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Come on board the authentic paddlewheeler Creole Queen for a journey down the great Mississippi River. She is a traditional-style paddle-wheeler built in 1983 in Moss Point, Mississippi. She has old-world charm and authentic Victorian décor. Watch as we build-up a head of steam and leave port of New Orleans. A riverboat cruise is a unique and enchanting way to step back in time.
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The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 are among the largest and most damaging along the flood-prone U. S. river in the past century. Comparisons are being drawn with the major Mississippi River floods in 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems tracked through much of the vast Mississippi River watershed, dumping record rainfall over large areas. Already rising from springtime snowmelt, the river, and many of its tributaries, began to swell to record levels by the beginning of May. Areas along the Mississippi itself experiencing flooding include Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. U. S. President Barack Obama declared the western counties of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi federal disaster areas. Fourteen people have been killed in Arkansas, with 340 killed across seven states in the preceding storms. Thousands of homes have been ordered evacuated, including over 1,300 in Memphis, Tennessee, and more than 2,000 in the state of Mississippi. About 13% of U. S. petroleum refinery output is expected to be disrupted by flood levels exceeding historical records in several locations, with gasoline futures up 9. 2%. The flood is expected to crest in Memphis by May 10 and in southern Louisiana by May 23. The Army Corps of Engineers has stated that, even if spillways are opened, an area in Louisiana between Simmesport and Baton Rouge may be inundated with 20–30 feet (6. 1–9. 1 m) of water. The Old River Control Structure in northern Louisiana may be threatened by the rising waters, and opening of the Morganza Spillway nearby is being considered to lower the river level and flow in this area and downriver. Failure of either of these structures might allow the Mississippi to divert its main channel to the Atchafalaya Basin and the Atchafalaya River, developing a new delta south of Morgan City in southern Louisiana, and greatly reducing water flow to its present channel through Baton Rouge and New Orleans to its current delta in southeastern Louisiana. Jeff Masters of the Weather Underground noted that failure of the Old River Control Structure ‘would be a serious blow to the U. S. economy, and the great Mississippi flood of 2011 will give its most severe test ever.’ Some geologists also observe that it doesn’t require failure of the dam and spillway facilities for the lower Mississippi to chart a new course to the sea because the whole area north of the facilities is suspect. Corps geologist Fred Smith was once quoted saying ‘The Mississippi wants to go west. Nineteen-seventy-three was a forty-year flood. The big one lies out there somewhere—when the structures can’t release all the floodwaters and the levee is going to have to give way. That is when the river’s going to jump its banks and try to break through. “From April 14–16, the storm system responsible for one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U. S. history also produced large amounts of rainfall across the southern and midwestern United States. Two weeks later, from April 25–28, a second, even more extensive and deadly storm system passed through the Mississippi Valley dumping more rainfall resulting in deadly flash floods. This latter storm produced over 250 tornadoes, killing at least 340 people in the deadliest tornado outbreak since 1925. Combined, the storms killed at least 383 people and caused an estimated $5 billion dollars in damage. The unprecedented extensive rainfall from these two storms, combined with springtime snow melt from the Upper Midwest, created the perfect situation for a 500-year flood along the Mississippi. On May 3, the Army Corps of Engineers blasted a two-mile hole in the levee protecting the Bird’s Point-New Madrid floodway, flooding 130,000 acres (530 km2) of farmland in Mississippi County, Missouri, in an effort to save the town of Cairo, Illinois, from record-breaking flood waters. The breach displaced around 200 residents of Missouri’s Mississippi and New Ma
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http://www.globalldb.com/america/ America Short History video media tourism video travel in time American history United States encompasses approximately 3.79 million square miles, most of which is comprised of the forty-eight contiguous states located on the North American continent between Canada and Mexico. The largest state by land mass in the nation, Alaska, borders the northwest corner of Canada, and the only island state in the nation, Hawaii, is located nearly 2,000 miles southwest of California. The United States is a country in North America made up of 50 separate states. Founded in 1776 from a collection of thirteen North American colonies then part of the British Empire, the United States has grown since that time to be the world’s pre-eminent military and cultural power.
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The United States is a country in North America made up of 50 separate states. Founded in 1776 from a collection of thirteen North American colonies then part of the British Empire, the United States has grown since that time to be the world’s pre-eminent military and cultural power.
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1. Capital: Washington DC
2. Government: Constitution based, federal
3. Population: 305,526,311 2008 est.1
4. Currency: USD
5. GDP (PPP): $13.13 trillion 2006 est 2
6. Official Language: English
7. Highest mountain: Mount McKinley in Alaska
8. Lowest point: Death Valley in California
9. Deepest lake: Crater Lake in Oregon
10. Longest river: Missouri River
11. Notable natural features: Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, Mississippi River
12. Notable wars fought: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, U.S. Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War One, World War Two, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War – video media presentation
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http://www.globalldb.com/america/ America Short History America video media tourism video travel in time American history United States encompasses approximately 3.79 million square miles, most of which is comprised of the forty-eight contiguous states located on the North American continent between Canada and Mexico. The largest state by land mass in the nation, Alaska, borders the northwest corner of Canada, and the only island state in the nation, Hawaii, is located nearly 2,000 miles southwest of California. The United States is a country in North America made up of 50 separate states. Founded in 1776 from a collection of thirteen North American colonies then part of the British Empire, the United States has grown since that time to be the world’s pre-eminent military and cultural power.
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The United States is a country in North America made up of 50 separate states. Founded in 1776 from a collection of thirteen North American colonies then part of the British Empire, the United States has grown since that time to be the world’s pre-eminent military and cultural power.
Fast Facts
1. Capital: Washington DC
2. Government: Constitution based, federal
3. Population: 305,526,311 2008 est.1
4. Currency: USD
5. GDP (PPP): $13.13 trillion 2006 est 2
6. Official Language: English
7. Highest mountain: Mount McKinley in Alaska
8. Lowest point: Death Valley in California
9. Deepest lake: Crater Lake in Oregon
10. Longest river: Missouri River
11. Notable natural features: Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Great Lakes, Mississippi River
12. Notable wars fought: Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, U.S. Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War One, World War Two, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War presentation from globalldb video media Commercial Marketing
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Downtown New, Orleans, from, the, Mississippi, River, Cruise, Duration : 0:1:4