Saturday, May 14 I headed west to Arkansas! I noticed after I drove over the TN/AR bridge that water was still very high, but I didn't have my camera out so I couldn't snap any pictures. Later on that afternoon Brad and I headed even farther west to McCrory, to Pug's house. Along the way we saw this... more flooded fields! Notice that hay bell in the bottom corner?
This was an entire field, completely under water!
See the tops of the fence posts?
This is the southern part of Crowley's Ridge in AR. From what I've heard, this area became famous in 1937 after the MS river flooded. When the river did flood, it came as far out as Crowley's Ridge which is over 40 miles from the river!
On our way to Pug's, he talked with Brad and told him that my car would not make it down his road. There had been more flooding and we would need Brad's truck to make it. We turned around and got Brad's truck {and me a pair of boots}. When we got close to his road, we saw this... Apparently, a catfish farmer decided to take matters into his own hands. He used dynamite to blow a levee to save his fish ponds, but in turn, it flooded a very large area! That man is now in jail :) It's probably safer for him there anyway...
The area between the grass and dirt is Pug's road!
Yeah, my car would have never made it!
Pug's driveway {or where it normally is} and his house
Me sportin' Brad's boots!
I put away the camera until Sunday when I was headed back over the bridge. This is the Mississippi, er, the overflow from the Mississippi!
See the sign?
Power poles!
Definitely something I've never seen before and hope I never see again. I just wish the pictures would do it justice. It was actually a lot worse, but this is what I could get... the other time I was in charge of driving :) I don't think the other cars really cared for me passing them while snapping pictures out the window, but oh well!
The water actually got higher- high enough to go over the hoods of the trucks. See the lights on the trucks? They were shorting out. People could see lights flashing and hear the horn!
