Flood Pictures

[hurricane'bone]

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
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On the bridge, the channel of water between the trees is where the river usually is
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All this is flood water
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This is by Meramec State Park outside of Sullivan, MO
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Went back later in the evening, the water had gone down a few feet
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In St. Louis the Mississippi River had tons of debris in it and was pretty high itself
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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.

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[Whet]

Meramac State Park = Times Beach?

That is a lot of water!

[colleyvillesooner]

wow.

To the water and the Soda.

[Petro-Sooner]

Nature at work. Gotta love it.

[olevetonahill]

wow.

To the water and the Soda.

Im thinking after Drinking all that Soda HE caused the flooding .:eek:

[hurricane'bone]

Im thinking after Drinking all that Soda HE caused the flooding .:eek:



It was close, because that was Mountain Dew.

[Mjcpr]

Maybe he just has a teeny phone.

[GottaHavePride]

Dude, the Coastal stations here in town used to do 64 oz. drinks. That's right, a full gallon. ;) Well, until they all went under.

[BajaOklahoma]

My m-i-l is from Sullivan. She used to have a farm on the Meramec River. During the Carter Administration, they proposed building a dam on the Meramec which would have put the farm under water. Funding fell through.

[Brasky7]

Dude, the Coastal stations here in town used to do 64 oz. drinks. That's right, a full gallon. ;) Well, until they all went under.

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