The Mighty Mississippi crested yesterday at 57.1 ft. A rather large group of coworkers decided to take it all in over lunch at Riverfront Park. It took this huge barge about 30 minutes to get from the bridge up to the fork with the Yazoo River - the water is RIPPING! We wish we'd had our binoculars with us, since it looked like the tug boat's radar was awfully close to the bottom of the bridge...
This view is generally a long, steep hillside down to the water's edge. Today, not so much. Those tree-tops you see out in the water belong to very tall trees.
This is the backside of Diamond Jacks. The casino floor is floating, but that building behind it is inundated. Can you see the white fence out there in the water, past the bushes?
Tonight Jean arrived back in town (since Jay is leaving on Monday for a week-long conference out of state, she agreed to come help me tend to the kids while maintaining my sanity, bless her heart!), so we took her downtown to Catfish Row for our usual Friday evening picnic, where she could see the river for herself. The level today is 57 ft even. The far end of Washington Street (just past Rusty's, for those of you who have visited) is under water and closed off.
The old train depot is really swimming now...
See all that water to the right of the depot in the below picture? Yeah, NONE of that should be there...
Here's Golding Barge again. Completely surrounded, with their staircase floating (don't worry, it's tied-up so they don't lose it).
And here is Diamond Jacks again, from the front. See that little awning out there in the middle? That's the top of that staircase again. Not that you can see the steps.
The water is expected to remain above flood stage until mid-June. It's going to be a very long month for the folks who are displaced.
The old train depot is really swimming now...See all that water to the right of the depot in the below picture? Yeah, NONE of that should be there...Here's Golding Barge again. Completely surrounded, with their staircase floating (don't worry, it's tied-up so they don't lose it).And here is Diamond Jacks again, from the front. See that little awning out there in the middle? That's the top of that staircase again. Not that you can see the steps.The water is expected to remain above flood stage until mid-June. It's going to be a very long month for the folks who are displaced.
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