After five inches of rain fell in five hours overnight the Sisters looked out their windows to these scenes. The results were a playground transformed into a steadily rising lake; Lake St. Francis!
This was not the first time we had seen this, but this was probably the highest we had seen it.
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- The left corner shows the water rising up on the back porch steps of the convent.
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- The plants under the tree mark the edge of the Sisters yard.
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- Steadily rising waters.
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- An overview of the playground from the convent.
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- A glance toward the overflowing creek.
As we watch the sight unfold we were stuck by what we saw.
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- Not a park bench by a lake…rather a park bench on the edge of the playground.
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- A bench near the hidden basketball court.
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- Another bench near the slides.
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- A beautiful white crane came looking for food.
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- The slides and bench holding steady.
As the sun came out we noticed amazing reflections in the water.
The next day we decided to take a little road trip around the Greenwood area to look and see.
We had heard from some of our students and faculty that when they stepped off their steps at home, they stepped into water which came up to their knees. Some had crawfish swimming in their yards and others saw evidence of snakes in the water. The snakes did not surprise us as high water brings them out. This will be a spring where we will need to be watchful of snakes around our convent and school; as well as mosquitoes everywhere. We wonder where the animals went in this time of flooding as the woods appeared to be flooded from the overflow of creeks and rivers. With that thought it was just this morning that first Sister Kathleen and later Sister Elena saw two rabbits near our house. They went to the high ground!
These 2 pictures show a swollen creek located behind us in the Historical Browning District.
After driving through a few other neighborhoods we went to check out the Yazoo River which “snakes” through the city of Greenwood.
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- Notice the leaning tree in the upper center of this picture. That would mark the edge of the river. Behind it you can make out one of the many levees in this city.
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- The same river just different angles.
