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FatalWishes
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| Quote From Source: | Floodwaters surge over Midwest levees
(CNN) -- Water spilled over two levees on the Mississippi River on Wednesday, surging into west-central Illinois, covering fertile farmland and pushing residents from their homes, officials said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Mississippi Valley said water flowed over the top of one levee, but local officials had a different account, reporting that the levee -- near Meyer, Illinois -- breached in two places about 6:20 a.m., pouring water into Hancock and Adams counties.
"It's kind of a sad day," said Sheriff John Jefferson of Hancock County. "People put in a lot of manpower [to build up the levees] and all was lost."
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Well it was hoped that building the levees up would hold back the Mississippi River..apparently it was all in vain.
They should take the warning labels off of everything and let stupidity sort itself out.
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MountainManMike
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hmmm...sounds familiar. |
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So the influx of rain coming onto the Gulf coast area, first week of July, should meet the oncoming flood waters, in Southern Mississippi for the fourth of July....Some weekend this will be... |
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MountainManMike
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aerology, when do the monsoons seem to kick in this summer in the southwest, specifically southwest colorado? does it look like a good monsoon season? |
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