Ole Man River

In case you haven't heard, the Mississippi River is flooded at Vicksburg. It's no 1927 "Rising Tide" — yet. These pictures were taken last Sunday. The gauge has risen several feet since then, which means where Janie and Beth are standing in these pictures is now completely covered in river water! It's expected to continue to rise to 50.5 through next Friday. Flood stage is 43 feet here just to give you an idea of how much water is seeping.



This is City Front (usually a parking lot and boat ramp) a week ago as a cement beach. We'll try to get out and take some more pictures before the river crests. For more flood info, you can always check www.vicksburgpost.com. Shameless plug, I know!


While we were on our stroll, we stumbled upon some murals.



Janie and Beth in front of the "Gold In the Hills" mural. They're standing next to Lauchlin's grandfather. Well, a depiction of him anyway. See the resemblance?


This is where Olivia works — in that classroom. What is now Vicksburg Junior High was once Rosa A. Temple, the city's all black school before segregation. Pretty cool.