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The Missouri is high

See that statue in the lower-right? It's not supposed to be coming up out of the river. See the marina a little further to the right? That's usually 10' or more lower, it's actually floating above its land connection equipment.

 

The wall running roughly through midframe is part of the city's levee system. It's 42 feet above the river bottom. The good news is that the river is only projected to get up to about 36 feet, which may flood this landing, but would spare the levee from overtopping, at least here. First time in a long time it will even be challenged, though.

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Uploaded on June 6, 2011
Taken on June 4, 2011