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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

This is a bit late as I got sick and then started working on a new WordPress template to accommodate pictures larger than 400 px. These are shots of the flooded Santa Fe and Suwannee rivers right after cresting 2 weekends ago.

The flood water is still and not muddy, but is tinted rusty brown from decaying vegetation tannins. This is a flood prone area, with this flood reaching about once in a decade levels. Current river levels can be found here. Many of the houses are on stilts (this last picture was taken in December, whereas a few weeks ago this house was only accessible by boat):

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