Vicksburg, MS

[pastorables]

I just watched on the Weather Channel about the severe flooding around Vicksburg, MS. The report is for the area to be 50 feet above flood stage by Sunday. It showed deer and alligators being forced from their natural habitats, not to mention the actual people being forced to evacuate. Any of you Vicksburg locals have any news closer to the story?

I lived in Vicksburg for one year and loved it.

Thanks,
pa

[teach]

well, Vicksburg got hit by tornadoes last friday so that contributed to the floods, but I don't think it is that bad.

Also, all the storms up north that was around the ms river is traveling down the river and causing problems.

Mom did say the waters were rising, but I don't think it is bad at the moment

wendy k

[darylscook]

Bro. Ritchie

The river is expected to crest Sunday at 49.3 feet, which is 6.3 feet above flood stage . That is pretty significant, but not 50 feet above flood stage. I think it is right around the same level as the '83 flood.

you can go to http://www.vicksburgpost.com and read the Vicksburg Paper's online edition, but it does not have a ton of info. You can also go here: http://web.vicksburg.org


Wendy

FYI, if I am remembering correctly, the 1983 flood is the flood that flooded our home and we moved to Jennifer Dr. In 1979, we had to ride a boat up Staight bayou and catch the bus from the highway that went to Eagle Lake. Man that seems like a lifetime ago. God has truly blessed our family. In 1983, the river crested at 49.35 feet.

Both
Here are historic Crests for Vicksburg, From:
http://ahps.srh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrogra ... 1185811200

Historical Crests
(1) 56.00 ft on 05/04/1927
(2) 51.60 ft on 05/13/1973
(3) 49.81 ft on 04/14/1975
(4) 49.35 ft on 05/27/1983
(5) 49.10 ft on 03/22/1997
(6) 48.00 ft on 04/12/1975
(7) 47.90 ft on 04/26/1979
(8) 47.00 ft on 06/12/1995
(9) 46.00 ft on 05/03/1994
(10) 45.80 ft on 05/25/1984


God Bless You
Pastor Daryl

[teach]

I was already born when we moved to jennifer Dr., so that was the 1983 flood

wendy k

[pastorables]

The river is expected to crest Sunday at 49.3 feet, which is 6.3 feet above flood stage . That is pretty significant, but not 50 feet above flood stage. I think it is right around the same level as the '83 flood.

Daryl,

The segment that I watched on the Weather Channel seemed to be rural areas of Warren county. They actually interviewed Game & Forestry agents. They mentioned about 30 or 40 homes being evacuated, which appeared from the video footage to be in rural African American communities. I could have misunderstood about the 50 feet above flood stage. The actual statement could have concerned the flood stage rising to around 50 feet total. Their great concern in the segment was the fact that hundreds of acres of wildlife and farm land were being over saturated by the flooding.

Ritchie