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Terre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:38 AM Original message |
If you live along the Mississippi River, READ THIS |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. advice from a part Choctaw Indian here ... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That is what I have repeatedly thought.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Questions about the dams and advice to knock them down began . . . |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Fascinating. Do you have a link to that article? |
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Terre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Fascinating is putting it mildly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. No -- someone asked me about it before because I've referred to it |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Vine DeLorian (sp?) wrote in the 70s "God created the world and |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. YES---- "Brownie" is doing one hell of a job |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Ho! |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. k/r |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent post. k & r. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. kick |
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Raine1967 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's a shame |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ahhh, if we only had a "Preparedness" forum here at DU... |
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MadinMo (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Love to see a preparedness forum........ |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. I seconed...or third...that |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
60. A couple of weeks ago one was proposed, I was all for it...n/t |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. Like I said, I think we got the necessary support... |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's a really good post. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. big k&r for rational thought.. . . . .n/t |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dickhead, finally went on TV today about the midwest flooding. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. .... hard to know if anyone is better off when Bush is paying attention to a problem??? |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
76. That sounds about right |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thanks, Terre, for doing FEMA's work for them... they're obviously busy developing new formaldehyde |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. the mississippi is a lot wider and deeper than the rivers that are flooding now. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Not true... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. During the Floods of the earl 1990s, the LOWER MISSISSIPPI ran LOW |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Just looked at the NOAA map |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #44 |
77. Here's another good flood watch resource |
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iiibbb (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. It doesn't have to go through New Orleans... they'll divert |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
71. Shhhhh. You're disturbing the Enchanted Paradigm. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. .. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. in 1993 this was a scene in St. Louis |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. the forecasts i've heard have said that st. louis won't have as high a crest as in 1993. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. We could take it if we had to. We are on a hill |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. I live in the Dallas area, but ... |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I used to live in Dallas |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. And there's them that still talks about |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
69. Red Letter.. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. wise advice |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hope all folks downriver read and heed this advice |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. K & R |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. Levee break this am now flooding Carthage, Gulfport, Ill. Water rising by the minute, CNN |
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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Thousands of acres of farms - - - Every last one of us will be in peril |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Wow, just wow... |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. KICK ! |
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Magleetis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. I was in Natchez MS |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. K&R |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. I have just gotten Naomi Klein's book "The Shock Doctrine" and |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. Don't look for help from FEMA |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. Excellent Advice. This is the first I have even heard the word FEMA |
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Terre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. You forgot |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. One "s" or two doesn't matter, you made me laugh. |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Reminds me of Y2K |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. How did that Y2K stuff ever turn out? n/t |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I think we are now experiencing... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The trouble is that you can become so consumed with preparing for the rainy day |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Balance... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
81. some things only need prepared once and then sits and waits for |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. This is simply common sense advise that anybody who lives in an area prone to natural disasters |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. HECK OF A JOB ------> R. David Paulison |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
49. For those with pets - find plans now for what to do with your pets! |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. Great, FEMA is already actively ignoring the pending crisis. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. Some images, link |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Horrific pictures. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. Breaking levees relive some of the down stream flooding and shorten |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
57. K&R |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. and keep a big hatchet and some rope in your attic |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. wow, thank you for this! |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
62. As a genealogist, let me say.... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. Great advice! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. FWIW, I'll be praying that it doesn't come to that. |
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earthboundmisfit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
67. "Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good..." |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-17-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
68. Some Good Advise Is Not Too Practical |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
72. FEMA is sitting on their ass again? |
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ThingsGottaChange (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
74. I really hope the people along the Mississippi will go to safety |
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Spiffarino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
75. Get the guitar and the cake ready! |
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Magleetis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
78. NOAA |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
79. And as predicted by Deep Harm... |
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lilyannerose (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
80. What Is With The MSMs NonCoverage? |
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