June 19, 2008

Approaching Floods

Scenes from the area as flood waters rise.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com A cyclist raises his feet as he rides through flood waters that are creeping up on North Main Street.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com 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 ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com 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 ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Mike Starkey helps build a levee to hold back the rising flood waters in Dutchtown.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Sand bags are filled a ready for use outside the Smith Stop in Dutchtown.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com James Reitzal harvests his wheat before the fields are taken over by flood waters.

AARON EISENHAUER ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com 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 ~ aeisenhauer@semissourian.com Flood waters rise on a field off Highway 74 between Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown.

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Scenes from the area as flood waters rise.

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