The River Has Crested - 4/22/13

Today's visit downtown was with my work mates, one with a borrowed camera from me. Naturally, that resulted in me appearing in a few photos :-)

 The good news is that the water is receding but it has a long way to go. 

Here you can see the high water mark at the Ford Museum.

River front hotels are still pumping,

  and Grand Rapids is still gawking at the dramatic views.

News people are running stories on water quality,

 aquarium quality windows are holding (pics by Mary Alice Walker),

 men at work are checking the bridges and flood walls,

no one in Grand Rapids follows instructions,

 and we're all watching...(sandbags & water almost meet).

The River is Rising and Hotels are Pumping ~ 4/19/13

Walking downtown today was a major accomplishment in itself with wind gusts estimated up to 50 mph. Several times I was almost blown completely down, saved by a lamp post grab. But the main story of the day is once again the Grand River.

The Amway Grand Hotel is sandbagging and pumping water from the hotel back into the Grand River.

 The RiverWalk now descends into Davy Jones Locker,

and the water is gaining on the jdek and the carousel.

 Crossing the bridge from the Public Museum, I met a JW Marriott employee who said they are  pumping water out of the lower level and have received about 20 fish on their loading dock. Hang on Grand Rapids...

  4-18-13 Posting - Grand Rapids is Flooding  

 4-17-13 Posting - Fish Ladder Flooded 

Black Cloud - Morrissey