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Niobrara, Nebraska "the end of the world"

Niobrara, Nebraska "the end of the world"
ANDREW: EVEN 12 DAYS AFTER A WALL OF WATER AND ICE RIPP THROUGH PARTS OF NIOBRARA, GIANT ICE BOULDERS REMAIN. SOME, STILL WEDGED THE BUSINESSES. >> THE ICE BOULDERS ARE TREMENDOUSLY HUGE. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANY THAT SIZE. THERE ARE SOME BIGGER THAN VEHICLES DOWN THER ANDREW: THE TOWN’S MAYOR AND OTHERS WATCHED THE UNBELIEVABLE SCENE CAUGHT ON VIDEO AFTER THE SPENCER DAM 35 MILES TO THE WEST GAVE WAY. >> MY GOSH, LOOK AT THE WATER GO THROUGH THER ANDREW: IT TOOK OUT THE SERVICE STATION RUTH JANAK AND HER HUSBAND HAVE OWNED FOR 25 YEARS. >> YOU’RE ACTUALLY STANDING IN OUR MAIN BUILDING THAT’S NO LONGER STANDIN ANDREW: THE WATER GOT AS HIGH AS THE TOP OF THE GARAGE DOOR PARTS OF THEIR BUSINESS, SCATTERED DOWNSTREAM. >> 25 YEARS OF OUR LIFE WENT DOWN THE RIVER. >> JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE. ANDREW: THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BOB BITTNER AND HIS WIFE’S RETIREMENT HOME -- INUNDATED WITH SEVEN FEET OF WATER >> SO, IT WAS TWO TO THREE INCHES THICK. ANDREW: BUT, HE FEELS LUCKY A 12-FOOT WALL OF ICE ACTUALLY PROTECTED HIS HOUSE. >> MY PLACE WAS ACTUALLY THE ONLY PLACE THAT DIDN’T GET HIT WITH THE BIG ICE. ANDREW: THE FIRST THING HE NOTICED WHEN HE RETURNED TO SEE HIS HOME STILL STANDING? THAT HIS TWO AMERICAN FLAGS WERE STILL FLYING >> AMERICAN PROUD. AMERICAN STRONG. ANDREW: A FEELING OF RESILIENCY SHARED BY OTHERS. >> HE’S NOT GOING TO QUITE TH QUIT -- HE IS NOT GOING TO
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Niobrara, Nebraska "the end of the world"
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