Scientists and the engineers who monitor the flow of the Mississippi are asking similar questions, as 100- and 500-year floods become more frequent along the Mississippi. “But I don't think they realized to the extent of what it is.” “I think it was an unforeseen thing that they knew might happen,” added Schaaf. “The more walls that are going up, and the man-made condensing of the water, the channelization, I'm not saying it's not climate change, but I think this is the biggest reason why we're seeing it here.” “This has happened twice, gosh, in what, the last 15, 16 months?” Schaaf said. Dewayne Schaaf is at the top of the courthouse steps with his two children on a perfect spring night, looking down the hill to the riverfront where almost 46 feet of water is pressing up against the flood wall that keeps the Mississippi River from pouring into the historic downtown.
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