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Top 10 posts of 2011 for Joe Spake’s Weblog

by Joe Spake on December 19, 2011

Disaster sells, obviously Four of the most read posts on Joe Spake’s Weblog in 2011 were directly related to this year’s record flooding on the Mississippi River from the Memphis perspective.  Interestingly the 6th most read post, about the Memphis ice storm of 1994, was written in January of 2010, and has been read consistently [...]

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Old Man River just keeps rollin’ along

by Joe Spake on October 19, 2011

May, 2011 On May 10,2011, the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee crested at 48.03 feet as reported by the National Weather Service.  The flood was the second highest in recorded history, topped only by the flood of 1937.  Many homes were flooded on the outskirts of the city;  Riverside Drive and the west end of [...]

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The Great Memphis Flood of 2011

by Joe Spake on May 29, 2011

Friday,  May 27, the Mississippi River at Memphis dropped below the flood stage of 34 feet for the first time since April 26, 2011.  The picture above was taken at the River’s crest of 47.8 feet, the second highest in recorded history.  The area still has a massive cleanup ahead.  Many homes are total losses, [...]

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