Volunteers Hold Back Levee 'Sand Boils'

Have you seen the flooding on television in Missouri and Arkansas? It is just hard to fathom what we would do if we found ourselves in the same situation that those poor people are facing. Volunteers armed with sandbags held back water springing up from under a rural levee last Tuesday as the White river continued its highest surge in 25 years through eastern Arkansas. The National Weather Service had issued a flash flood warning during that morning for rural Prairie County north of Interstate 40 after spotters noticed the levee had "sand boils". That is water passing under the earthen barrier and appearing on the side like a muddy spring. B the afternoon, 100 volunteers held back the flow by building sandbag barriers for the water to be held in, creating pressure to stem the tide.Thank the Lord for good people coming to the rescue.