Mississippi at flood stage

These are some pictures and movies of the Mississippi River near my house. It's maybe a half-foot below the predicted crest, but it's still pretty impressive. For the raw data, NOAA has flood forecasts for Minneapolis.

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Outflow from the hydrology lab	The river, as seen from the Stone Arch Bridge
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The river, as seen from the Stone Arch Bridge	The river, as seen from the Stone Arch Bridge
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The Corps of Engineers lock. It's open to allow more flow through.	Two cool things in this photo. One is the trough in the water below the lock. The other is all the people standing on the bridge looking at the river. The only other time I've seen the bridge this busy was during the fireworks on the river.
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A movie of the river from the stone arch bridge.	A movie of the lock
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A movie of the lock	Swirling water movie, from Central Avenue Bridge
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Movie of water cascading over the apron.	A movie panning across the river from the Central Avenue Bridge.

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Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek. Last updated on Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:17:28.