My heart breaks for everyone to see the scope of this devastation. Billy, when did John shoot these last overhead shots? When is the river expected to crest in Friars Point?
Delta Bohemian, sending love from the north. We are good friends of Lil’ Sis and LOVE her. When asked about her hometown, she sent us to your website. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and breathtaking, heartbreaking pictures. Hope the water recedes so the clean up can begin…when will things feel normal?
Great pictures by Ruskey-wish we had been with him. The River crested yesterday and is starting a gradual descent now. The scope of the flood is hard to imagine from media reports – would love to see somebody in the media give a better understanding of it by using maps. It would be interesting to post some Corps maps (I think they exist). The real devastation IMO will be in the south Delta, where we pray their levee holds. The water will overtop it, as designed, but it needs to stay intact lest the entire south Delta be flooded.
P.S. good article William – it reminds me of John the Revelator by our own Son House. I just got on Itunes and listened to it. Check it out.
Hi to Cindy and Lil Sis.
Hey John, you’re right: It would be interesting to see some of those Corps maps. I found a link (below) that is almost as good. You can mouse over the river and get a direct comparison. The only problem is I’d really like to know exactly where this satellite image was taken so I have a point of reference. I hope you take as many aftermath photos as you have of the actual flood.
When I look at the photos of your shed, John, and of my brother’s cabin, it looks so calm. Eerie. Almost surreal. Then I re-read this that Ruskey wrote for me to illustrate clearly just how fast the Mississippi River is flowing and how much volume it contains….
“Madge, I really cannot fathom it either, its a moving ocean, a flowing world, it feels as wide as the earth and as deep as it gets. They say we’re now at 2.5 million cfs, which means two and a half million cubic feet per second passing downstream, which is an unimaginably huge flow. You know how big a cubic foot of water is? Its almost seven and a half gallons. It weighs about 62 pounds. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that it’s like 22 Olympic size swim pools flowing past every second, which still doesn’t really convey the feeling.
On the other hand they say this is the average flow for the Congo — and also the Amazon runs 20 times the size of the Mississippi…”
I wonder if Redbone’s house will make it? I pray it does. We miss you. Thinking about you alot!!! Holla!
My heart goes out to each and every person affected by this horrific event. Your website has had the only extensive photographs of the Clarksdale/Rena Lara area. My father was born and raised in this area and has been desperate for information. Thanks!
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My heart breaks for everyone to see the scope of this devastation. Billy, when did John shoot these last overhead shots? When is the river expected to crest in Friars Point?
Though the subject of these pictures is sad the pictures are breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.
Delta Bohemian, sending love from the north. We are good friends of Lil’ Sis and LOVE her. When asked about her hometown, she sent us to your website. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and breathtaking, heartbreaking pictures. Hope the water recedes so the clean up can begin…when will things feel normal?
thanks for sharing info and picks..also a nicely written overview of water on earth.
thoughts and prayers for everyone one and may the waters crest and recede sooner than expected.
love and peace to all.
Great pictures by Ruskey-wish we had been with him. The River crested yesterday and is starting a gradual descent now. The scope of the flood is hard to imagine from media reports – would love to see somebody in the media give a better understanding of it by using maps. It would be interesting to post some Corps maps (I think they exist). The real devastation IMO will be in the south Delta, where we pray their levee holds. The water will overtop it, as designed, but it needs to stay intact lest the entire south Delta be flooded.
P.S. good article William – it reminds me of John the Revelator by our own Son House. I just got on Itunes and listened to it. Check it out.
Hi to Cindy and Lil Sis.
Hey John, you’re right: It would be interesting to see some of those Corps maps. I found a link (below) that is almost as good. You can mouse over the river and get a direct comparison. The only problem is I’d really like to know exactly where this satellite image was taken so I have a point of reference. I hope you take as many aftermath photos as you have of the actual flood.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/11/mississippi-river-floods-satellite-photos_n_860630.html
When I look at the photos of your shed, John, and of my brother’s cabin, it looks so calm. Eerie. Almost surreal. Then I re-read this that Ruskey wrote for me to illustrate clearly just how fast the Mississippi River is flowing and how much volume it contains….
“Madge, I really cannot fathom it either, its a moving ocean, a flowing world, it feels as wide as the earth and as deep as it gets. They say we’re now at 2.5 million cfs, which means two and a half million cubic feet per second passing downstream, which is an unimaginably huge flow. You know how big a cubic foot of water is? Its almost seven and a half gallons. It weighs about 62 pounds. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that it’s like 22 Olympic size swim pools flowing past every second, which still doesn’t really convey the feeling.
On the other hand they say this is the average flow for the Congo — and also the Amazon runs 20 times the size of the Mississippi…”
I wonder if Redbone’s house will make it? I pray it does. We miss you. Thinking about you alot!!! Holla!
My heart goes out to each and every person affected by this horrific event. Your website has had the only extensive photographs of the Clarksdale/Rena Lara area. My father was born and raised in this area and has been desperate for information. Thanks!
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