The hardest-hit region is eastern Missouri, particularly here, in the small towns along the Meramec southwest of St. Louis, where the river winds its way toward the Mississippi. The usual declarations from victims that they had never seen anything like it somehow fell short, as the Meramec and its tributaries shattered previous flood records Wednesday. In places, the Meramec rose 27 feet above flood stage — as much as three feet higher than had ever been recorded.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/136332282432
