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devil21
05-03-2011, 04:06 AM
Everything is Osama this, Osama that.....while the midwest Mississippi River valley is experiencing record floods and even the purposeful destruction of levees, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of thousands of acres of American breadbasket farmland. The Supreme Court denied an injuction to stop the levee demolition....

But hey let's talk about Osama some more.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42862955/ns/weather/


WYATT, Mo — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exploded a large section of a Mississippi River levee late Monday in a desperate attempt to protect the Illinois town of Cairo from rising floodwaters.

The corps says the break would help Cairo by diverting up to 4 feet of water off the river. As of Monday evening, river levels at Cairo were at historic highs, creating pressure on the floodwall protecting the town.

The blasts were likely to unleash a muddy torrent into empty farm fields.
more at link

MelissaWV
05-03-2011, 04:35 AM
Yep. The tornado damage is all but forgotten as well.

cindy25
05-03-2011, 05:37 AM
Osamamania will end soon enough, as the economic reality sets in.

this reminds me of a scene from Dr Zhivago, when Russia was entering WWI, with the crowds cheering their czar.
but as the boots wore out, and the food became unfordable the people turned on the czar.