Mississippi flooded

There has been so much rain this year.  So many storms.  Many shows have been missed because of weather news preempting.  Many nights have been spent checking the news and listening to the weather radio.  Apparently it has gotten to be a bit much for the Mighty Mississippi.  It continued to swell and swell.

I remember our first year here it got really high.  We had gone to a picnic on Mud Island and played along the shore.  Then a few months later we were visiting someone on Mud Island and we could not believe how much higher the water was.  It was so high that the park we had played at was now underwater.  But that was nothing compare to this year.

It crested in this area on May 10.  It reached 47.85 feet.  (the all time record was in 1937 at 48.7 feet).  We are very fortunate and do not live that close to the river and were not in danger of flooding.  We were also out of town for the week.  But I wanted to mention this since it is happening around us.

So here are a few pictures to document.  Most of them I got from various places around the internet.

 This is the corner of Beale Street and Riverside Drive

This is River Park at the end of the River Walk.

This is a picture of Kiah playing in the fountain right next to the above picture.  It was taken in 2009.  You can sorta make out the swan boats int he background.  And you can see the green roofed snack bar.  My guess is it will be awhile before we will be heading back.

Here is a man kayaking in that same area, just from a different camera angle.

This was taken 5 days before it crested