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A washed out portion of Highway PF, in Prairie du Sac Township, near the intersection of Highway 12 on Sunday, June 15, 2008. A washed out portion of Highway PF in Prairie du Sac Township, near the intersection of Highway 12, on Sunday, June 15, 2008. Rock Springs Fire Dept. Captain Skip Watkins drives three teens across the flooded town. Downtown Rock Springs, Wis., in Sauk County is underwater and homes and businesses are empty. Photographed Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Rock Springs, Wis. The flooded Spring Green Cemetery.
Cliff Jasper gets a hand from his nephew Cody Jasper, 17, as they hook up a generator to pump some of the six-feet of water that is soaking Jasper's basement in Rock Springs. Downtown Rock Springs, Wis., in Sauk County is underwater and homes and businesses are empty. Photographed Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Rock Springs, Wis. A stop sign at First and Ash in Rock Springs marks the water level. Downtown Rock Springs, Wis., in Sauk County is underwater and homes and businesses are empty. Photographed Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Rock Springs, Wis. Normal life has come to a halt in Rock Springs where most of the downtown in under water. Downtown Rock Springs, Wis., in Sauk County is underwater and homes and businesses are empty. Photographed Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Rock Springs, Wis. Downtown Rock Springs, Wis., in Sauk County is underwater and homes and businesses are empty. Photographed Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Rock Springs, Wis.
Water flows through County Highway A in Lake Delton, Wis. after flooding occurred in the area on Monday, June 9, 2008. Raging water rushes over Mirror Lake Dam on Dell Creek, Wis., on Monday, June 9, 2008. A canoe is caught at Mirror Lake Dam on Dell Creek near Lake Delton, Wis. on Monday, June 9, 2008. The water level at the dam was 8-feet above normal. Al Petrulis of the Mirror Lake Association photographs running water at the Mirror Lake Dam on Dell Creek on Mirror Lake, Wis., on Monday, June 9, 2008.
A washed out portion of Highway PF in Prairie du Sac Township near Highway 12, on Sunday, June 15, 2008. Sauk County highway officials assess the flood damage on County Highway A in Lake Delton, Wis., on Monday, June 9, 2008. Water flows near County Highway A in Lake Delton, Wis., after flooding occurred in the area Monday, June 9, 2008. A Sauk County highway worker takes a photo of water as it flows across County Highway A in Lake Delton, Wis. after flooding occurred in the area on Monday, June 9, 2008.The water from Dell Creek washed out a segment of the highway.
Water from Dell Creek washes out County Highway A as it flows over a secton of the highway in Lake Delton, Wis., after flooding occurred in the area on Monday, June 9, 2008. Water from Dell Creek flows through a picnic area at Lake Delton, Wis., on Monday, June 9, 2008, after flooding occurred in the area. In what proved the precursor to a bigger disaster, floodwaters washed out Highway A near Lake Delton Monday morning. Later, the lakes' surging waters widened the gap, eventually draining the alke into the Wisconsin River. A washed out Highway A that was damaged when the water ran out of Lake Delton Monday morning.
Sauk County emergency officials stand on the edge of a collapsed portion of County Highway A near the Village of Lake Delton on Monday, June 9, 2008. This photo courtesy Joseph Leute, shows an aerial of flooding in Lake Delton, Wisc. on Monday June 9, 2008. An embankment forming the side of the man-made Lake Delton failed pouring water out into the nearby Wisconsin River. The 245-acre lake nearly emptied, sweeping away three homes and tearing apart two others. 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. A flooded cemetary in Spring Green, WI. 6/16/2008.
A home near the 254-acre Lake Delton in Lake Delton, Wisconsin is damaged when flood waters breached the bank and drained the lake Monday June 9, 2008. As Lake Delton poured into the Wisconsin River, erosion undercut the foundations of this home, and it tumbled into the flow. Four houses slid into the water after the rain-swollen lake started overflowing the finger of land that separated it from the river. As Lake Delton poured into the Wisconsin River, erosion undercut the foundations of this home, and it tumbled into the flow. As Lake Delton poured into the Wisconsin River, erosion undercut the foundations of this home, and it tumbled into the flow.
As Lake Delton poured into the Wisconsin River, erosion undercut the foundations of this home, and it tumbled into the flow. Boats were left dry when the water ran out of Lake Delton near the Wisconsin Dells. Monday morning. Heavy Rains in Wisconsin over the weekend caused flooding a many communities in Western Wisconsin. Monday, June, 9, 2008. There was little water left at the Tommy Bartlett Show in Lake Delton. The show, in its 55th year, is one of the biggest draws in the Wisconsin Dells area but will have to make due without the ski portion of its daily ski, stage and sky show. Company officials said they hope to have the business open by Friday, June 13, 2008. People wading in what remains of Lake Delton near the Tommy Bartlett Show, the location of water ski shows. Heavy Rains in Wisconsin over the weekend caused flooding a many communities in Western Wisconsin. The flooding was photographed Monday June 9, 2008.
People wading in what remains of Lake Dalton Monday morning. Heavy Rains in Wisconsin over the weekend caused flooding a many communities in Western Wisconsin. The flooding was photographed Monday June 9, 2008. Boats were left dry when the water ran out of Lake Delton near the Wisconsin Dells Monday morning. Heavy Rains in Wisconsin over the weekend caused flooding a many communities in Western Wisconsin. The flooding was photographed Monday June 9, 2008. A flooded cemetary in Spring Green, WI. 6/16/2008. A boat that was floating on Lake Delton in Lake Delton, Wis. now sits on the lake bottom when flood waters breached the bank and drained the lake Monday June 9, 2008.
