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William Branham told a story of how he prophecied that the Ohio River would flood Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana, and that the water would rise 22 feet over Spring Street.   
[[Image:Flood-7.jpg|right|thumb|Scenes from the flood]]
 
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.   


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It is interesting that he mentions the 1937 Ohio River flood on several occasions in 1950 and 1951 prior to hiS claiming to have predicted the flood.  Given the import of this so-called prediction, we find this failure to mention the prophecy quite telling.   
It is interesting that he mentions the 1937 Ohio River flood on several occasions in 1950 and 1951 prior to hiS claiming to have predicted the flood.  Given the import of this so-called prediction, we find this failure to mention the prophecy quite telling.   
[[Image:Flood-7.jpg|right|thumb|Scenes from the flood]]


<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Photographs of the Ohio river flood of 1937:</div>
<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">Photographs of the Ohio river flood of 1937:</div>