Flooding in Lincoln worsened on Thursday afternoon, with Salt Creek now eight feet over flood stage in Lincoln. Parking lots at Haymarket Park are now up to four feet underwater, and water is now not expected to recede until sometime Friday. The City of Lincoln has issued a voluntary evacuation order for much of the North and South Bottoms west of Memorial Stadium as the flooding situation worsens:
With things looking worse instead of better, Nebraska has begun a frantic search for alternative locations to play this weekend's crucial baseball series against Purdue. Rain, flooding and state baseball districts have pretty much eliminated most other Lincoln sites, so the radius is expanding.