"Thank you" painted in the window of a home under renovation. Sign reads: "Thank You - Mennonite Disaster Service"
Alexandria, Missouri was very unfortunate because levee broke both north and south of town allowing the water to rush in quickly. Rebuilding efforts are underway and most of the residences are under renovation while the residents live in FEMA supplied trailer homes. Several volunteer groups, like the Mennonites are helping with the recontruction.
Many evidences of flooding can be seen throughout the town.
MPG of students pointing out maximum flood height.
MPG showing flood deposits in the interior of a car.
"Thank you" painted in the window of a home under renovation. Sign reads:
"Thank You - Mennonite Disaster Service"
Once a concession stand, now a place for dumping ruined equipment. This
building was totally submerged as the water lines extend past the rooftop.
Water lines on the lower portion of a two story house.
Salvation Army Post - students point to a sign above the plywood indicating the
maximum height of flood waters in Alexandria.
House trailer that was lifted and set down on several automobiles. Flood lines
are also visible on trailer walls.
Water lines almost reaching the apex of a house. The streets were plowed to
remove the thick deposits of mud leaving burms of mud along the roadsides.
High flood waters moved this house and trailer off their foundations.
A roof seperated from its walls came to rest against the backstop fence near the
ball field.
This trailer home was moved several meters. The walls, made from particle
board, absorbed water and disentigrated.
Small buildings, trash, and other debris left piled along the railroad
embankment as the flood waters receded.
House with mud stained walls now sags after being pushed off the foundation.
Fuel barrel left in the fork of a tree leaving testimony to the height of flood
waters a few months before.