life thing sayings with near catastrophic flooding, in downtown van buren shops just a few blocks from arkansas river, they are piling up sand provided at storefronts. in case we will be ready this is supposed to be the worst one, even worst than 1943. ed. u.s. army veteran owns a screen printing shop he hopes flooding doesn t destroy his business. scary, everybody can lose everything down here. in i don t want that now we are just praying. nearby in fort flooding submerged a local business, and a farm next to the arkansas river. farmland you are note supposed to visually see, the river, right now i just keep explaining severity to children keep everybody in prayers they need it, god bless them. right now arkansas river is nearly 20 feet above normal, and national weather service