WEBVTT

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(upbeat music)

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(somber piano playing)

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- Hi, my name is Bradley Pearson.

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I'm a park ranger here
at Harry S. Truman Lake.

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Today we're taking a look
at some of our campgrounds

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that have been impacted by this flood.

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Normal elevation for Truman is 706.

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We hit our new record at 739.8.

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Impacts are pretty extreme for us

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'cause we've never experienced
anything this high.

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We're a little over 33
feet high right now.

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So, currently, we have all
of our campgrounds closed

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except for one, Thibaut Point,

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which has about 30 sites still open.

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So the lake has been pretty impacted.

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Our visitors aren't able to
get to any of our facility.

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Reopening the campground
is very important to us,

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but we don't know when that's gonna happen

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due to a high lake elevation.

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(somber piano continues playing)