Sunday afternoon
We have been advised by Harold Horton that water flooding the area around the Yazoo County Airport is coming from Broad Lake.
He also said that water is going out one end of Wolf Lake faster than it is coming in the other, but that when the backflow catches up they are afraid the water will rise rapidly.
Saturday night's post
If you on If you are part of Harold Horton's Louise email list, you've gotten some of this already and I apologize for the duplication.
Shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, Harold said officials had stopped all traffic into the Goodhope (Wolf Lake) Community as the water had begun its relentless rise.
At that time, he said, the water had started covering the road at his dad's place.
"It does not crest until Thursday," he wrote. "The water is coming out of the end of Wolf Lake and going across the road at a fast pace (at Carter)."
His brother, Terry, who was in the same grade with me, had left with a load from his home and, when he tried to return for more, was prevented from doing so by troops from the Mississippi National Guard. Harold said that at that time, Terry's yard was covered with water and there was a seven-foot alligator on the road!
With water crossing the blacktop, Good Hope Baptist Church is now in jeopardy and may already have water inside at this time. Based on Thursday updates, a flood elevation of 107 feet (2 feet of flood water) was anticipated, although Harold indicated the water was rising quickly. Most of the area is at 105 feet and the crest is not forecast until Thursday (May 19).
Harry Simmons, also in the same grade as Terry and I, built a levee around his home and 4 acres of catfish ponds in an effort to save his home and business (Simmons Farm Raised Catfish).
Highway 149 (what we knew as US 49) is now closed from the Whittington Flood Control Canal to Erickson Road, which is the road that runs alongside Wolf Lake at the old Wolf Lake Store and bridge.
Harold was not optimistic: "It does not look good for us and our old home place."
Prayers, please, for ours friends and families.
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