The Big One?
by digby
While the news media continues to obsess over the bin Laden operation, an epic disaster is unfolding in slow motion along the Mississippi river. 300-400 percent above average rainfall over the last month has led to massive flooding, evacuations, blowing up levees to protect towns downriver, all kinds of destruction, tragedy and chaos — in the wake of equally epic tornadoes. It seems like it should be a story, but I guess we are more interested in repeated viewings of cartoon reenactions of the Pakistan raid. Maybe people just can’t psychologically take any more disasters. But it’s happening nonetheless.
This post by Doug Kahn over a Down with Tyranny gives a sweeping overview of the flood and the Mississippi from a historical perspective and looks at the horrifying possibilities. It’s a fascinating story if somebody wants to tell it.
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