THE FLOOD OF '05

Massac County - Metropolis, Illinois

THE CREST

A cold day here in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois.  The low temperature dipped down to 8 degrees above zero.  We are supposed to be in the single digits again tomorrow morning.  Lot of ice starting to form on the water.

Everything is going really well in Livingston County.  The crest is going to be today.  The level of the water should then remain steady through most of this week.  A slow fall should start by this weekend.

Here are some photographs from Metropolis, Illinois. 
 

Fort Massac State Park is almost completely flooded.
 

Riverfront in Metropolis, Illinois.





Pearl Street in Metropolis...




Pearl Street in Metropolis...




Metropolis, Illinois flooding.




Metropolis, Illinois Flood of 2005





Metropolis, Illinois.

Pearl Street in Metropolis.

Sunset on the crest...Mississippi and Ohio Rivers - looking into Southeast Missouri





Wickliffe, Kentucky - Flood of 05

So that crest was today here in McCracken County, Kentucky.  We are now at the highest water levels of this flood event.  Thankfully the water will start going down in a few days.