http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...74462I20110505
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So far flooding has been drawing tourists into the downtown Memphis area and local businesses hope that the situation does not worsen.
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/edit....aspx?id=58379
‘Ready for It’
Riverboat operator undeterred by rising river
Rising Mississippi forces evacuations around Memphis
By John Branston
Reuters
MEMPHIS, Tenn | Thu May 5, 2011 2:16pm EDT
(Reuters) - The rising Mississippi river lapped over downtown Memphis streets on Thursday as a wall of water threatened to unleash near-record flooding all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Water lapped over Riverside Drive and onto Beale Street in Memphis, and threatened some homes on Mud Island...
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"Compared to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 this flood is going to be a lot nastier," said Marty Pope, senior hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss.....
By John Branston
Reuters
MEMPHIS, Tenn | Thu May 5, 2011 2:16pm EDT
(Reuters) - The rising Mississippi river lapped over downtown Memphis streets on Thursday as a wall of water threatened to unleash near-record flooding all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Water lapped over Riverside Drive and onto Beale Street in Memphis, and threatened some homes on Mud Island...
[snip]
"Compared to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 this flood is going to be a lot nastier," said Marty Pope, senior hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss.....
So far flooding has been drawing tourists into the downtown Memphis area and local businesses hope that the situation does not worsen.
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/edit....aspx?id=58379
‘Ready for It’
Riverboat operator undeterred by rising river