watch and wait...

Ice rings on the trees mark the crest of the water and show that it has dropped a few inches on Sat.

The driver of this pay loader has to check in with security to enter a restricted dike zone at Lindenwood Park.
National Guardsman at a security check point shows bags of cookies delivered by a resident minutes before. The others said they are stuffed from all the food people are bringing!

An airman with the Happy Hooligans Air Guard trudges through the clay gumbo to check the dike.

This is the secondary dike a block east and 4 blocks south of our house on 4th St. Many residents on the other side have been evacuated after a breach there Thursday night. It was contained.

The stacks of empty pallets and the portable lights sit near the dike at the end of our street where we worked during the night early Friday morning.