it’s the 100-year flood 15 years after our last 100-year flood. I think they should say we will have one of these every 15-20 years. The last one before 1993 was in 1973. My uncle owns a firework stand which is now under water. He build a new one a few years after the 93 flood several feet higher than his previous stand. Shown in this picture is both stands. The shot is an aerial picture, and is a little hard to tell how high the water actually is. However the one on the left is the new one and the one on the right is several feet lower than the current firework stand. Oh, once the water does go down, it’s not fun cleaning the mess up. Been there, done that a few times in 1993.

My dad’s sister and family live a few miles west, and as of yesterday, they had 8″ of water in their basement. They got most of their things moved up into their garage or totally out of the area. As well, the only way in is by boat.

My parent’s live in Canton, Mo which the levee is still holding ,but they live on the bluff and not downtown, where there is a volunteer evacuation. Click here for more info. Click here for some pictures in Canton.

Moving south to the Quincy area now. The city itself sits mostly on a bluff, but there are some parts that are under water, like the riverfront, and one of the two bridges are closed due to high water. The east-bound traffic bridge is closed and the west-bound traffic bridge is now doing both lanes. Since there are several different photo albums of the flood waters in Quincy, here’s the link to the different ones. Can’t remember which one has it, but one of them shows a closeup of the east-bound bridge and how close the water was when the pic was taken.

Finally, moving south to Hannibal, MO and Mark Twain Country and some pics from them can be found here. The river isn’t suppose to crest here in Q-Town until later this week at 32ft. Now it’s just a waiting game for most of the area.