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Ol' Man River

bluesockmonkey on 9. May, 2011 — Lang: English

Ol' Man River

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    “Greetings from Memphis...home of the blues blub blub blub”

    As some of you know, i live in Memphis, Tennessee. The Mississippi River, which is normally 1/2 mile wide here, is now about 3 miles across. It’s already more than 47.5 feet deep; it hasn’t been more than 40 feet deep since the devastating flood of 1937. And yes! there are waves lapping at the foot of Beale Street—birthplace of the blues, sweet baby:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluesockmonkey/5705867578/in/photostream

    Around 1400 residences are expected to be underwater this week. Shelters have been opened for evacuees, already harboring hundreds of people & their pets. In addition, county workers have rescued 65 dogs, 15 puppies, 18 cats, & 2 ducks(!) from the flooding rivers. (We Memphians are famous for our love of ducks, with or without sauce l’orange.)

    The grey curves in the upper part of my strip represent the Hernando de Soto Bridge, a Memphis landmark that connects us with Arkansas. Arkansas is important because that’s where the dog race track is.

    So far, the levees here are holding. Officials say my neighborhood will not flood, nor lose power or water. But if the river goes above 50 feet, please start worrying about me...blub blub blub....

    This strip is a reply to Thin Man #9, Fire!, Thin Man Valentine, Thin Man Carved in stone

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    Greetings from Memphis...

    ...home of the

    Tags:
    bluesockmonkey, Asta, flood, Memphis, Mississippi
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  • Shizzle
    gregheffleydude1 28.5.2011
    Home of the blub?
  • Publisher
    csnow 22.5.2011
    THAT'S HILARIOUS!!! (THO I KNOW IT COMES FROM A SERIOUS SITCH!) CONSIDER IT FAVED BY ME!!!!!

    edited by owner

  • Starter
    Caspianrex 16.5.2011
    Hope things are getting better in Memphis. We just narrowly escaped the damage from last year's Nashville flood, but some folks just down the block from us were not so fortunate.
  • Emperor
    terwallace 12.5.2011
    I hope the levees hold out Blue! I've heard it might crest at 60 or higher, so I'm a little worried. I have a friend in Nashville, and I know how bad things got there last year, wouldn't wish that on anyone!

    Stay Safe Blue!
  • Legend
    Drachir 11.5.2011
    Great to see you back BSM!!!!!




    Put on my blue suede shoes
    And I boarded the plane
    Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
    In the middle of the pouring rain
    W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me
    Yeah I got a first class ticket
    But I'm as blue as a boy can be

    Then I'm walking in Memphis
    Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
    Walking in Memphis
    But do I really feel the way I feel
  • Shizzle
    supergogeta 11.5.2011
    nice
  • God
    MadameCercle 10.5.2011
    J'espère vraiment que les Officials-say ne se trompent pas.
  • God
    Ambrosius77 10.5.2011
    Good to hear about You!
  • God
    SnakeYukin 10.5.2011
    Yeah... I heard about that... luckily I live on the other end of TN.
  • Shizzle
    calm 10.5.2011
    BSM ~ it's awful watching the news about the flooding...very sad for so many people. My fingers are crossed that you will stay dry!
  • God
    bluesockmonkey 9.5.2011
    @@Netrunner: right now, the current is too strong even for ducks, poor things...

    @everybody: many thanks for your good wishes, & welcoming me back...
  • Shizzle
    Flamingdeath 9.5.2011
    aahahahah hope it doesn't flood to much!
  • Emperor
    Netrunner 9.5.2011
    They save ducks of... water ??? Hé, Asta can breath under water, that's a cool dog.
  • Shizzle
    rukowski 9.5.2011
    love it made me laugh ;)
    Faved
  • King
    cackle 9.5.2011
    this is very beautiful welcome back my friend!:)
  • Shizzle
    Streetin 9.5.2011
    NOOOOOOOoooo
  • God
    bluesockmonkey 9.5.2011
    @Streetin: if ol' man river doesn't stop rising--it might be poor BlueSockMonkey!
  • Shizzle
    Streetin 9.5.2011
    Haah! Who's the fishy musician? :D
  • God
    cirkuz 9.5.2011
    bummer... makes me think of the led zeppelin song "when the levee breaks" oh good to see you back BSM
  • Expert
    RENAN9809 9.5.2011
    nice!!!

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