Levees Hold Back Cresting Mississippi River
In my neck of the world, right outside of St. Louis, people have pretty much been working 24/7 to save their commuinites. Although there is still some concern, most believe we’ve seen the worse and the levees will continue to hold. Reuters reports:
Walls and levees held back the cresting Mississippi River on Sunday as requests for government aid poured in from homeowners and businesses swamped by the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years.
Across from St. Louis, where the river remained near the crest reached on Friday, Cahokia Mayor Frank Bergman said his city of 17,000 had escaped disaster by a few feet meters.
“We got lucky,” he said as he walked a 50-year-old network of levees and flood walls that withstood the river’s rise. River water that seeped under the levees at a few spots had been cordoned off by walls of sandbags.
