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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Patricia Clark hangs her head in despair as her boyfriend Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl"  cruis down Cghicksaw Rd in his bassboat for her first look at her cabin. Mark Bridges and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Pictured is the King Community in Vicksburg underwater already and a dog wating to be rescued and taken to hire ground. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. -- ...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Pictured is the King Community in Vicksburg underwater already and a dog wating to be rescued and taken to hire ground. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. -- ...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/12/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Highway 465 in Vicksburg is washed out by the rising Mississippi River. Members of The Corp of Engineering and Col. Eckstein hold a press conference on the Yazoo backwater levee, detailing how they are trying to contain the flood water from the Mississippi River from flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of people. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/12/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Mari Miller Theobald 6, and her mother Lindsey check out the flood waters in downtown Vicksburg s the water fills the old Yazoo Mississippi Valley RailRoad Station. Mrs. Theobald tries to explain to her daughter Marithat this she is seeing history in the making, this flood is worse than the 1927 flood. Members of The Corp of Engineering and Col. Eckstein hold a press conference on the Yazoo backwater levee, detailing how they are trying to contain the flood water from the Mississippi River from flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of people. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Pictured is Ergon Marine and Industrial Suppy company working around the clock to sand bag their property from the rising flood water. In one photo an Ergon employes removes  snake from climbing the sand bag levee.  c. Vicks burg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. -- ...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Pictured is Ergon Marine and Industrial Suppy company working around the clock to sand bag their property from the rising flood water. In one photo an Ergon employes removes  snake from climbing the sand bag levee.  c. Vicks burg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. -- ...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Pictured is Ergon Marine and Industrial Suppy company working around the clock to sand bag their property from the rising flood water. In one photo an Ergon employes removes  snake from climbing the sand bag levee.  c. Vicks burg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. -- ...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A Signs mark the road to the northh Kings Community that has been flooded by the Mississipppi River. A house on Chicksaw road is filling with water from the Mississippi River  May 11,2011. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A A house on Chicksaw road in the North Kings Community is filling with water from the Mississippi River  May 11,2011. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A A house on Chicksaw road is filling with water from the Mississippi River  May 11,2011. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.AA house on Chicksaw road is covered in water from the Mississippi River ed May 11,2011. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Patricia Clark wipes away tears after seeing her trailer for the first time since the Mississippi River flooded the North Kings Community. Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Things unable to be rescued from homes in the North Kings Commmunity float in the water Wed. May 11,2011. Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/12/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --The entrance to the YAzoo backwater levee is closed to all traffic. Members of The Corp of Engineering and Col. Eckstein hold a press conference on the Yazoo backwater levee, detailing how they are trying to contain the flood water from the Mississippi River from flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of people. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/12/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Members of The Corp of Engineering and Col. Eckstein hold a press conference on the Yazoo backwater levee, detailing how they are trying to contain the flood water from the Mississippi River from flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of people. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • The mighty  Mississippi River floods the rich delta farm lands. The river is at its highest levels in over 100 years and is not expected to crest in Clarksdale to at least Wednesday May 11, and Vicksburg Mississippi, further down river will experience its highest flood levels in 100 years. The Mississippi River flooding is devastating hundreds of thousands of acres of land, homes and lives. Aerial photos illustrate the flooding due west of Clarksdale Mississippi and south of the Helena Arkansa River Bridge. Photo©SuziAltman.com
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- THe railroad tracks in Kings Community is going to be covered in water from the Mississippi River in a matter of days disruoting train service thru Vicksburg. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Pictured is the levee in downtown Vicksburg already leaking, the city is try to shore up the leaks in hope of [reventing a major breach in hte levee which woulf flood downtown Vicksburg wWed. May 11,2011. Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, stands in what was his side porch and surveys the damage to his neighborhood. Mark and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner,looks out at what used to be his front yard now covered oin over 15 ft of water from the Mississippi river flooding. and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner,points put to where is garden used to be. His house is on 9ft stilts and will take in water befor the end of the week. and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, pulls his dog "baby girl" back into the boat after the dog jumped in thinking hshe was being left at the house when Mark was turning the boat around. Mark and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a HomeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A<br />
 --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM<br />
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A<br />
 --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM<br />
Photo by Suzi Altman
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A<br />
 --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM<br />
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A<br />
 --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM<br />
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A<br />
 --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM<br />
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A<br />
 --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM<br />
Photo by Suzi Altman
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A<br />
 --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM<br />
Photo by Suzi Altman
