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| Ohio Valley Search and Rescue's boat was built near St.Louis, MO in 2005. On Thursday evening we received a phone call requesting our SAR boat Friday morning for a special detail involving transporting people in and out of flooded areas. Several levees in the area where overtopping and breaching. We had a very interesting day and meet several hard working individuals. The OVSAR boat is a jet driven boat designed for very shallow water operations, and will carry very heavy loads. |
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| Mississippi River overtopping levee on right side of picture. Two other levees south of this location breached before detail was complete. |
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| Launching SAR boat from high spot in the road. | Highway C north of Hwy 79 near O'Fallon Missouri. |
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| Highway C levee overtopping, Mississippi River 1 mile ahead. | Property owner Adolphus A. Busch IV shares concern about levees. |
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| Dive team working to stop leak from large hole in levee. | Diver putting sand bags in hole in levee near large irrigation pipe. |
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| Wind and water current moved large piles of corn stocks. | Larry pulling boat through drift corn stocks over one foot thick. |
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| Left to Right: Larry Krack, FOX News Geraldo Rivera, and Cliff Weaver |
