Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes.....

The town of Coffeyville has been through some horrible devastation with the flood of 2007. We've seen signs like these which are reminders of what happened.



I did a search to see if there are pictures of what the area looked like during the flood and here's a great site with pictures....pretty horrifying to see the damage. As you look at them, keep in mind we are on 8th street...on the edge of town and we are staying in Walter Johnson park...There are several of the park and our area here.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kstatealec/CoffeyvilleFlood2007#

Here is the picture of the baseball field near where our rig is....

Now there are alot of concrete slabs with no buildings on them and alot of sidewalks that lead to nowhere.....



They are fighting back and there is new construction going on. Still many closed up businesses but they are making progress. Here is a look at downtown...small but cute