Page 64 - Wolf River News Today

This is actually, believe it or not, im not making this up, this is a water truck that is completely submerged in the river that is the wolf river. now, this truck in here, doing some construction. this area is actually a park, where folks come out in the morning, walk, run, enjoy themselves. the river, the actual wolf river itself, is 300 yards from where were standing. normally that water is 300 yards back in the woods. jofer night, that river was at 22.5 feet, they are expecting it to rise an...

At some of the more major rivers, the mississippi river not included but wolf creek, theyre expected to creek this afternoon into this evening. but up in millington, theyre recovering from a major hit from this storm we experienced in the mid south over the weekend. and things are starting to show signs of hope, shep. >> shepard: thats good. the wolf river, louis hatchy and mississippi affect western tennessee. i know youre out of position but i wonder what your information is about downtown nas...

The water that does go away, as you said, shepherd, moves downstream to the communities below, and it will be the highest flooding theyve ever seen. >> wow. riverside drive is gone down there. its incredible. where are these houses that are being flooded? upriver or slightly downriver? >> you know whats happening, shepherd, the tributaries, the mississippi river mostly protected by the levees, but the river is so high that the tributaries cant drain into it. a lot of the mississippi river water ...

Going to be telling those property owners, now is the time to start packing up and making plans to move. dont wait until this river is sitting in your front yard. now, strangely enough, we are looking at a possibly a very close to a record here in memphis. the last record was back in 1937. the river went four blocks into the city at that time. we are not going to see anything like that because of all the levees and floodwaters they have in place. the big concern is the rivers that empty into mis...