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NewsMay 9, 2011
Birds Point-New Madrid floodway
Birds Point-New Madrid floodway Monday, May 9, 2011.
Laura Simon
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore walks towards land owners as they return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore walks towards land owners as they return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Trucks and boat trailers line up on Highway 102 in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011 as land owners were allowed to check on their properties in the floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Trucks and boat trailers line up on Highway 102 in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011 as land owners were allowed to check on their properties in the floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Claude Thomure, his grandson Eric Thomure, and worker Chris Byasse set off along Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 to check on Thomure's property in the Mississippi County floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Claude Thomure, his grandson Eric Thomure, and worker Chris Byasse set off along Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 to check on Thomure's property in the Mississippi County floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com David Brewer arrives back on Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on Mississippi County property in the floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com David Brewer arrives back on Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on Mississippi County property in the floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater covers the farmland in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater covers the farmland in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Wendell Choate, 92, waits along Highway 102 in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011 for his family to return with word on his sweet corn farm that sits in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Wendell Choate, 92, waits along Highway 102 in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011 for his family to return with word on his sweet corn farm that sits in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com The Mississippi River is still high along U.S. 60/62 near Birds Point levee Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com The Mississippi River is still high along U.S. 60/62 near Birds Point levee Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater covers the farmland in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater covers the farmland in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com People watch as land owners launch their boat in the floodway in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com People watch as land owners launch their boat in the floodway in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Neal Tinnon, left, and David Brewer return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on Tinnon's Mississippi County property in the floodway. He took a pet carrier with him in hopes of finding "Shop Cat" and her kittens, but came back empty handed.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Neal Tinnon, left, and David Brewer return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on Tinnon's Mississippi County property in the floodway. He took a pet carrier with him in hopes of finding "Shop Cat" and her kittens, but came back empty handed.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater is still pouring into the floodway from the breach in Birds Point levee Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater is still pouring into the floodway from the breach in Birds Point levee Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater covers the farmland in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Floodwater covers the farmland in the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners launch their boat from Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 to check on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners launch their boat from Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 to check on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com A truck hauls away items from along the floodway in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com A truck hauls away items from along the floodway in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Flooding along Highway 102 in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Flooding along Highway 102 in Mississippi County Monday, May 9, 2011.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Neal Tinnon arrives back on Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on his Mississippi County property in the floodway. He took a pet carrier with him in hopes of finding "Shop Cat" and her kittens, but came back empty handed.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Neal Tinnon arrives back on Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on his Mississippi County property in the floodway. He took a pet carrier with him in hopes of finding "Shop Cat" and her kittens, but came back empty handed.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Chris Byasse hands Eric Thomure a life jacket before setting off for his grandfather Claude Thomure's property Monday, May 9, 2011 in the Mississippi County floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Chris Byasse hands Eric Thomure a life jacket before setting off for his grandfather Claude Thomure's property Monday, May 9, 2011 in the Mississippi County floodway.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
LAURA SIMON~lsimon@semissourian.com Land owners return to Highway 102 Monday, May 9, 2011 after checking on their property in the floodway in Mississippi County.
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