Slow-moving disaster rolls down Mississippi River

Slow-moving disaster rolls down Mississippi River

By DYLAN LOVAN and ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press Dylan Lovan And Adrian Sainz, Associated Press –

HICKMAN, Ky. – Jail inmates filled sandbag after sandbag to protect one of the many Southern river cities threatened by the swelling Mississippi as it broke more 1930s flood records and crept higher Thursday.

A flooding tributary threatened to cut off Interstate 40, a major east-west route through Arkansas, and the Army Corps of Engineers planned to blast a new breach in a Missouri levee in hopes of controlling the slow-motion disaster flowing downriver.

Thousands of people from Illinois to Louisiana have already been forced from their homes, and anxiety is rising along with the river, though it could be a week or two before some of the most severe flooding hits.

In Hickman, a town of about 2,500, Morrison Williamson was confident a towering floodwall would save his hardware store, despite small leaks that let some flood waters spray through.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110505/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather_flooding


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Will we all be "Katrina'd" before the American public wakes up to Global Warming?

More numerous and more severe Droughts/floods -- Cyclones, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Storms --

Changes in wind patterns -- more severe winds --


More Earthquakes and volcanic activity --

We are beginning to flood. Our downtown park where we hold the Annual Memphis BBQ Cookoff - will soon be underwater.











We will see much more of this Sat/Sunday....

Annette/Memphis

They really bring home the reality that you're facing...

Stay safe!

I hope it will soon be over.

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They are saying that we may not be done with all of this until June!!!

I think my home is safe, thank Goodness.

Thanks for the good wishes. I'll keep posting pics as they become available.

Annette/Memphis

earlier in April. We were past flood stage, but not enough to cause any serious damage in the cities. There was flooding in tributaries, though.

That high water from here is just now getting down there, and blending with the excessive rains you folks have had. I wondered whether our northern flood levels on the Mississippi in MN would still cause problems later down river. Looks like they are.

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