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blackcat
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« on: May 02, 2011, 05:13:47 PM »

The Army Corps. of  Engineers tonight at 9pm plans to blow levee's on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River south of Cairo, Illinois potentially flooding more than 130,000 acres and destroying 100 homes

http://www.kait8.com/story/14515727/army-corps-decides-to-blow-up-missouri-levee

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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 05:29:42 PM »

Sorry to hear that. If that's the area just below where the Ohio merges with the Mississippi, that is a lot of water. Is it that the West side of the Mississippi is less populated than the East Side (Kentucky and Tennessee)?
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 05:53:13 PM »

hopefully Ill. and or army corp of eng. will completely replace everything they destroy be doing that.

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old2soon
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 06:24:50 PM »

hopefully Ill. and or army corp of eng. will completely replace everything they destroy be doing that.

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  Don't wanna place ANY bets on that. We are talking our friendly U S Government here. I truly hope they don't have to do this but sounds like they will. Makes me wonder if the people on the missouri side really know whats at stake?? Prayers up for ALL them folks livin along the rivers.   RIDE SAFE.
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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2011, 10:39:04 PM »

I feel for the people that own houses in that soon to be flood plane. 

From what I was taught in school, wasn’t the Mississippi river once 20 miles wide in some spots, and we reduced it down to about a mile wide in most areas??  These floods happen every single year, maybe we should make a reservoir flood area to give the overflowing river somewhere to go when it gets that bad.  Flooding brings in some excellent silt for fertilizer too.  Don’t take the land away from the people, just build the levies back about 100 yards or so.
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