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NewsDecember 9, 2012

A Look Back at Pinhook

Scenes from Pinhook, Mo. after the 2011 flood and a year later in April 2012.

Laura Simon
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver inside her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook. Mud from the floodwater cakes the floor inside her home. Her grandson took his first steps along the hallway from her kitchen.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver inside her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook. Mud from the floodwater cakes the floor inside her home. Her grandson took his first steps along the hallway from her kitchen.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver holds a framed image she found inside her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver holds a framed image she found inside her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Fences are just one of many places hay has gathered in Pinhook, Mo. Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Fences are just one of many places hay has gathered in Pinhook, Mo. Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver looks over the "village people" Monday, April 23, 2012 outside her flood ravaged home in Pinhook, Mo. Tarver found the wind chime of angels inside her home during Monday's visit.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver looks over the "village people" Monday, April 23, 2012 outside her flood ravaged home in Pinhook, Mo. Tarver found the wind chime of angels inside her home during Monday's visit.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Receding floodwater has left behind a field of mud Thursday, June 16, 2011 in front of flood ravaged homes in Pinhook, Mo.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Receding floodwater has left behind a field of mud Thursday, June 16, 2011 in front of flood ravaged homes in Pinhook, Mo.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook homes sit abandoned Monday, April 23, 2012, a year after the 2011 intentional breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook homes sit abandoned Monday, April 23, 2012, a year after the 2011 intentional breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mud from the floodwater cakes the floor inside Debra Tarver's home as seen on April 23, 2012.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Mud from the floodwater cakes the floor inside Debra Tarver's home as seen on April 23, 2012.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook homes sit abandoned Monday, April 23, 2012, a year after the 2011 intentional breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook homes sit abandoned Monday, April 23, 2012, a year after the 2011 intentional breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver inside her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook. Mud from the floodwater cakes the floor inside her home. Her grandson took his first steps along the hallway from her kitchen.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver inside her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook. Mud from the floodwater cakes the floor inside her home. Her grandson took his first steps along the hallway from her kitchen.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver walks along the exterior of her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Pinhook chairwoman Debra Tarver walks along the exterior of her flood ravaged home Monday, April 23, 2012. Tarver lived all but 10 years of her life in Pinhook.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater from the breached Birds Point levee ravaged the small town of Pinhook, Mo. leaving the town void of residents as seen on Thursday, June 16, 2011.
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Scenes from Pinhook, Mo. after the 2011 flood and a year later in April 2012.

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