Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Images From Memphis Flood

My new job has me in Memphis, TN every other day. I was there Monday and today (Wednesday) and shot a few pics of the nasty weather and its aftermath.

This was a super cell that hit about 12:30 pm last Monday. I was parked outside the Coca Cola plant waiting to deliver. The folks ushered me inside to the storm shelter when the tornado sirens went off.

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Today (Wednesday)  I crossed the MS River into West Memphis, AR to reload. West Memphis had been hammered the night before and much of the town was still without power.

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Power line repair en route to my reload.

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Flooding along I-40 and I-55 in Arkansas

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Access road flooded next to I-55

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Lots of downed trees around town

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Poor little forlorn fire hydrant…

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