A post about the weather

Usually, nothing is so boring as talk about the weather. And you may well find this post boring. But there are two interesting things to note about Vicksburg (and surrounding area) weather this week.
(1) The lows for Sunday and Monday will be in the 30s. That means that we worked all day in the garden today, tilling and what not, but we can't put plants in the ground until later in the week.
(2) The rain upstream has created all sorts of havoc with the river. It's well above flood stage. The photo above, stolen from an article in our local paper, shows how much land will be under water when the river crests at 50.5 feet next week. It'll be the worst (and only a foot under) the 1973 crest, which was the worst since the crest in the '60s, which was the worst since the '27 flood. It's all people are talking about.