Approaching Floods

A cyclist raises his feet as he rides through flood waters that are creeping up on North Main Street. (AARON EISENHAUER)

Dave Herzog walks through the flooded river as he and other researchers from the Department of Conservation load a research boat onto the trailer. (AARON EISENHAUER)

Mark Easley tosses a sandbag onto a pile as he and others work on building levee around several homes in Dutchtown on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (AARON EISENHAUER)

Mike Starkey helps build a levee to hold back the rising flood waters in Dutchtown. (AARON EISENHAUER)

Sand bags are filled a ready for use outside the Smith Stop in Dutchtown. (AARON EISENHAUER)

James Reitzal harvests his wheat before the fields are taken over by flood waters. (AARON EISENHAUER)

James Reitzel harvests the wheat from his fields prematurely to avoid losing it in the rising flood waters on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. (AARON EISENHAUER)

Flood waters rise on a field off Highway 74 between Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown. (AARON EISENHAUER)