Flood waters

I'm not sure how many of you are aware, but there is currently a lot of flooding happening in Nebraska. As I was flying out of Omaha today, I was shocked by just how much water there was! I took a couple of pictures from the plane.

Here you can see from the flooded trees just how much the river has risen.
Okay this picture is ridiculous. On the right side is Iowa, and there are a bunch of casinos right on the riverfront. So up near the top you can see a big square area of water. Yeah... that is a flooded parking lot! Also, you can see all the trees that are flooded on the Nebraska shoreline.

This isn't the best picture, but you can see all the water north of the city.

It's kinda scary to be driving through town and see all the sandbags. Even in the middle of Counsel Bluffs there will be a bunch of bags around electrical boxes, and other things like that. Funny thing is I actually live right next to the river. However, I'm clear up on a hill, which protects me from the flood waters. That is more than I can say for a lot of people, though!

The plane actually flew directly over my neighborhood, so I snapped a picture. It goes river, road, bunch of trees (that is actually part of the Botanical Gardens), and my neighborhood! I wish I could edit the picture and put an arrow pointing to my building.