2015 Winter Flooding - Day 4

Scott Miller, right, and Ethan Caldwell wait for items to load into a tractor trailer while helping family evacuate their home in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Scott Miller shines a flashlight into the back of a tractor trailer while helping family evacuate their home in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

David Benefield walks over Christmas decorations as he and Ethan Caldwell search for an outlet inside a tractor trailer while helping family evacuate their home in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Terry Honey, left, Blake Dale, center, and Lee Van Alstine help move furniture into a moving trailer while helping friends evacuate their home in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Kyle Caldwell shines a flashlight into the back of a tractor trailer while helping evacuate his great-grandmother and her belongings in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

David Benefield and Scott Miller load furniture into the back of a tractor trailer while helping family evacuate their home in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Scott Miller looks for a spot to hang a shop light inside a tractor trailer while helping family evacuate their home in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Scott Miller, right, and Ethan Caldwell load furniture into a tractor trailer while helping family evacuate their home in McClure, Illinois, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Ethan Caldwell, left, watches as Blake Dale, center, and Lee VanAlstine carry out a headboard to load into a tractor trailer while evacuating Caldwell's great-grandmother from her McClure, Illinois home, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Ethan Miller takes a juice break while helping his great-grandmother evacuate her McClure, Illinois home, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department escort an Ameren Missouri employee to shut off power to a portion of the Red Star District in Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

A member of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department loads a boat on a trailer after escorting an Ameren Missouri employee out in the floodwater to shut off power to a portion of the Red Star District in Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

A bear statue pokes its head out of the floodwater in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater from the Mississippi River continues to rise in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

A Robin sits on a patch of grass poking up from the floodwater in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Jamell Austin and his children Lily, 5, and Lathen, 4, visit with American Red Cross volunteers as they make the children peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Lathen Austin, 4, and his sister Lily, 5, roll around in the grass as American Red Cross make the children peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater from the Mississippi River continues to rise in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater from the Mississippi River continues to rise in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Dara Morris carefully walks on logs to avoid floodwater while taking her dog Harley and Kilo outside for a bathroom break, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. Floodwater continues its climb around Morris' home she just purchased five months ago with her husband. (Laura Simon)

Dara Morris carries her dogs, Harley and Kilo, to take back inside after their bathroom break, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau. Floodwater continues its climb around Morris' home she just purchased five months ago with her husband. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater spreads across the horizon as seen from the Red Star District of Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Jeff White, left, and Dave Hankammer load supplies into a boat near the Dutchtown exit, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Jeff White carries supplies to take by boat to his business near the Dutchtown exit, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater from the Diversion Channel continues to creep closer to Interstate 55, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Jeff White ferries supplies to a business near the Dutchtown exit, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Jeff White ferries supplies to a business near the Dutchtown exit, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Mailboxes peak out from the floodwater north of the Dutchtown exit in Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

A reflection of the Interstate 55 Exit 93B sign is distorted in the floodwater in Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater cover Highway 74 heading towards Dutchtown, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater cover Highway 74 heading towards Dutchtown, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Floodwater cover Highway 74 heading towards Dutchtown, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

Garrett Metje walks over the closed bridge leading to the Diversion Channel fishing access near the Dutchtown exit in Cape Girardeau, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (Laura Simon)

The sunset is reflected in the floodwater from the Diversion Channel, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

The sunset is reflected in the floodwater from the Diversion Channel, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)