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William Branham told a story of how he prophesied that the Ohio River would flood Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana, and that the water would rise 22 feet over Spring Street. [[Image:Flood-6.jpg|thumb| | William Branham told a story of how he prophesied that the Ohio River would flood Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana, and that the water would rise 22 feet over Spring Street. [[Image:Flood-6.jpg|thumb|250px|Jeffersonville, Indiana - Citizens Trust Co. '''Water crest at 23 feet.''']] | ||
The flood took place in January and early February of 1937, with damage stretching from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois. One million people were left homeless, with 385 dead and property losses reaching $500 million ($8 billion in 2012 dollars). | |||
==Problems with the prophecy== | ==Problems with the prophecy== | ||
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[[Image:Spring_Street_2.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Spring_Street_2.jpg|thumb|250px|New Albany, Indiana - East Spring Street]] | ||
''And now, after a bit, It... When I got converted, It got more than ever. It predicted the 1937 flood, when hundreds of men stood there, and laughed, and turned their heads; and '''I predicted twenty-two feet of water over the streets'''. Why, I stood there and seen it in a vision. They said, "The boy's gone crazy." And just a few weeks after that, twenty-two feet of water went over the Spring Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana. See?<ref>THE.MANIFESTATION.OF.THE.SPIRIT_ TOLEDO.OH TUESDAY_ 51-0717</ref> | ''And now, after a bit, It... When I got converted, It got more than ever. It predicted the 1937 flood, when hundreds of men stood there, and laughed, and turned their heads; and '''I predicted twenty-two feet of water over the streets'''. Why, I stood there and seen it in a vision. They said, "The boy's gone crazy." And just a few weeks after that, twenty-two feet of water went over the Spring Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana. See?<ref>THE.MANIFESTATION.OF.THE.SPIRIT_ TOLEDO.OH TUESDAY_ 51-0717</ref> | ||
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''Predicting that flood would come, I said, "I seen them measure twenty-two feet over Spring Street down here."'' | ''Predicting that flood would come, I said, "I seen them measure twenty-two feet over Spring Street down here."'' | ||
[[Image:Spring_Street_1.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Spring_Street_1.jpg|thumb|250px|New Albany, Indiana - West Spring Street]]''Old Brother Jim Wisehart and them laughed at me. You remember that, Brother George? He said, "Oh, Billy, in '84 it only was about six inches on Spring Street."'' | ||
''I said, "I seen a man come down from the skies, and take a measure stick, and stick it there on Spring Street, said twenty-two feet."'' | ''I said, "I seen a man come down from the skies, and take a measure stick, and stick it there on Spring Street, said twenty-two feet."'' | ||
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