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/13/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Members of the Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi spend Friday The 13, 2011 checking out the rising Mississippi flood water into their homes. Robert Shiers aka Peanut paddles past his hand built cabin in the woods too check on the flood waters Friday May 13,2011 Peanuts flooded cabin on Chickasaw Road was a cabin in the woods is now a cabin on the flooded Mississippi River.  Hope and faith float as the Mississippi River continues to rise around the Kings Community on Friday the 13th of May 2011. "Peanut " aka Robert Shiers navigates his "John Boat" down Chickasaw Rd. in Vicksburg Mississippi. His hand built ,self designed cabin which sits on 14ft. stilts on the old Belle Meade Plantation was on a 5acre wheat field that is now inundated with water and only able to get to by boat.  No mail today for residents of the Kings Community in Vicksburg MS Friday May 13, 2011.The Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi is expected to crest at a record 58.5 feet. The water is moving at 2.2million cubic feet per second, to put it in perspective it would fill the SuperDome in New Orleans in 30 seconds. Pictured is the historic Yazoo Valley Railroad Station in downtown Vicksburg. The River is flooding over 1.2 million acres of farm land and damaging thousands of homes and disrupting thousands of peoples lives. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11 Clarksdale -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Employees of Ergon Marine and Industrial supply despartately fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11 Clarksdale -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Employees of Ergon Marine and Industrial supply despartately fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Toursits and resiodent watch the waters rise into the historic Vicksburg Mississippi RailRoad Station as fire and rescue crews sand bags around to help protect it. Vicksburg folks work around the clock fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Tourists and residents watch the waters rise into the historic the Kings Community inVicksburg folks work around the clock fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Tourists and residents watch the waters rise into the historic the Kings Community inVicksburg folks work around the clock fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Tourists and residents watch the waters rise into the historic the Kings Community inVicksburg folks work around the clock fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Tourists and residents watch the waters rise into the historic the Kings Community inVicksburg folks work around the clock fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Tourists and residents watch the waters rise into the historic the Kings Community inVicksburg folks work around the clock fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11 Clarksdale -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Employees of Ergon Marine and Industrial supply despartately fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. --Toursits and resiodent watch the waters rise into the historic Vicksburg Mississippi RailRoad Station as fire and rescue crews sand bags around to help protect it. Vicksburg folks work around the clock fill  sand bags try to sand bag their property from the over flow of the MS River. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11  -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A.Robert Shivers watches as his neighbors homes fill with water and waits for the water to fill his home in the Kings Community in Vicksburg. Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • job #40242. 5/11/11 Clarksdale -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Vicksburg, a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshaling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. --Photo©SuziAltman.com...Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/11/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A. -- Mark Bridges,56, thrift store owner, and his dog "baby girl" and his girlfriend of 12 years Patricia Clark, a homeDepot garden employee, cruise down Chicksaw Rd in a bass boat in North Kings Community in Vicksburg Mississippi Wed. May 5th 2011. This is the firs time for Patricia to try and remove things from her trailer, that is built on 9ft stilts  AND THE WATER IS CURRENTLY AT 15 ft. and rising and is less than 12 inches from being flooded. Mark and Patricia have lived their all their lives and will return when the Mississippi River recedes,. ark has been helping his neighbors get their belongings to safety. Vicksburg a riverfront town steeped in war and sacrifice, gets set to battle an age-old companion: the Mississippi River. The city that fell to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army after a painful siege in 1863 is marshalling a modern flood-control arsenal to keep the swollen Mississippi from overwhelming its defenses. PHOTO©SUZIALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A.The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up for early Sunday May 15, 2011 church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A.The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up for early Sunday May 15, 2011 church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Jesus had to walk on water to get to church today in the Kings Community of Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. Pastor Maxwell checks out the flood waters outside the Cool Springs Church Sunday.The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Hope and faith float along these flooded homes in RailRoad Alley, Vicksburg Mississippi Sunday May 15,2011. The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up early Sunday May 15, 2011 for church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/15/11} Vicksburg} -- Vicksburg, MS, U.S.A.The mighty Mississippi River threatens to flood CoolSprings Church in the Kings Community, most of the congregations homes are flooded, but many showed up for early Sunday May 15, 2011 church services. PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM.Photo by Suzi Altman.
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  • 8/16/11} Vicksburg} -THE FLOOD RECORD IS SURPASSED TODAY IN VICKSBURG TO 56.7 FT. RECORD HIGH BEATS LEVELS SET IN 1927. Paul Winefield, 37, the Mayor of Vicksburg Mississippi speaks to the national media about the mighty MIssissippi River flooding his city Monday May 16,2001. The river will not crest until the 19th in Vicksburg at record level above 57 ft.  PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM..
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  • 8/16/11} Vicksburg} -THE FLOOD RECORD IS SURPASSED TODAY IN VICKSBURG TO 56.7 FT. RECORD HIGH BEATS LEVELS SET IN 1927. Paul Winefield, 37, the Mayor of Vicksburg Mississippi speaks to the national media about the mighty MIssissippi River flooding his city Monday May 16,2001. The river will not crest until the 19th in Vicksburg at record level above 57 ft.  PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM..
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  • 8/16/11} Vicksburg} -THE FLOOD RECORD IS SURPASSED TODAY IN VICKSBURG TO 56.7 FT. RECORD HIGH BEATS LEVELS SET IN 1927. Paul Winefield, 37, the Mayor of Vicksburg Mississippi speaks to the national media about the mighty MIssissippi River flooding his city Monday May 16,2001. The river will not crest until the 19th in Vicksburg at record level above 57 ft.  PHOTO©SUZI ALTMAN.COM..
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