The Flood.

As you may know, the Meramec River left its banks and headed for downtown Pacific this week. Fortunately, most of the businesses in downtown Pacific are north of the railroad tracks (which serves as a levee of sort). Unfortunately, that means that a lot of houses are south of the tracks.

Since I had Friday afternoon off work, I headed out to Pacific with my camera to see the rising waters for myself. You can see my pictures here.

This brought back memories of 1993. About half of my eighth grade class was unable to attend our field trip to Jefferson City because the Meramec was flooded and they couldn't get to school. It was a fun trip -- and my first and only Amtrak trip.

Anyway, for those of you wondering, Mom's house is just fine. Her house is so high up on a hill that if it were to flood, Pacific would no longer exist... Along with most of the rest of the immediate area.