river flight

Yesterday afternoon I took the plane up to take a look at the river and the spillways from the air. Pics on my flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobin/archives/date-taken/2011/05/17/detail/

There some great photos from the Governor's office here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/with/5728056254/

The main story about this big flood seems to be that all of the flood control infrastructure is functioning exactly as intended.