hurricane'bone
3/22/2008, 10:26 PM
Spent spring break visiting my aunt and uncle who live about an hour outside of St. Louis and about 5 miles from the Meramec River. Here are a few pictures I took of the river:
Standing on the edge of the bridge, the mound of grass you see down the road is the other side of the bridge
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864237_500.jpg
On the bridge, the channel of water between the trees is where the river usually is
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864239_6330.jpg
All this is flood water
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864243_2976.jpg
This is by Meramec State Park outside of Sullivan, MO
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864284_5245.jpg
Went back later in the evening, the water had gone down a few feet
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864289_5728.jpg
In St. Louis the Mississippi River had tons of debris in it and was pretty high itself
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864274_7732.jpg
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864280_6752.jpg
Unrelated picture: While at the C-USA Tournament a week ago, we stopped at a KFC for lunch and I picked up quite possibly the biggest bucket of cola ever.
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864210_9764.jpg
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864211_1823.jpg
Standing on the edge of the bridge, the mound of grass you see down the road is the other side of the bridge
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864237_500.jpg
On the bridge, the channel of water between the trees is where the river usually is
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864239_6330.jpg
All this is flood water
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864243_2976.jpg
This is by Meramec State Park outside of Sullivan, MO
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864284_5245.jpg
Went back later in the evening, the water had gone down a few feet
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864289_5728.jpg
In St. Louis the Mississippi River had tons of debris in it and was pretty high itself
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864274_7732.jpg
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864280_6752.jpg
Unrelated picture: While at the C-USA Tournament a week ago, we stopped at a KFC for lunch and I picked up quite possibly the biggest bucket of cola ever.
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864210_9764.jpg
http://photos-016.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v188/61/65/26404016/n26404016_30864211_1823.jpg