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A current look at Pinhook and the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway

Laura Simon
Thursday, June 12, 2014

A look at Pinhook, Missouri and the Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway three years after the intentional breach of Birds Point Levee.

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    A wheat field spreads across the horizon, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, near the first intention breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County. The levee was breached by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May 2011. (Laura Simon)
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    Lilies and rubble are all that remain of a home in Pinhook, Mo., as seen Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    A chicken walks under a parked tractor in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    Various items sit in a vacant driveway in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    A rocking chair sits in shambles on a carport in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    Lilies and rubble are all that remain of a home in Pinhook, Mo., as seen Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    Thistle sprouts from the yard of an abandoned home in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    A stuffed bear lays in the rubble where a house once stood in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    Rubble is all that remains of a house in Pinhook, Mo., as seen Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    A lily blooms in the rubble of a house in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    An abandoned mobile home in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    An abandoned home in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    Farm equipment sits on a vacant road in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    Thistle sprouts from the yard of an abandoned home in Pinhook, Mo., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (Laura Simon)
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    The Story Farms Inc. facility in Mississippi County, as seen Tuesday, June 10, 2014, remains operational since the 2011 Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway activation. (Laura Simon)
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    A gravel road runs along the top of Birds Point Levee where the first intention breach of the levee had left a gaping hole. Repairs to the levee were completed in 2013. The levee was breached by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May 2011. (Laura Simon)
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    A field of soybeans sprouts from the earth, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, near the first intention breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County. The levee was breached by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May 2011. (Laura Simon)
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    A wheat field spreads across the horizon, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, near the first intention breach of the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County. The levee was breached by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May 2011. (Laura Simon)