Leave a comment! A video on the mississippi river flood of 1993 case study. lots of info, also the best video there is.
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Comments: 0October 28th, 2011 by lionjkt
Comments: 0October 22nd, 2011 by lionjkt
This is a continuation of the MIssissippi River flood currently taking place. As more and more people have become aware of the danger’s that are looming for the state of Louisiana they are also becoming aware of choices that have been made in this dilemma. One major decision that has come up in our current situation was to blow some levees, which they did in the first week of May, 2011. Upon doing this they saved some small town and redirected the flow of the water from the Mississippi. Now there is a threat of Baton Rouge, La and New Orleans, La being flooded out by the swollen Mississippi River. As a result, another decision regarding levees had to be made and that was to open the Morganza spillways with the objective of again, redirecting the flow of the flooding Mississippi. They wish to sacrifice thousands of acres of farm land in and flood it all out, in order to save these two majorly populated cities – Material objects have been traded for food. With an ever growing threat of food shortage our country can’t take a drop in food production, on top of rising prices for gas and food. This could very well begin a string of famine that could cause a lot of losses of life over the coming year. Finally, one can’t help but wonder, with all the predictions over the past few thousands of years, modern sciences predictions of this area flooding, is it all true? Can all of these predictions actually be coming true? Will Louisiana and parts of Texas permanently be flooded? With …
Comments: 0October 20th, 2011 by lionjkt
As of May of 2011 we’ve all noticed that the Mississippi has reached Record Breaking flood levels that haven’t been touched since 1937. The government has organized destruction of levees to help direct the flow of the flood in an attempt to save certain land masses. Whether or not this is a good thing or bad thing, it cannot be denied that there is a historical flood taking place before our eyes. What is interesting however is whether or not these events were known about. An interesting fact is that this flood event has been studied and predicted by modern scientists around the world for decades. There have been maps produced and various airings of this information to show just where these scientists believe the floods will take place, however nothing on a mass scale to inform citizens in these areas of the possibility. It was believed this event would take place in 2011 or 2012. I believe we’re watching it take place before our eyes! Also, if this event is in fact true, and this area of the US does in fact end up under water, then there is another region in our Country that is in danger and that is the entire west coast. These aren’t hollow predictions or spiritual predictions but rather what we all claim to wish to have when dealing with events of this scale – scientific proof. From all the studies done over the past few decades, and with all the hypothesis handed out by countless Scientists, I’d say this is something we should take seriously! The west coast has been …
Comments: 0October 14th, 2011 by lionjkt
Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org Crews filled sandbags and shored up levees along the Mississippi River as enormous volumes of water surged south. Jeffrey Brown takes a closer look at the levee and floodgate system with the Association of State Floodplain Managers’ Larry Larson and Author John Barry.
Comments: 0October 12th, 2011 by lionjkt
Flood waters continue to rise near Memphis, Tennessee, forcing people to leave their homes and seek refuge in shelters.
Comments: 8October 3rd, 2011 by lionjkt
This is it! Highest crest ever beating out floods of 1927, 1937, 1945 and 1993. If you compare to the video I took a week previous, you’ll see about a 5 foot rise. Standing on Interstate 155 between Caruthersville Mo and Dyersburg TN.