Walking on the bottom of what used to be Lake Delton, Tyson Holtz uses a metal detector to serach for sunken treasure. The lake drained through a new channel it cut for itself into the Wisconsin River. Lake Delton at the Village of Delton on Monday, June 9, 2008. Four men prepare to row after dragging their kayaks across Lake Delton in the Village of Lake Delton on Monday, June 9, 2008. View of a dried Lake Delton in the Village of Lake Delton on Monday, June 9, 2008.
A crane stands in a dried portion of Lake Delton in the Village of Lake Delton on Monday, June 8, 2008. This is an aerial photo showing Lake Deltonflowing into the Wisconsin River after it washed out County Highway A and broke through its bank. This is an aerial photo overlooking the resorts and tourist attractions of Lake Delton, Wis. People walk along the corner of Webb Ave. and Main Street in Reedsburg on Monday, June 9, 2008.
People navigate around flooding at the corner of Webb Ave. and Main Street in Reedsburg, Wis., on Monday, June 9, 2008. A flooded cemetary in Spring Green, WI. 6/16/2008. Workers construct a barricade of sandbags outside a Village Mart on Webb Ave. in Reedsburg on Monday, June 9, 2008. Water from the Baraboo River flows past a Star Cinema at the corner of Main Street and Webb Ave. in Reedsburg on Monday, June 9, 2008.
People watch as water from the Baraboo River flows over the Main Street Bridge in Reedsburg, Wis., on Monday, June 9, 2008. Workers construct a barricade of sandbags outside a Village Mart on Webb Ave. in Reedsburg on Monday, June 9, 2008. Reedsburg utility workers look over the Alliant-Reedsburg Utility Commission Substation during flooding on Monday, June 9, 2008. A Reedsburg utility worker stands in the floodwaters while using a pump to clear water from a communications building at the Alliant-Reedsburg Utility Commission Substation on Monday, June 9, 2008.
(From left) Gabriel Mora photographs the overflowing Baraboo River on Webb Ave. in Reedsburg on Monday, June 9, 2008. A flooded Webb Ave. in Reedsburg on Monday, June 9, 2008. A farmstead located west of Reedsburg, Wis., is seen mostly underwater on Monday, June 9, 2008. Flooding damaged many buildings, including the Fire Department and the telephone company, knocking out phone and Internet service.
A flooded cemetary in Spring Green, WI. 6/16/2008. Most buildings escaped damage within the village of Spring Green as most of the water stayed in roads and ditches. But just outside the village, three dozen residents were evacuated from the "Prairie Subdivision," where several homes will likely be declared total losses and others are so damaged it will be weeks before electricity can be restored and residents can move back, village president Greg Prem said. Waters flood a home in North Freedom in Sauk County. Water covers the street in North Freedom in Sauk County.
This is flooding at Village Park in North Freedom in Sauk County. Residents walk down the street, through standing water, in North Freedom in Sauk County. Standing water covers the streets in North Freedom in Sauk County. There is standing water at the corner of Willow and Oak Streets in the village of North Freedom on Sauk County.
This is flooding at Village Park in North Freedom in Sauk County. A Reedsburg man paddles a kayack through the city's west side Monday. A telephone poll and dumpster are the only things keeping this mobile home from floating downstream in LaValle on Monday. A flooded cemetary in Spring Green, WI. 6/16/2008.
The village of Lavalle had its entire downtown submerged in several feet of water Monday, forcing the evacuation of many homes as well as the LaValle Fire Department building. LaValle resident Jessica Horkan paddles through the village's downtown Monday. Kelly Kaun, a cosmetologist at the Village Hair Designs in La Valle, takes a break from cleaning up the business that was flooded. Pat Coggins with Zobel Excavation with loads of damaged items taken out of the Village Hair Designs in La Valle.
Romona Demaskie in La Valle tries to dry photos that were damaged when flood waters entered her home's basement. Natalie Scarborough co-owner of Fishy's, a bar on the west side of La Valle, takes a break from cleaning up. Jim Fish and Natalie Scarborough co-owners of Fishy's, a bar on the west side of La Valle, have been cleaning up since Monday. La Valle Village President Andrew Johnson talks to a reporter at Fishy's, a bar on La Valle's west side.
This is a photo of the homes on Lake Delton that fell into the rushing river Monday, June 9, 2008, after the swollen Lake broke through its bank. This is a photo of one of the homes on Lake Delton that broke apart and fell into the rushing river Monday, June 9, 2008 after the swollen Lake broke through its bank. Baraboo National Bank manager Terry Geyman (left) is ferried across Rock Springs by Rock Springs fire fighter Skip Watkins and his wife Judy after Geyman got a look at his flooded bank. Downtown Rock Springs, Wis., in Sauk County is underwater and homes and businesses are empty. Photographed Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Rock Springs, Wis. Homes destroyed by flooding on Lake Delton in June 2008.
A home destroyed by flooding on Lake Delton in June 2008. Rock Springs Fire Dept. Captain Skip Watkins answers questions for a resident during his emergency shift. Downtown Rock Springs, Wis., in Sauk County is underwater and homes and businesses are empty. Photographed Wednesday, June 11, 2008, in Rock Springs, Wis.    
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