The Mississippi River has crested at 34.0 feet on the Memphis gauge. It's apparently going to hang out at that level for several days.
34 feet is the official flood stage here at Memphis, and it does seem pretty high after the low-water year we had last year, but almost exactly two years ago the river was some 14 feet higher. Any residents on Mud Island who are concerned about the current river level should be reminded of the big 2011 flood, when the river was still a good four or five vertical feet shy of the houses in this photo.
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