Sat Images Extreme Mississippi Flooding

[marshabar1]

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Terrible times. Salvation Army doing good work.

[henryclay]

How can it be described? Cities, towns, businesses, schools, hospitals, clinics, banks, homes, farms, crops, animals, cars, equipment, furnuture, clothing, family heirlooms, photographs, roads, bridges, food, gardens, years and years of loving care, all never to be the same again, and a lot of it just plain gone.

Thanks, Maraha. How blessed the rest of us are.

[marshabar1]

No kidding, Henry. It is hard to even begin to imagine the scope of this disaster. On top of everything else. Kind of leaving people numb.

Hey I think I like Maraha better than Marsha.

[lakhota]

Yes, it's really sad. Apparently going to get much worse.

Morganza Spillway To Open, Flooding Thousands Of Homes To Avert Greater Disaster From Mississippi River

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) -- In an agonizing trade-off, Army engineers said they will open a key spillway along the bulging Mississippi River as early as Saturday and inundate thousands of homes and farms in Louisiana's Cajun country to avert a potentially bigger disaster in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be in harm's way when the gates on the Morganza spillway are unlocked for the first time in 38 years.

(CLICK HERE for live updates of the Mississippi River flooding)

Opening the spillway will release a torrent that could submerge about 3,000 square miles under as much as 25 feet of water but take the pressure off the downstream levees protecting New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi.

Engineers feared that weeks of pressure on the levees could cause them to fail, swamping New Orleans under as much as 20 feet of water in a disaster that would have been much worse than Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

More: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/morganza-spillway-open-mississippi-flooding-2011_n_861912.html

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

My wonderful DH's National Guard unit has been requested in Mississippi for assistance, along with other units. We're still waiting to see if he's headed there next week ...

[lakhota]

Mississippi River Flooding: Man Builds Enormous Moat To Stave Off Flood Waters (VIDEO)

When you can't have your own private island, you can always create your own.

Russell, as the video identifies him, has put more than a good amount of effort into saving his house from the White River flood waters. He's gone so far as to build a moat that seems to have kept his property in pristine condition up to this point. Friends and family recently joined him to add sandbags to the moat, in order to fight rising waters.

It's incredible, and even picturesque, despite the tragic flooding.

The White River flood is a part of the larger Mississippi River flooding which has reached historic levels. However, this Arkansas man seems to have found an answer to the problem for himself.

CLICK HERE for live updates of the Mississippi River flooding.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/white-river-floods-man-builds-moat_n_861826.html

[Deleted]

It's terrible. News is worse every day. I heard today it seems the Mississippi is possibly re-routing itself forever with this flooding. I've been in some hurricanes, but never seen anything like this. Looking far worse than Katrina, isn't it?

[Deleted]

This one mentions the economic impact. Bad.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_mississippi_river_flooding

....Cotton prices are up 86 percent from a year ago, and corn — which is feed for livestock, a major ingredient in cereals and soft drinks, and the raw material used to produce ethanol — is up 80 percent. Soybeans have risen 39 percent. The increase is attributed, in part, to worldwide demand, crop-damaging weather elsewhere and rising production of ethanol.
While the Mississippi River flooding has not had any immediate impact on prices in the supermarket, the long-term effects are still unknown. A full damage assessment can't be made until the water has receded in many places.
Some of the estimates have been dire, though.
More than 1,500 square miles of farmland in Arkansas, which produces about half of the nation's rice, have been swamped over the past few weeks. In Missouri, where a levee was intentionally blown open to ease the flood threat in the town of Cairo, Ill., more than 200 square miles of croplands were submerged, damage that will probably exceed $100 million. More than 2,100 square miles could flood in Mississippi.
When the water level goes down — and that could take many weeks in some places — farmers can expect to find the soil washed away or their fields covered with sand. Some will probably replant on the soggy soil, but they will be behind their normal growing schedule, which could hurt yields.
Many farmers have crop insurance, but it won't be enough to cover their losses. And it won't even come close to what they could have expected with a bumper crop.....

