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“Community leaders in Cairo (Illinois) are among the strongest proponents of breaching the levee, which would divert floodwaters to about 130,000 acres of private and public property within the spillway, most of which is in Mississippi County. In his ruling, Limbaugh ruled against the State of Missouri and with the Corps of Engineers and the states of Illinois and Kentucky, which maintained the Corps had the authority to blow the levee.”
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1723127.html
this WHOLE THING just seems drastic and crazy and has got my head spinning with conspiracy theories!! Like the farmland, there has been rumors for a good while on the internet about the government’s plans to bare down on private agriculture and put them out of business, make having private gardens illegal, etc. This, in order to control food and make it more scarse + create food shortages. That way we run to them so they can “feed” us. Moo, much? omfg
And also
the “future map” of the U/S/A that Edgar Cayce first released shows the Mississippi Valley/New Madrid area being washed out and becoming shoreline =\ which, unfortunately, makes topographical sense. -_- Next on the chopping block: San Andreas fault zone
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Segment 1 — An exclusive aerial view of the devastation caused by flooding along the Mississippi River.
Segment 2 — Authorities caution residents not to feed wild animals.
Segment 3 — Memphis is on high alert as the Mississippi River continues to rise.
Segment 4 — A Kentucky couple is devastated over their flooded home.
Segment 5 — Missouri homeowners return to more than just water inside.
Segment 6 — The partial shutdown of Interstate 40 in Arkansas due to high water has huge impact on a small town.
Segment 7 — Residents of a mobile home park in Illinois return home for the first time since evacuating from flooding.
Segment 8 — Satellite images reveal the devastation caused by flooding along the Mississippi River.
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Monday May 16 2011 11:15 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. About 2,320 miles (3,730 km) long, the river originates at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, and flows slowly southwards in sweeping meanders, terminating 95 miles (153 km) by river below New Orleans, where it begins to flow to the Gulf of Mexico. Along with its major tributary, the Missouri River, the river drains all or parts of 31 U. S. states stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Canada–US border on the north, including most of the Great Plains, and is the fourth longest river in the world and the tenth most powerful river in the world. The current form of the Mississippi River basin was largely shaped by the Laurentide Ice Sheet of the most recent Ice Age. The southernmost extent of this enormous glaciation extended well into the present-day United States and Mississippi basin. When the ice sheet began to recede, hundreds of feet of rich sediment were deposited, creating the flat and fertile landscape of the Mississippi Valley. During the melt, giant glacial rivers found drainage paths into the Mississippi watershed, creating such features as the Minnesota River, James River, and Milk River valleys. When the ice sheet completely retreated, many of these ‘temporary’ rivers found paths to Hudson Bay or the Arctic Ocean, leaving the Mississippi Basin with many features ‘oversized’ for the existing rivers to have carved in the same time period. The Mississippi River Delta has shifted and changed constantly since the formation of the river, but the construction of dams on the river has greatly reduced the flow of sediment to the delta. In recent years, the Mississippi’s mouth has shown a steady shift towards the Atchafalaya River channel, but because of floodworks at the river’s mouth, this change of course—which would be catastrophic for seaports at the river mouth—has so far been held at bay. Some researchers believe that due to natural forces inherent to river plains, it is a matter of time before this event takes places and that it becomes more likely each year. Hundreds of Native American tribes have depended on the Mississippi River and its tributaries for thousands of years. Although they knew the river by many different names, it was the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi, meaning Great River, or gichi-ziibi, meaning Big River, that ultimately gave the river its present-day name. European explorers reached the mouth of the river as early as the 16th century and 17th century. The river throughout history has served as the border for New France, New Spain, and the early United States—its size and importance made it a formidable boundary as well as a strategic military location, and later, an important artery for steamboats to travel on. Writer Mark Twain was one of the most well-known figures on the river in this period. Even today, the river serves as partial boundaries for ten states, and most of its course can easily be seen on a political map. The Mississippi has also been known for great flooding events, especially in the 20th century which experienced up to four 100-year floods. This has led to the construction of hundreds of miles of levees along nearly the entire course of the river, although they have not always succeeded in preventing the greatest floods. Throughout its history, whether for Native Americans, explorers, or modern commerce, the Mississippi has always been a major navigation route through the center of North America. In the 19th and 20th centuries, despite its slow current and relative depth, a series of dams were constructed on the river, one of the most notable of which is at St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis. These dams facilitate navigation for a steady stream of barge traffic carrying agricultural products from the fertile Mississippi Basin to the Gulf Coast, and like the Columbia River, most of the upper Mississippi is a cascade of reservoirs, as are many of its tributaries like the portation intentional wheelies velineon show boating river SocietyGTA K-ROSERising slide beach bash disaster water Residents FloodingWDSUmississippi development Andreas gulf adobe premiere 7 delta mile trip Powered flooding mexico decline and ROSEGTA fred guitar bushel living Caynon personal bluestraxxas stampede fishing PPC first sand bash Steep tennessee adobe photoshop elements 7 Louisiana outreach damSevere marshall overflow rc bashing state for Woman reality pirate lifestyle yield 100 slow motion Man 300 show-me state Slow SA canon powershot sx210 is great
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Saturday May 14, 2011, 8:55 am
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SEE 1st EXPLOSION- http://2011tornadooutbreak.blogspot.com/2011/05/army-corps-1st-levee-explosion-blast.html The Army Corps of Engineers will begin blasting at 9 p.m. Monday. This breach will create a lake in the floodway in the next 24 to 36 hours. No civilians will be allowed in the area of the blast. Breaking the levee means flooding about 133,000 acres of farmland and 100 homes in Mississippi and New Madrid counties in the Birds Point – New Madrid Floodway.
