While a bit of a play on words on May 1st, this shot does show the emergency situation being experienced in many areas in our region from recent rainstorms. This isn't a low-lying roadbed, but part of a *bridge* near Murphysboro, Illinois, over a small, but now-swollen river that snakes through southern Illinois on its way to the Mississippi River…
[The rain resumed shortly after I took this and it is expected to continue for the next couple of days.]
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
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