' I had seen blowing in the wind was a corn stalk with tassels.
Being born and raised in the city, I did not understand the significance of that vision. I asked God what does it mean? The Lord told me to ask my father, who became very animated as he explained to me exactly what the significance of the tassels meant. I didn't know this but he had de-tasseled corn in his youth in southern MN and explained to me the entire process of cross-pollination.
Two weeks later August 16, 1992, I shared this vision at that same house church gathering in Good Thunder. I prophesied that a significant move of God was going to sweep this region.
A few weeks later in the fall of 1992, God invited me to watch HIm take this city but I would have to move here and live among the people. In November of 1992, I took a job in Mankato at only 33% of what I was making at the same job in the metro, my first day was December 2, 1992.
In the spring 1993 the snowmelt, followed by persistent rains, continued to drain water off the landscape and into the seven rivers that flow into the Mankato lower valley area.
On ABC News' "Nightline," Ted Koppel reported on the historic flooding along the Mississippi River, noting that heavy rain across the Upper Midwest was fueling the flooding and pointed out that Mankato had received more than 9 inches of rain, 240 percent move than average.
While the flooding caused damage and headaches, it didn't stop people from making the best of the situation."I would have moved out in '93 but they said it was a 100-year flood, so I thought it was going to be fine. But then we had 100-year floods in '97 and 2001 and 2010."That's when we moved out," he said.
In the spring of 1997 our mid-week house meeting had grown to over 30 people (58 was our record). That summer the Minnesota River Valley had its second '100 year flood in just six years.'
In October that year over one million men gathered on the Mall in Washington DC for the last great Promise Keepers event. And God called us to a new church (Christian Life Center) in early November 1997 my first Sunday was November 2, 1997.
In February of 1998 we were asked to move our house meetings into the rented church building near West High School. We averaged around 35 people each Wednesday night. Our meetings were steady for a couple of years at around 35 but began growing again during the year 2000. And the size of the meetings and the powerful manifestations were causing a stir inthe church.
On July 31, 2000 on the seventh anniversary of my moving to Mankato, We would lay down 'Jubilee' Restoration (Wednesday Night) meetings that started back on November 1, 1995. And in 2001 the Minnesota River Valley experienced our third '100 year flood' in just eight years. Christian Life Center went through a transition of leadership with Itinerant 'pastors' all through 2001 until Febraury 2002, when a permanent Pastor was sent form Pittsburg, KS.
In 2010 the MN river valley had our fourth '100 year flood' that summmer was the last time I preached in a Sunday service at Covenant Family Church, I preached on significance of the Holy Spirit, that He should be appreciated and engaged as a full person of the God-head
An article posted today June 6, 2019Here we are in 2019 with the possiblity of a fifth 100 year flood in just under 26 years. Heavier than normal snow falls in February and several significant rain storms have made the ground saturated with mosture and the rivers remain high with more snow and rain in the forecast. In April we had no idea of what rain will fall in May and through June. Again there is anticipation of God moving not only in this region but sweeping the nation.
Crop Prices and Flooding: Will 2019 Be a Repeat of 1993?
Thursday, June 6, 2019
By Kevin Kliesen, Business Economist and Research Officer, and Kathryn Bokun, Research Associate
In March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that nearly two-thirds of the continental U.S. faced an elevated flood risk through May 2019.1 Residents in the Upper Midwest and the Mississippi River Valley continue to face the risk of historic, major flooding. The figure below from the NOAA’s website depicts the risk of minor, moderate and major river flooding for June through August.
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