This isn't along the Mississippi River System but it gets the point across.
March 16, 2008
Fall River, Idaho
Photographer states :: Sunset on Fall River
And it wasn't like people didn't know it was coming. This article is from February 28th. But, hey, who needs to warn anyone, it might actually cost the government money to warn folks ahead of time, but, keep lowering those taxes, who cares about 'livin' through it.'
I swear Republicans are the most stupid people I've ever met. They rather deprive themselves of collective government 'that actually works' with people competent to do it, than live through disasters.
If the USA government had a comprehensive policy to stop the polluting of carbon dioxide, this wouldn't even be happening.
Part of the problem with the USA's Republicans is that they don't know what it is to have 'competent' government so much as those that 'dress up nice' on Sunday morning !
Rising rivers feared (click here)
2/28/08
Experts warn that melting snow could contribute to major flooding this springDubuque's sixth-snowiest (and counting) winter could leave more than just lingering memories of snow shoveling. Melting snow could trigger widespread floods this spring. "The chances of flooding this year on the Mississippi are the highest they have been in several years," said Jeff Zogg, hydrologist with the Quad Cities office of the National Weather Service. Dubuque's chances of experiencing both moderate (55 percent) and major (25 percent) Mississippi River flooding are the highest since 2001, Zogg said, when Dubuque recorded its second-highest crest at the railroad bridge -- 25.4 feet on April 21, 2001. Flood stage is 17 feet at the bridge. Spring river flooding requires several ingredients, including the size and rate of the melting snow pack, river levels, soil moisture, frost depth and the amount of rainfall occurring as the snow melts. The 2001 flooding occurred thanks to all those factors combining, including a then-record-depth snow pack melting quickly because of two storm systems. So...[viewing 1013 of 4231 characters]
There is no place for water to go anymore but 'up.' The central corridor of the USA has been receiving all the moisture off the Gulf now for the last two years while the rest of the country is experiencing drought. This is the result. The land is so saturated that the Mississippi and it's tributaries may be expanding their banks. Water flows downhill so what started in Ohio is ending in the southern USA.
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:01:15
Heavy flooding has killed at least 13 people in central states of the United States and caused many residents to evacuate their homes.
Five deaths were linked to the flooding in Missouri, five people were killed in a highway wreck in heavy rain in Kentucky and a 65-year-old woman in Ohio.
Flooding was also reported in large areas of Arkansas and parts of southern Illinois, southern Indiana, southwestern Ohio, and Atlanta and schools were closed in parts of western Kentucky because of flooded roads.
The National Weather Service posted flood and flash flood warnings from Texas to Pennsylvania.
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