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/14557528/corps-of-engineers-to-breach-levee
Maj. General Michael Walsh, President of the Mississippi River Commission, says he has decided to operate the floodway project at Birds Point – New Madrid Floodway.
The Army Corps of Engineers will begin blasting at 9 p.m. Monday. The corps expects to see water flowing into the floodplain area around midnight.
They will work through the night, breaking another section of the levee in the southern part from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. Tuesday.
The final execution of the project will be in the upper portion between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday.
They are in the final stages of preparation of the charges.
Maj. General Walsh says it is a “heart-wrenching” situation.
“This is the right time to operate it,” Walsh said.
Maj. General Walsh called this flooding unprecedented and historic and said public safety was his number one issue in initiating the plan to blow parts of the levee.
“Safety is our number one priority,” Walsh said. “And that was the main reason we stood down operations last night during lightning storms.”
This breach will create a lake in the floodway in the next 24 to 36 hours.
Around 150 members of the Army Corp of Engineers are working with the Coast Guard.
No civilians will be allowed in the area of the blast.
Breaking the levee means flooding about 133,000 acres of farmland and 100 homes in Mississippi and New Madrid counties.
The Ohio River was at 61.44 at Cairo as of 5 p.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Gov. Jay Nixon released the following statement regarding the decision by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to intentionally breach the Birds Point-New Madrid Levee:
“One week ago, I activated the Missouri National Guard to protect lives and property in southern and southeast Missouri because of forecasts of historic flooding in that region. In recent days, rainfall has exceeded those initial forecasts, and Missourians are coping with record river levels along parts of the Mississippi. Today, more than 760 Citizen-Soldiers of the Missouri National Guard are on the ground in southeast Missouri. In cooperation with state, county and local law enforcement, they have evacuated the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway and continue to provide protection for the property families have left behind. I appreciate the tireless and professional efforts of all men and women of the Missouri National Guard, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and local agencies who are working long hours to complete their missions.
“Earlier this evening, Major Gen. Michael Walsh of the Corps of Engineers informed me of his decision to proceed with plans to blow a hole in the levee at Birds Point as soon as possible. This explosion will send a tremendous amount of water through approximately 130,000 acres of farmland in southeast Missouri. The General’s hope is that this action will relieve pressure on other parts of the levee system and save lives.
“As we have throughout this historic flooding, the State of Missouri will continue to provide resources and personnel to protect the people of the Bootheel. We have boots on the ground. We are prepared. And southeast Missouri will move forward again.
“I urge Missourians to continue to cooperate fully with state, county and local law enforcement, as they have at every stage of this process. Together, we will ensure that Missouri families stay safe in the coming days. And together, we will recover and rebuild.”
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This video concerning the topic of Native Americans in the Mississippi River Valley, 1851-1900, comes from the Mark Twain’s Mississippi website (http://dig.lib.niu.edu/twain/), which is a creation of Northern Illinois University Libraries’ Digital Initiatives Unit: http://www.ulib.niu.edu/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalInitiatives.cfm The Mark Twain’s Mississippi site provides a fully searchable and indexed digital library of some of Samuel Clemens’ publications under the name of Mark Twain, placing special emphasis upon Twain’s Mississippi novels and reminiscences (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi). These works serve as lenses through which the public may explore additional text, image and sound materials, drawn from the participating libraries, describing the Mississippi Valley that Mark Twain remembered and imagined in writing his classic works of literature. Combined with Twain’s works and original interpretive essays written by consulting scholars, these materials illuminate important aspects and themes in the society and culture of the Mississippi valley in the period 1830-1890. These themes include Twain’s on-going discussion of the course of Americans’ western settlement and their conflicts with Native Americans; the emergence of a new American economic order, replacing Twain’s world of villages and steamboats with railroads and factories, the emergence of genteel culture and westerners’ reactions to and interpretations of it; and the saga of America’s sectional crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction.
Please see the following page for the full text featured in this video:
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/twain/native.html
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The Illinois Department of Transportation in conjunction with The Missouri Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking to celebrate the start of construction of The New Mississippi River Bridge between Illinois and Missouri on April 19th, 2010.
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This video concerning the topic of African Americans in the Mississippi River Valley, 1851-1900, comes from the Mark Twain’s Mississippi website (http://dig.lib.niu.edu/twain/), which is a creation of Northern Illinois University Libraries’ Digital Initiatives Unit: http://www.ulib.niu.edu/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalInitiatives.cfm The Mark Twain’s Mississippi site provides a fully searchable and indexed digital library of some of Samuel Clemens’ publications under the name of Mark Twain, placing special emphasis upon Twain’s Mississippi novels and reminiscences (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi). These works serve as lenses through which the public may explore additional text, image and sound materials, drawn from the participating libraries, describing the Mississippi Valley that Mark Twain remembered and imagined in writing his classic works of literature. Combined with Twain’s works and original interpretive essays written by consulting scholars, these materials illuminate important aspects and themes in the society and culture of the Mississippi valley in the period 1830-1890. These themes include Twain’s on-going discussion of the course of Americans’ western settlement and their conflicts with Native Americans; the emergence of a new American economic order, replacing Twain’s world of villages and steamboats with railroads and factories, the emergence of genteel culture and westerners’ reactions to and interpretations of it; and the saga of America’s sectional crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction.
Please see the following page for the full text featured in this video:
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/twain/african.html
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Housed in the 1858 Barrows Mansion in Galena, IL, the Galena-Jo Daviess County History Museum features exhibits about lead mining, geography, transportation, Native Americans, and agriculture in the Galena area. Upstairs, the Museum is proud to display “Peace in Union” by Thomas Nast and “General Grant on the Battlefield” by John Antrobus, as well as artifacts from the Civil War and from Grant’s life in Galena.
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