ALL FLIGHTS CANCELED

This is just behind the view in yesterday’s picture. The river is high for this time of year. A heliport on a barge sits in the Mississippi. You can take a sightseeing flight around the Arch and the city. The helicopter must have fled to safety before the big storms blew through, which you can now see moving out. No more flights today.                        

ALL FLIGHTS CANCELED

This is just behind the view in yesterday’s picture. The river is high for this time of year. A heliport on a barge sits in the Mississippi. You can take a sightseeing flight around the Arch and the city. The helicopter must have fled to safety before the big storms blew through, which you can now see moving out. No more flights today.                        

ANOTHER TINTYPE

When the streets are too hot to go out, it’s good to have some inventory in the archives. Here’s another shot from the Tintype app, https://hipstamatic.app/app/tintype . The view is under the viaduct that carries Interstates 44 and 55 into downtown.                  

SO HOT IT BUCKLED THE PAVEMENT

Everyone here knows that the eastern half of the U.S. has been in the oven for the last week. It has buckled the pavement is some places. This is the street under the Arch along the Mississippi, which was perfectly flat. The city has patched the biggest gaps. It would look more dramatic with sharper shadows but some big thunderstorms just rolled through, dramatically dropping the temperature.                        

TRAPPED

Haven’t been out on the street in several days. It’s just too hot. So, one more from the City Museum. There is a dome on top of the roof topped by a 24 foot / 7.3 meter praying mantis. Slinky-like tubes for kids to climb through are all around. This boy looks like he might become lunch.