No man is an island, but thanks to record Mississippi flooding, lots of homeowners now are

Popular Science has posted an amazing collection of photos, “Amid Floods, Dwellers Turn Homes Into Islands.”

They cry out for captions — and I welcome reader suggestions.  “Fortress America” comes to mind.

Here are more photos, with captions courtesy of John Dunne:

No man is an island, entire of itself.

every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main

if a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,

as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were

any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind

and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls

it tolls for thee.

Ring!  Ring!  Ring!

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