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EMILY: A PLAYGROUND NOW SITS UNDERWATER AT PERRY LAKE. R.J.: OBVIOUSLY OUR LAKE LEVELS ARE GOING UP AND UP AND UP. EMILY: THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF THE MARCH FLOODS. COMPOUNDED BY RECENT RAIN. R.J. HARMS IS THE OPERATIONS MANAGER AT THIS PARK ALONG LAKE PERRY. RUN BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. R.J.: ALL CAMPGROUND’S ARE CLOSED AT THE CORE OF ENGINEERS OPERATES. EMILY: THIS IS USUALLY A POPULAR SPOT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. R.J.: TYPICALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST, YOU KNOW. IT IS THE FIRST ONE AFTER SPRING, AND SCHOOL IS OUT, AND THEY LIKE TO COME TO THE LAKE. EMILY: BUT NOT THIS YEAR. R.J.: WE HAVE HAD SOME CAMPGROUND IMPACTS BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME EITHER THE ROAD IS UNDERWATER OR WE HAVE TO TURN OFF ELECTRICITY AT THE CAMPS LIKE. EMILY: WHEN ALL THIS WATER FINALLY GOES DOWN. R.J.: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MONTHS TO GET THAT MUCH WATER OUT OF HERE. EMILY: THE WORRIES WON’T BE OVER. R.J.: THE LONGER THAT THE LAKE’S UP, THE MORE CLEANUP AND EFFOR THERE IS. IT WILL KILL GRASS, I MEAN, IT WILL EVENTUALLY KILL TREES, YOU KNOW, ROADWAYS GET IMPACTED. EMILY: HARMS KNOWS IT’S A LONG ROAD AHEAD. R.J.: OUR RECOVERY WILL BE TARGETED FOR NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME AFTER THE WATER GOES DOWN HERE. EMILY: EMILY WELSH, KMBC 9 NEWS. STEVEN: THE PUBLIC BOAT RAMPS AT PERRY LAKE ARE CLOSED, BUT IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A BOAT IN THE MARINA, YOU CAN STILL GET ON THE