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NewsApril 29, 2011
2011 Spring Flooding: Friday, April 29
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jim Lloyd, operations team leader with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks to news media Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Corps' command center near the Birds Point levee in Missouri's Mississippi County. Lloyd pointed out on a map of the Birds Point New Madrid Floodway the spots where explosives would be detonated in the levee if the order is given to blow the levee.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jim Lloyd, operations team leader with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks to news media Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Corps' command center near the Birds Point levee in Missouri's Mississippi County. Lloyd pointed out on a map of the Birds Point New Madrid Floodway the spots where explosives would be detonated in the levee if the order is given to blow the levee.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jim Lloyd, operations team leader with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shows an access well atop the Birds Point levee Friday, April 29, 2011 with floodwaters from the Mississippi River in the background. The Kentucky shore is in the distance. Crews would pump explosives in a slurry into pipes that are embedded in the levee in 1,000-foot lengths.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jim Lloyd, operations team leader with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shows an access well atop the Birds Point levee Friday, April 29, 2011 with floodwaters from the Mississippi River in the background. The Kentucky shore is in the distance. Crews would pump explosives in a slurry into pipes that are embedded in the levee in 1,000-foot lengths.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Birds Point levee is seen on Friday, April 29, 2011 with the New Madrid Floodway, at left, and the Mississippi River floodwaters, at right.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Birds Point levee is seen on Friday, April 29, 2011 with the New Madrid Floodway, at left, and the Mississippi River floodwaters, at right.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Mississippi floodwaters at the Birds Point levee are seen on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Mississippi floodwaters at the Birds Point levee are seen on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Birds Point levee is seen on Friday, April 29, 2011 with the New Madrid Floodway, at left, and the Mississippi River floodwaters, at right.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The Birds Point levee is seen on Friday, April 29, 2011 with the New Madrid Floodway, at left, and the Mississippi River floodwaters, at right.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency operations center is seen on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency operations center is seen on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The swollen Mississippi River at the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The swollen Mississippi River at the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Aquamsi street in south Cape Girardeau is closed due to flooding from the Mississippi River on Friday, April 29, 2011.
FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Aquamsi street in south Cape Girardeau is closed due to flooding from the Mississippi River on Friday, April 29, 2011.
MELISSA MILLER ~ mmiller@semissourian.com Floodwaters from the swollen Mississippi River go over railroad tracks at La Cruz Street in south Cape Girardeau Friday, April 29, 2011.
MELISSA MILLER ~ mmiller@semissourian.com Floodwaters from the swollen Mississippi River go over railroad tracks at La Cruz Street in south Cape Girardeau Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
M.D. KITTLE ~ mkittle@semissourian.com Flooding in Olive Branch, Ill. on Friday, April 29, 2011.
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