My photo of Davenport during the 2019 flood.

The Muddy River Flooded the City Like a Thief

Reciprocal Nature prompt for second week of May: “Natural disasters”

The Mississippi River swells with excess water every spring. Davenport skirts its boundary. Minnesota snowmelt causes the yearly rise in water level. Most years it doesn’t threaten our city. The water may rise up to the waterfront bike path. After a few weeks it lowers in…