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US Engineer Corp say 122 US levies in danger
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2...ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-
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WASHINGTON - One hundred twenty-two levees from Maryland to California are at risk of failing, according to a list released Thursday by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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There could be danger to people who live in communities near some of the levees as well as a chance that they will have to pay more for insurance, said Butch Kinerney of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's national flood insurance program.
The list was released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests filed by news organizations, including The Associated Press.
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From Maryland to California? why not just say the whole country?
ok, something more scifi
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/2...X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-
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By 2100, water scarcity could impact between 1.1 and 3.2 billion people, says a leaked, related U.N. climate study due to be published in April.
China and Australia, as well as parts of Europe and the United States would face critical water shortages, it says.
Maritime experts say shipping water by tanker is one of the least eccentric ideas raised of late to counter acute shortages.
Dragging icebergs from the Arctic, ships hauling enormous bags of fresh water, and cloud seeding -- in which clouds are sprayed with chemicals to induce rain -- have all been aired by water authorities in the past.
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