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The Big Flood

Posted by admin on Sep 15, 2010 in Entertainment, Events, Featured, News, Restaurants, Schools | 8 comments

The Big Flood

I was not alive during the time of forty days and nights of rain, but I have a pretty good idea of what it may have looked like. I live just a few miles away from the Mississippi River near where the Ohio River converges into it. The water in these rivers and their tributaries are at the highest points they have ever seen in recorded history. When you add to that the fact that the entire region saw rainfall in excess of twenty inches last month, I’m sure you can only imagine the amount of damage that has been done. The Mississippi River/Ohio River convergence at Cairo, Ill. reached it highest crest ever recorded last week at over sixty one feet. This is due in...

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