Flood tourism has dropped off sharply since the river crested last week; and while the river is at a level today (43.8 feet) that would rate as the 4th highest crest in history, there were no tourists or picture takers but me on Mud Island. There is an incredible amount of driftwood on the banks. [...]
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It’s been a long time coming. The Mississippi has slowly risen to displace an unknown number of area residents, inundate our waterfront, drown our historic cobblestone landing, disrupt Memphis in May, and lay waste to area agriculture. Now we are told the river has hit its crest, the highest the Mississippi waters will get at [...]
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[Note: We urban and suburban dwellers in the Memphis area don't think nearly enough about the extent of the area's agriculture business and its impact on the economics of our region. I asked my friend Janice Person to guest post on the impact of the flooding Mississippi River and its tributaries on agriculture in our [...]
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