My brother-in-law, Roy C. and I took some pictures of the flooded Mississippi River yesterday. I meant to write this yesterday, but I was just too tired.
Hannibal, MO:
There are some train tracks under all that water:
Some birds flew by us while we were taking pictures ontop of Lover's Leap in Hannibal:
Some of Hannibal that is flooded:
Police keeping sightseers off of the levee:
A long shot of the Mighty Mississppi:
A street completely under water now:
A camera crew getting set up for the news. I think it was ABC because of all the networks, they were the only ones during the night to use a shot from Lover's Leap:
Water creeping up the street in Hannibal:
The water is about to take over the Mark Twain Cave billboard:
Statue of Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) is starting to go under. I could have gotten a better shot if I wanted to risk getting a ticket from the cops for climbing on the levee:
Now we've crossed over to the Illinois side of the river. Here is the Sny Island Levee. It's 50 miles long and if it goes (and it probably will), my sister and her husband's apartment will be underwater. Their little town of Hull was under about 5 feet of water in 1993. The day before yesterday, there was no seepage along the levee.
Turtles in the flood water:
The road to the John Hay Public Use Park where we usually see the 4th of July fireworks. I don't think we'll be seeing them from there this year:
People working on reinforcing the Sny Island Levee:
The Illinois National Guard working on shoring up the Sny Island Levee:
We followed a truck of sand to Hull:
And sandbaggers were hard at work:
There are some train tracks under all that water:
Some birds flew by us while we were taking pictures ontop of Lover's Leap in Hannibal:
Some of Hannibal that is flooded:
Police keeping sightseers off of the levee:
A long shot of the Mighty Mississppi:
A street completely under water now:
A camera crew getting set up for the news. I think it was ABC because of all the networks, they were the only ones during the night to use a shot from Lover's Leap:
Water creeping up the street in Hannibal:
The water is about to take over the Mark Twain Cave billboard:
Statue of Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) is starting to go under. I could have gotten a better shot if I wanted to risk getting a ticket from the cops for climbing on the levee:
Now we've crossed over to the Illinois side of the river. Here is the Sny Island Levee. It's 50 miles long and if it goes (and it probably will), my sister and her husband's apartment will be underwater. Their little town of Hull was under about 5 feet of water in 1993. The day before yesterday, there was no seepage along the levee.
Turtles in the flood water:
The road to the John Hay Public Use Park where we usually see the 4th of July fireworks. I don't think we'll be seeing them from there this year:
People working on reinforcing the Sny Island Levee:
The Illinois National Guard working on shoring up the Sny Island Levee:
We followed a truck of sand to Hull:
And sandbaggers were hard at work:
This morning at 8:30am, Hannibal was at 29.52' with a crest of 31.8' on Friday morning. The Saverton Lock and Dam (which is not very far from where my sister and her husband's duplex is) was at 27.87' with a crest of 30.2'. The Canton and LaGrange Missouri levees broke in the last couple of days. This levees in Gulfport and Meyer Illinois have also busted in the last 24 hours. Our water level dropped almost 2' because of those breaks.
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My mother in law is being sent on a relief assignment, she works for red cross!
What a crazy year this has been so far for weather. We have had rain every day for almost a month now (good for the garden, I guess - haven't had to water at all). But can see the results when I go across the river to town - higher and higher every day.
How sad.
Karen
Tell me the truth. Was the picture of the birds just for me?
Making sandwiches is a great idea Vicky - manual labor makes for hungry people.
We're watching the water rising on our side of Illinois, too. We are far enough from the Mississippi but the water trickling down into our rivers are a lot more than normal at this time of the year.
Please stay safe.
My dad grew up on the ohio river and told me tales of floods long ago.
Keep your head up!
It has to recede sometime!
Let me know who to contact in order to assist. I'm a mean chica when it comes to fillin' sandbags, having lived at the MO/Mississippi junction all my life. What I remember from the floods in the 80s and 90s is that you want to watch for watersnakes while you're workin' the levee...
And I make a MEAN batch of meatloaf sandwiches...
Wilka--ready to help a neighbor. Send me an email?
Thanks for the pictures.
thank you for the pictures
I have been praying for everyone there