Memphis, Missippippi area TBers

[A.Diva]

What's going on over there? Just barely heard of the flooding. Hope all is well and everyone is safe.

One piece of good news for you though ... I'm pretty sure I won't be making my Tunica trip since Harrah's has closed their casino and the water is still rising**. So you're safe . . . for now.





**Yeah, I'm one of those Black folk that don't swim.

[jmattbassplaya]

The flooding has been pretty intense in some areas. One of the local hospitals has a new "pool" in its basement parking garage, and the Wolf River (which is right near my house) was at a height that I hadn't seen in years.

I really don't have much else to report though since I live in Knoxville and was only home last weekend for Musicfest.

[Staccato]

Thanks, though we're on high ground in my neighborhood, there's people around us affected by the excess rain, and school delays or closures-today.

[jp58]

There is minor flooding through out Tennessee. The Cumberland river is flooding in several parts of NE Tennessee, and a lot of its subsidaries (inside the Clarksville, Memphis, and Nashville triangle) are having flooding. On campus here, we have nicknamed Drane Street (Ironic, no?) "Drane Creek," and we have several new lakes (including several of our smoking areas ).

[Jeff K]

The shelters are filling up with people who had to evacuate their homes. The Mississippi River is around 41 feet, and expected to reach 48. (Flood stage is around 37 feet.) The worst flooding on record around here was in 1937 (I think) when it was 48.7 feet. The Corps of Engineers has blown a few levees in an attempt to save some towns further up river. This has flooded thousands of acres of farm land.

All the casinos are now closed for 3-6 weeks. The communities near water are flooding because all of those tributaries that normally flow into the Mississippi have nowhere to go. Because the Mississippi is so high, the tributaries can't empty into it and are backing up causing lots of flooding. I think we've had something like 12" of rain over the last 10 days. We'll finally get a break starting this afternoon, with no rain expected for about 3 or 4 days. The Mississippi is supposed to crest at 48' on May 10th, and is expected to stay that high for about a week.

Personally, my house isn't in a danger area. My heart just aches for all the people whose homes are being flooded. And all this is on the heels of the worst month of tornadoes I can remember...

[Carver]

We've been pretty lucky here in N. Mississippi. The flooding isn't as bad here as it is in Memphis, but we're still recovering from last week's barrage of tornadoes.

[Dr. Cheese]

To and Missouri over busting the Missouri levee to save Cairo, Illinois. I think they opened the levee last night.

[A.Diva]

Yeah, I read today about the levee. I can't imagine having to make that decision.