http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8492557
This town is gone. Had a buddy that lived there for a long time. I told the idiot that it may be a good idea to move away from the river. But guess he was too stupid to do so.
Further down south the downtown area, housing most of the business of the local area was only saved because the levee in Carthage broke.
Bad for Carthage, good for Burlington.
Most of the businesses in downtown were already overrun before the levee broke in Carthage. Lucky for some bad for others.
Luckily for my father. He runs a business down there, and they sandbagged it well enough to hold back the waters till a land excavation company that I do not know the name of, came in for free and started helping business owners and home owners.
How is it that even with all this bad stuff, you do not see widespread looting and crime? Imagine that! The Midwest, people helping each other instead of hurting each other.
A horrid thing, but it shows the good things good people can do!