Mississippi River is already rising.

Yes. I think it’s actually 43 ft. The problem is before the frequent flooding the Mississippi river would usually be between 10 to 15 feet at Vicksburg this time of year. 30 ft for mid October is not a good sign going into winter and spring.

Hope you are right!

I agree with you however it's also supposed to start falling next week, so long as that stays accurate we should be all good. Having a camp in Venice and another on the river near Port Gibson I am right where with your concern hopefully it passes.

Thankfully the upper Mississippi only plays a small role in our river stage here it's more the Ohio and rivers further south that move the needle the most. Hopefully this will hold true and the river will fall soon

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Not good that it’s already close to 30 ft in Vicksburg in mid October.

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Projected to be at 21.5 in mid November, but hey let's all freak out.

Those long term projections are not reliable. We have hunted on the river all my life and the past 10 years we have had 3 100 year floods. I can remember when the river stage in Vicksburg this time of year would be between six and 10 feet.

I grew up hunting a place on the River that would start getting water at 28 and would be covered at 35. (Vicksburg). We went for years and years without even getting to 28 all the way through January.

Now, three out of the last five years they've had 28 or higher in October.

There is no question but the bottom of the river is higher than it used to be. That video done by the Chinese hydrologist at LSU is fascinating where he says the river is essentially 7 feet higher than it used to be above the ORCS. It's a very compelling argument.

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The last time I checked it doesn't take 6 months for the water up north to exit the Mississippi River. Bullet avoided.