Mississippi Risin'

We went to the levee this past Wednesday (acting like a bunch of hayseeds) to see how high the water has risen.  While there we got some good pictures of the water and iconic Mississippi River Bridge, but also got very interesting pictures of an old metal pier just past the bridge - it's technically closed off (hence the huge, padlocked gate), but we squeezed through and got some awesome shots of the graffiti. 

This is a collage of some of the graffiti.

A collage of some of my pictures of the bridge.

This is the USS Kidd with the levee in the background.

Train tracks near the levee.

This is the gate to the pier, with a view down it to the river.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Outer wall, facing towards the river.

This was the levee as of Wednesday afternoon.

The levees were shut down to pedestrians and bicyclists Friday morning for the foreseeable future.  I went downtown this morning to see how close I could get.  These were some of the shots I got:

This part of the levee was not blocked off, so I parked and cross the train tracks.  

There were fish flopping about too.

Sandbags.

These are the Tiger Dams.

Right now the river level is 44 ft (according to WAFB) and it we should reach the highest level May 22 or 23.