Friday, August 26, 2005

Michael, Illinois

This one’s from a few years back, early 1996, to be exact. Three years after the Midwest’s “Great Flood” of 1993, there were still many, many, signs of the damage. Michael is just a couple miles north of Hardin, IL, where the Illinois River reached 42.36 feet, over 17 feet above flood stage, and more than 4 feet above the previous record...

1 comment:

Ol' Froth said...

I remember flying over the midwest about a year after the flooding, and you could still see the devestation in the floodplains from 30,000 feet.