I would not have guessed that was a road. We just got pounded by wing water and now trying to clear away all the downed trees, many of them across our roads – 2.5 inches of rain came down fast.
The reflections are beautiful, the idea of all that flooding though – wow. Mother Nature had some fury with all this rain. We just had a burst of torrential rain which lasted maybe five minutes and stopped, just like that.
Beautiful scene, until you realize what it is. I was working late one Spring doing some Army recruiting in the Mississippi Delta. The fields were flooded from Spring rains, but the road was elevated. I looked in one field and saw a tin can that seemed to be floating. I thought how strange. It should tip over and sink, but then I realized it was a tin can on top of the tractor’s exhaust to keep rain from getting inside the exhaust. Then I realized how deep the water was in the field, to completely submerge the tractor.
They say floods are getting worse, but that one was in ’73. The water got behind the levees, which restricted getting the water back into the Mississippi River.
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I would not have guessed that was a road. We just got pounded by wing water and now trying to clear away all the downed trees, many of them across our roads – 2.5 inches of rain came down fast.
Yes, we got over 5 inches in 3 days. Everything is growing so nice now. Last summer was so dry.
The reflections are beautiful, the idea of all that flooding though – wow. Mother Nature had some fury with all this rain. We just had a burst of torrential rain which lasted maybe five minutes and stopped, just like that.
Here as well Linda. A good inch that we needed.
We didn’t get the predicted storm today, but have another heavy thunderstorm tomorrow.
Beautiful scene, Sandra.
Thank you very much Mary.
Beautiful scene, until you realize what it is. I was working late one Spring doing some Army recruiting in the Mississippi Delta. The fields were flooded from Spring rains, but the road was elevated. I looked in one field and saw a tin can that seemed to be floating. I thought how strange. It should tip over and sink, but then I realized it was a tin can on top of the tractor’s exhaust to keep rain from getting inside the exhaust. Then I realized how deep the water was in the field, to completely submerge the tractor.
Wow, that is a lot of flood water. I have never seen that much water from a flood.
They say floods are getting worse, but that one was in ’73. The water got behind the levees, which restricted getting the water back into the Mississippi River.
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Thank you very much Francine 🙂
Astonishing!
Thank you Martha 🙂
It is a nice photo with a nice reflection!
Thank you very much Marland. 😉
You’re very welcome!