January 16, 2005
 

  Over 55,000 sand bags have been filled in Livingston County, Kentucky.  Hundreds of thousands have been filled in this region over the last seven days.
 

  Early morning :) the shadow is full of soft drinks, ready to head for Livingston County, Kentucky.  Snow is starting to fall outside and it is 22 degrees. Tomorrow morning we are going down to 7 degrees above zero.  BRRR BRRR BRRR



ready to roll




Smithland Fire and Rescue gearing up
for a very long day.

Volunteers arrive at the First Baptist Church in Smithland.




Pat Moore...she is in charge of the
Livingston County Chapter.




Sue Henry arrives...she is the head of the
Paducah/McCracken County Chapter. 
They are actually all one chapter...but
we have different counties to cover.




Caeser and other volunteers arrive with
lunch from Martha's Vinyard.  Martha's
Vinyard is a local charity that feeds the
homeless and does meals on wheels.  They
also provide lots of food during local disasters.

Smithland Fire and Rescue personnel and volunteers sit down
to eat lunch.  They have been sand bagging all morning and
finishing up the levee.  Light snow has been falling all morning.




Brent Stringer (DES) gives a disaster briefing.  He is discussing the
crest forecasts and what everyone can expect over the next four
days.  Everything sounds really good at this point.  The river should
crest on Monday night and remain at that level through Wednesday
morning.  A slow fall should start after that.  There could be
additional crests if more water is released than expected from other
areas upstream.



Pat and Sue listening to the disaster briefing





Brent and Pat...they have worked very hard this week to keep
everything in check.  Long hours and little sleep.




Brent from Emergency Services and Pat with
the Red Cross...





Disaster Briefing continues...




Brent and Pat




Livingston County Mobile Command Center





Mobile Command





Flooding right at the foot of the town of Smithland, Kentucky. 
The water continues to slowly rise tonight.





Closed road are common throughout the Tri-State Region.

Doom Road in Livingston County, Kentucky.





Doom Road





Many roads are impassable.





The Shadow :) seems to make it just about everywhere!





Flooding in Livingston County, Kentucky.

Livingston County, Kentucky.

Cumberland River.

A sunny sky appears by late afternoon.  Flood waters cover many fields.




Finally it is DINNER time and the sun is going down.  Volunteers
return to the shelter - HUNGRY!

Some of the local Emergency Management


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