...The river's rise may also force the closing of the river to shipping, from Baton Rouge to the mouth of the Mississippi, as early as next week. That would cause grain barges from the heartland to stack up along with other commodities.
If the portion is closed, the U.S. economy could lose hundreds of millions of dollars a day. In 2008, a 100-mile stretch of the river was closed for six days after a tugboat collided with a tanker, spilling about 500,000 gallons of fuel. The Port of New Orleans estimated the shutdown cost the economy up to $275 million a day.

**Aside from what all those people are going through, this is about the last thing this country needs right now. Seems like if it's not the gov't messing with our finances, it's the weather.**

[ugonow]

This one mentions the economic impact. Bad.

Real bad considering the state is already down to bare necessities. That is sad when the governor comes on tv and tells residents they are on their own,the state is not going to help them,they must rely on each other to evacuate.

[handyman2]

We complain about gas prices now, but with major weather disasters all over the globe and millions to feed, food is going to be a major issue not only prices but availibility. Hard times they are a coming.

[marshabar1]

May 13, 2011 23:23:14 GMT -5 @lakhota said:

Mississippi River Flooding: Man Builds Enormous Moat To Stave Off Flood Waters (VIDEO)

When you can't have your own private island, you can always create your own.

Russell, as the video identifies him, has put more than a good amount of effort into saving his house from the White River flood waters. He's gone so far as to build a moat that seems to have kept his property in pristine condition up to this point. Friends and family recently joined him to add sandbags to the moat, in order to fight rising waters.

It's incredible, and even picturesque, despite the tragic flooding.

The White River flood is a part of the larger Mississippi River flooding which has reached historic levels. However, this Arkansas man seems to have found an answer to the problem for himself.

CLICK HERE for live updates of the Mississippi River flooding.

www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/white-river-floods-man-builds-moat_n_861826.html

Inspiring. Very inspiring. That's the spirit that built the America we love.

And then there's the America Democrats have built.

The one where people don't even know they should try to save themselves. The one where people look to the government like it's God going to come from the sky and save them.

Self reliance is a beautiful thing. And faith in big government is a farce. Take a look at the FEMA wants its money back thread.

notmsnmoney.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=politics&action=display&thread=8067

[ugonow]

Self reliance is a beautiful thing. And faith in big government is a farce. Take a look at the FEMA wants its money back thread.

So you don't think Mississippi will be asking for federal funding ?Ooops he already did,and he wants it fast---msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/barbour-asks-for-expedited-federal-assistance/ Barbour asks for expedited federal assistance
Published: May 9,2011

MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Gov. Haley Barbour is requesting President Obama declare 14 counties in the Mississippi Delta as disaster areas as a result of ongoing and expected major flooding.

The counties requested include Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, DeSoto, Jefferson, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson and Yazoo counties. Other counties may be added as appropriate.

“These counties will be impacted by backwater flooding, and residents should take the necessary precautions now,” Barbour said. “This disaster declaration will help our local governments and state agencies prepare for the flooding and start helping those communities with recovery plans.”

State and federal officials are conducting coordinated preparation efforts under previously declared federal emergency. If granted, this request would provide additional federal aid to affected local governments, individuals and businesses.

The governor is requesting: public assistance for Categories A-G for the 14 counties; individual assistance including the Individuals and Households Program, Crisis Counseling, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, USDA food coupons and distribution, USDA food commodities, Disaster Legal Services, the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Small Business Administration disaster loans for the 14 counties; and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program statewide.


Source: Governor’s Office"

[marshabar1]

More than 1,500 square miles (3,885 square kilometers) of farmland in Arkansas, which produces about half of the nation's rice, have been swamped over the past few weeks. More than 2,100 square miles (5,440 square kilometers) could flood in Mississippi.

[mmhmm]

Need to look up a recipe to can pickled peppers, both banana and bell peppers. Last ones I did are good but soft, want them crisp.

Might want to try using Pickle Crisp. I haven't seen it in years, but it used to be available at grocery stores. Might be able to find it online. I think it was made be Ball products. Good luck!

[Deleted]

Oh, man. God bless these poor people.

www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/13/cajun-country-braces-floodwaters-river/

[lakhota]

Oh, man. God bless these poor people.

Too bad He couldn't have done it a little sooner...