mississippi river flood 2011 - natchez + vidalia and surrounding areas

a lot of readers have come to my blog recently by searching google for "mississippi river flooding" and landing on this old post from the flood in '08. i thought i'd post a few images from the flood happening right now in natchez, ms (where i'm originally from and my family lives) and vidalia, la and some surrounding areas since i'm sure that's what you all really want to see.

none of these photos were taken by me, but the orignal sources are listed and linked:

from flickr user frank3.0 (who, as a side note, takes such wonderful photos. please also see his blog, lemonsandbeans ):

hesco barriers at vidalia, la:

flooding at bayou sarah:

water behind the levee at yucatan landing:

pintails flocking on the new levee (not showing you much of rising waters, i know, but just too beautiful of a photo - i couldn't bear to leave it out):

water on both sides of us:

high water at vidalia, la:

sandbags at vidalia, la:

from the natchez democrat (local newspaper):

coast guard station on may 11:

coast guard station on may 13:

deer park area on may 11:

giles island on may 11:

old river area on may 11:

lake mary on may 11:

riverview rv park playground:

saint catherine creek on may 11:

natchez under the hill on may 13:

vidalia riverfront on may 13:

from the us army corp of engineers flickr stream:

natchez prep:

vidalia on may 13:

hunting camps and homes:

and from this stream here :

jm jones lumber company self-constructed levee:

earlier work to protect natchez and vidalia riverfronts:

isle of capri on may 12:

angola inmates transferred and temporary buildings built:

from city of vidalia facebook page :

gov. jindal flying in:

vidalia levee:

from this facebook album :

vidalia convention center:

promise hospital:

vidalia riverfront:

natchez bluff:

louisiana levee:

under the hill:

anna's bottom:

others:

from my sis n' law's sister:

hope this helps anyone looking for images of natchez and surrounding areas - i know it can be hard to find photos specific to the area through just a google search.