Hannibal, MO, Dec 2008, pics along the Mississippi River front, North River Road and Riverview Park taken while running or biking.

Hannibal, Missouri, Nov 2008 pics in Old Town and along the River.

Hannibal High School Pirate Football. Pics of the field, crowd, pre-game and a moment of silence for the auto death of starter #11 a few days earlier, up to the first play of the game. The Pirates ...more

were second place in class 4A last season. Harrisonville, 250 mi south of Hannibal, brought 130 players and was 3A champion the past two seasons and have moved up to 4A for 2008. This is the first varsity game on the newly installed Rams field from the Dome in St. L. iowaz@hotmail.com

World War II LST 325 tied up at port in Hannibal, Missouri, for a week's visit. LST's (Landing Ship Tank) carried troops, tanks and heavy equipment right onto the beaches during WWII ...more

invasions/landings. They were utilized in Korea and Viet Nam. iowaz@hotmail.com

Hannibal, Missouri, July 2008. Mississippi River flood waters are receding. The flood water is full of erosion silt, chemicals, farm and human sewage. It smells and looks like human sewage water ...more

with a barnyard appearance as it dries out. River Stage: July 1, 25.0 ft; July 2, 23.6ft; July 3, 22.6ft; July 4, 21.3ft; July 20.3ft; July 6, 19.4 ft (North River road, the ball park and collier street area are now out of water); July 7, 18.1ft; July 8, 17.4ft; July 09, 17.7ft (3-4in rains)(pics from Lovers Leap, first after being closed by the city for five days over the 4th) (pics of damage along the river front park area).

June 2008 flood water coming down from IA and WI. Sequence starts with a few pics from the first couple of weeks in June, then more pics per day as the water level drastically starts to increase ...more

about June 13th. Many of the pics will be from Lover's Leap looking down on the Old Town area. Pics of the flood water in May and of the River Front area under normal conditions are in various other albums. An American flag pic will be placed at the end of each photo session.

Crest predictions: June 13/31.8 ft, June 14am/31.8 ft; June 14pm/32.1 ft; June 15am/still 32.1 ft; June 15pm, 31.5ft; June 16, 31.5ft; June 17am, 31.4ft; June 17pm, 31.8ft; June 18am, 31.8ft; June 18pm, 31.3 (drop, levee break upstream); June 19, 29.4ft; June 20pm, 28.2ft; June 21am, 28.0ft; June 21pm, 28.7ft; June 22am, 29.2ft; June 22pm, 29.3ft; June 23am, 29.6ft; June 23pm, 29.4ft. Crest was June 23pm at 29.47ft. The Record 1993 Flood crested at 31.8ft.

Stage Levels: June 10/20+ ft; June 11/20.2 ft; June 12/20.8 ft; June 13/21.7 ft; June 14am/23.4 ft; June 14pm/24.5 ft; June 15am/25.5 ft; June 15pm/26.5 ft; June 16am/27.7ft; June 16pm/28.2ft; June 17am/27.2ft drop because of levee breaks up River; June 17pm/28.3; June 18am/29.4 ft; June 18pm/28.5ft drop, levee break upsream; June 19am, 28.3ft; June 19pm, 27.5ft; June 20am, 26.3ft; June 20pm, 27.5ft (water will be running out of broken levees); June 21pm, 29.1ft; June 22am, 29.1ft; June 22pm, 29.3ft; June 23am, 29.5ft; June 23pm, 29.4ft (crested today, June 23pm at 29.47ft); June 24am, 29.1ft; June 25, 28.7ft; June 26, 29.9ft; June 27; 28.5ft; June 28, 27.6ft; June 29, 26.4ft.

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June 1, 2008, along the River in Old Town. May flooding subsided but record rains and water levels on rivers in IA, MN, WI, IL will bring the Mississippi River level at Hannnibal to within a couple ...more

of feet of the 1993 Record flood level by mid June.

Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River, summer series of pics starting in May, just as high water is starting to crest. May 3, stage abt. 22. 8ft; May 4, stage abt. 23.3ft; May 5, stage ...more

cresting at abt. 23.4ft and just starting downward; May 6, 22.7ft; May 7, 22.0ft; May 8, 21.6ft; May 9, 20.8ft; May 10, 20.5ft.

Past crests: 1993/31.8, 1973/28.6, 2001/26.9, 1986/25.3, 1965;24.6, 1997/24.4, 1983/23.9, 1998/23.5, 1960/23.4, 2001/23.3. Note high crests are clustered in recent years. Speculate on reasons :) iowaz1@gmail.com

Hannibal, Missouri, pics taken during March through April, around old town, the park, River, Bear Creek.

Hannibal, Missouri, pics generally along the Mississippi River area in Historic Hannibal and Riverview Park, during the winter of 2007/2008. iowaz@hotmail.com

Pics taken along the River area and around Hannibal, MO, while running, biking, loafing, during the Fall of 2007. iowaz@hotmail.com or iowaz@swbell.net