Rising waters of the Missouri submerge labor monument (update)

[Omaha Steve]

These sculptures are 8 feet tall.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/16/6872149-rising-waters-of-the-missouri-submerge-labor-monument


Nati Harnik / AP

Statues of workers of various trades, part of the Monument for Labor by Matthew J. Placzek, stand in the rising waters of the Missouri River, in Omaha, Neb., on June 15. The Missouri River has been rising steadily for weeks as the Army Corps of Engineers increases the amount of water released from its dams to clear out heavy spring rain and snowmelt. The river is expected to reach 5 to 7 feet above flood stage in most of Nebraska and Iowa, and possibly higher in parts of Missouri.
Rising waters of the Missouri submerge labor monument


David R Arnott writes

As a monument to the workers who built the town of Omaha, Nebraska was submerged by floodwaters on Wednesday, engineers were toiling sixty miles downstream to build a temporary floodwall around the town of Hamburg, Iowa.

[jwirr]

1. Very symbolic for our times.