Vermont Flood Of 1927 Deaths

Small city adds flood cleanup to challenges

In this May 27, 2011 photo, a car is flooded in Barre, Vermont The impact of flash floods that inundated the city miserable Vermont last week continues to hit homeowners and businesses, with shops facing potential ruin, digging owners and a handful of houses facing the conviction because of an unstable hill now. Photo: Toby Talbot / AP In this June 2, 2011 photo, Amy Preston uses a pressure washer to clean the exterior of the shop Hi Army in Barre, VermontThe effects of flash floods that inundated the city miserable Vermont last week continues to hit homeowners and businesses, with shops facing potential ruin, digging owners and a handful of houses facing the conviction because of a hill is currently unstable. Photo: Toby Talbot / AP In this May 27, 2011 photo, people look over the flooded streets in Barre, VermontThe effects of flash floods that inundated the city miserable Vermont last week continues to hit homeowners and businesses, with shops facing potential ruin, digging owners and a handful of houses facing the conviction because of a hill is currently unstable. Photo: Toby Talbot / AP In this May 27, 2011 photo, a woman and her dog through the muddy streets fight in Barre, VermontThe effects of flash floods that inundated the city miserable Vermont last week continues to hit homeowners and businesses, with shops facing potential ruin, digging owners and a handful of houses facing the conviction because of a hill is currently unstable. Photo: Toby Talbot / AP In this June 2, 2011 photo, convicted three houses sitting on a hill along Hilltop Avenue in Barre, VermontThe effects of flash floods that inundated the city miserable Vermont last week continues to hit homeowners and businesses, with shops facing potential ruin, digging owners and a handful of houses facing the conviction because of a hill is currently unstable. Photo: Toby Talbot / AP In this June 2, 2011 photo, Amy Preston uses a pressure washer to clean the exterior of the shop Hi Army in Barre, VermontThe effects of flash floods that inundated the city miserable Vermont last week continues to hit homeowners and businesses, with shops facing potential ruin, digging owners and a handful of houses facing the conviction because of a hill is currently unstable.

Memphis music landmarks spared from river flooding - WSFA 12 News ...

By ADRIAN SAINZ and MATT SEDENSKY
Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Mississippi River rose Monday to levels not seen in Memphis since the 1930s, swamping homes in low-lying neighborhoods and driving hundreds of people from their homes. But officials were confident the levees would protect the city's world-famous musical landmarks, including Graceland and Beale Street, and that no new areas would have any serious flooding.

As residents in the Home of the Blues waited for the river to crest as early as Monday night at a projected mark just inches short of the record set in 1937, officials downstream in Louisiana began evacuating prisoners from the state's toughest penitentiary and opened floodgates to relieve pressure on levees outside of New Orleans.

In Memphis, authorities have gone door-to-door to 1,300 homes over the past few days to warn people to clear out, but they were already starting to talk about a labor-intensive clean up, signaling the worst was likely over.

"Where the water is today, is where the water is going to be," Cory Williams, chief of geotechnical engineering for the Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis, told The Associated Press.

Exactly how many people heeded the warnings was not immediately clear, but more than 300 people were staying in shelters, and police stepped up patrols in evacuated areas to prevent looting.

Aurelio Flores, 36, his pregnant wife and their three children were among 175 people staying in a gymnasium at the Hope Presbyterian Church in Shelby County. His mobile home had about 4 feet of water when he last visited the trailer park on Wednesday.

"I imagine that my trailer, if it's not covered, it's close," said Flores, an unemployed construction worker. "If I think about it too much, and get angry about it, it will mean the end of me."

Sun Studio, where Elvis Presley made some of the recordings that helped him become king of rock 'n' roll, was not in harm's way. Nor was Stax Records, which launched the careers of Otis Redding and the Staple Singers. Sun Studio still does some recording, while Stax is now a museum.

Graceland, Presley's former estate several miles south of downtown, was in no danger either.

"I want to say this: Graceland is safe. And we would charge hell with a water pistol to keep it that way and I'd be willing to lead the charge," said Bob Nations Jr., director of the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency.

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