Please do not forget to include North Dakota in your prayers. They are still under water there.
In more than a century of record-keeping, the nation's longest river has never coped with more water.
Floodwaters are breaching levees, triggering evacuations, closing highways, swamping thousands of acres of farmland, destroying homes and lapping against hurriedly reinforced floodwalls protecting cities, airports and power plants, including two in Nebraska that produce nuclear power.
Well it looks like the casinos are all well protected! - thanks for the amazing pics
Drove the I-29 just hours ago. It is a detour. Just wild to see the water. Did not get to see much underwater, still got to see railroad tracks, motel wendy’s with water to the window level. Was driving the detour so didn’t see much.
"I took these pictures of the Missouri River Flood of 2011 and I would like to share them with anyone interested or with anyone that would like to reprint them. The area I cover is from Gavin's Point Dam, South Dakota to Hamburg, Iowa. If you feel they were worth something please donate to the Red Cross or other flood relief organization that will help the people affected by this disaster.Many not know this but 'Larry' has a copyright on all these photos, though it is not explicitly stated. Yet he is relinquishing his Copyright Ownership Rights, putting these out for 'fair use' and just asking that folks donate to the Red Cross and other agencies if they 'steel his work product' (photos).
That's pretty big of him, and generous.
(1) The photos though 'stunning looking' are pretty average. They look 'stunning' as they're aerial shots, so 'anyone' could have duplicated them. And his Camera really got slammed, a Sony Alpha DSLR-A330, in the reviews when it was announced in May, 2009: "...the A330 is an unremarkable upgrade to the A300". OUCH!
(The 'older', 2008, Sony Alpha A200 is just as good. And less expensive.)
NOTE: No personal offense is meant.