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Mississippi River Flood Picture
Topic Started: May 21 2011, 04:48:25 PM (170 Views)
ABCDiamond
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The owners of this house didn't want to be flooded.

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Tiredwithtwins
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wow, fantastic picture!

what are those small grey things in the bottom right hand corner of the enclosure (?if thats what its called!?) ... thought they were sheep at first but not sure.
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ABCDiamond
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Good question. Chickens or Turkeys maybe ?
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BIX
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Fantastic picture.

I think the grey things are just sand bags.
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rjs
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Richly Joyful Sylph

Amazing
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BIX
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rjs
May 22 2011, 10:50:58 PM
Amazing
Be good to see a picture of that property in normal times eh?
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It seem these are quite common in that area.

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I've been looking on Google Earth but haven't located them, pre-flood.
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That first one is apparently in the Magnolia Road, Vicksburg area.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=Magnolia+Road,+vicksburg&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Magnolia+Rd,+Vicksburg,+Warren,+Mississippi+39180,+United+States&gl=au&ll=32.270421,-90.916022&spn=0.038246,0.087891&t=f&z=14&ecpose=32.27042066,-90.91602216,5722.78,0.001,0,0

The owner spent 32 years as a civilian technician in the Army Corps of Engineers fighting floods.
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