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http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2012/08/mi ssissippi_river_closed_to_sh.html
two different links
state of emergency declared 1 hour ago

Thanks Jeff. It is the USS Kidd

Thanks Gil, Linda, Jeff, Diti, Kevin, & Elizabeth.
Here is the latest news.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2 012/08/salt_water_encroaching_low_mis.html

Thanks Bob. I'll look that one up to compare.

Spring 2011 there was so much water in this river that it was spilling over the banks into the city and they had to sandbag it & open the spillway above Baton Rouge which flooded some houses.

Kismokus you must be talking about this one I took January 2011.

yeah we thought it was low then and that was January before the snows melted, which brought the level of the river to overflowing its banks. They had to sandbag it to keep it from flooding Baton Rouge.
As you can see it is quite a bit lower now. Mostly because of the lack of winter snows.
If it gets lower I will probably take another pic.
I am glad you notice my photos & that they leave lasting impressions with you. Thanks!!

Thanks for your comments Kismokus. It was hard to believe that 4 months after it was so low, that the melting snow up north brought the water level so high


In May of 2011 it was up to 41 feet flood stage. It came within a few feet of those railroad tracks so it almost flooded the city of Baton Rouge & would have if they would not have opened the Morganza spillway to flood people's homes. Sacrificing the few for the many! Poor people.
The USS KIDD is further down on the left of the photo. They would not let us go on the levee to take pictures.