2015 Winter Flooding - Day 2

Laura Simon

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

People and businesses in the Bois Brule Bottoms in Perry County continued to evacuate as the Mississippi River continues to rise, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015.

The sky is reflected in the Mississippi River floodwater at the Red Star Access as Justin Shoemaker keeps a fire going in the pit, Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
A man keeps watch as wheat grain is loaded into a truck to me moved to a different location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
Employees, friends and family help remove items from Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop to take to a higher location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
John Buerck wheels a storage cabinet out of Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop to take to a higher location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)

Brian Birchler wheels a welding machine out of Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop to take to a higher location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
Larry Stearns removes scrap metal from Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop to take to a higher location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
Mike Ernst, right, gives a thumbs-up to Brian Birchler as Birchler removes a load of equipment from Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop to take to a higher location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
Dennis Ernst loads scrap metal into a bucket at Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop to take to a higher location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
Nathan Ernst stands inside the garage of Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. Ernst, his friends family's and co-workers were removing equipment from the shop to take to a higher location in case the Mississippi River tops the levee near Chester, Illinois. The machine shop had around 14 feet of water inside during the 1993 flood. (Laura Simon)

Madison Klucas, 6, stands in the kitchen of her home with with her mother, Amy, brother Andrew, 11, and grandmother, Terry Theiss, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. The Klucas family is evacuating the house they rent in McBride, and will be staying with Theiss in Perryville while the threat of flooding from the Mississippi River remains. (Laura Simon)
Trucks line the streets of McBride, Missouri, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, while waiting in line to fill the truck beds with wheat grain. (Laura Simon)
Trucks line the streets of McBride, Missouri, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, while waiting in line to fill the truck beds with wheat grain. (Laura Simon)
Trucks line the streets of McBride, Missouri, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, while waiting in line to fill the truck beds with wheat grain. (Laura Simon)
Chester, Illinois overlooks the Bois Brule bottoms as trucks plow through a flooded Perry County road, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, near McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
MoDot employees work to put up the flood gate on US 51 near the Chester, Illinois bridge, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. (Laura Simon)
Michael Gremaud works on loading up his belongings to evacuate his home in the Bois Brule bottoms, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, near McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
Michael Gremaud works on loading up his belongings to evacuate his home in the Bois Brule bottoms, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, near McBride, Missouri. (Laura Simon)
The skyline is reflected in floodwater over a Cape Girardeau County road, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. (Laura Simon)
A man loads his fishing boat into the back of his pickup truck after taking it out on the floodwater over Highway 177 in Cape Girardeau, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015. (Laura Simon)
Brandon Chapman catches a sandbag from Jesse James while Caleb Wilferth, right, places sandbags on the pile, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at The Rivers Edge near the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau.. (Laura Simon)
Logan Cullum, left, and Victoria Bruce watch as the last of the sandbags are placed around The Rivers Edge near the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. (Laura Simon)
Brandon Chapman and his girlfriend Victoria Bruce chat after the final sandbags were placed around The Rivers Edge near the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. (Laura Simon)
Joe Walker rides a four wheeler near the floodwater at the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. (Laura Simon)
A rope swing hangs from a tree near the flooded Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. (Laura Simon)
The sky is reflected in the Mississippi River floodwater at the Red Star Access as Justin Shoemaker keeps a fire going in the pit, Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)
Matt Butler works on a tin fence to surround a workshop near the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. Flooding from the Mississippi River is encroaching on the shop. (Laura Simon)
Matt Butler works on a tin fence to surround a workshop near the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. Flooding from the Mississippi River is encroaching on the shop. (Laura Simon)
Matt Butler works on a tin fence to surround a workshop near the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. Flooding from the Mississippi River is encroaching on the shop. (Laura Simon)
Matt Butler works on a tin fence to surround a workshop near the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau Tuesday evening, Dec. 29, 2015. Flooding from the Mississippi River is encroaching on the shop. (Laura Simon)
Dennis Ernst loads scrap metal into a bucket at Ernst Service Station & Machine Shop to take to a higher location, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, in McBride, Missouri. If the floodwater reaches McBride, that would make the third flood that Ernst has lived through. (Laura Simon)