Dude! Where's my car?

This is a real picture!



I took this picture in St. Louis on May 11, 1995. As you might remember, this was during a period of flooding that was happening in the midwest. Two days earlier I was at this same location and there were cars parked on the paved lot where you see the sign. The St. Louis Arch would be to the left, just off-camera. The paddle-wheel you see is a floating McDonald's. I don't know if it is still there, but a recent check on Google Earth would lead me to believe that it is. I can only imagine if somebody had left their car parked on this lot when the water came rushing in.

This isn't the first time this has happened. The above link shows the same location in 1993.