Dear Media: Perhaps you could focus on this flood instead of Sarah Palin (dial up warning)

[OmahaBlueDog]

I know it's a lot to ask, but this graphic published in today's Omaha World Herald might give you a clue:




Somewhere on this flood zone map you will find, in addition to many homes and millions of acres of prime farmland:

- An interstate highway, miles of which may be under 4-6 feet of water
- A nuclear power plant
- One of Cargill's largest facilities in North America (in Blair, NE)
- A major airport ot two
- An airforce base

The good news is that this will not take a lot of lives, it will merely disrupt the Hell out of them.
The bad news is that a lot of real estate in this part of the world may, literally, be under water for the rest of the summer.

Also of interest:

Omaha World Herald: Even tamed, river a threat

GAVINS POINT DAM, S.D. — For centuries, the Missouri River flooded. Every year there was a spring and a summer rise. About every other year the flooding spread bluff to bluff.

Now, nearly 60 years after the completion of a series of flood control dams, the river is surging again.

Human efforts are no match for nature.

“We dammed the river, and we thought it was safe — it became a playground. We had no idea we could get this much,” Yankton resident Judy Christensen said as she watched record amounts of water roar out of the Gavins Point Dam last week.

more at: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110605/NEWS01/706059894/-1#even-tamed-river-a-threat

[mnhtnbb]

1. We lived in St. Joseph, MO from '88-'94(on Missouri River). When the levee broke in '93

the little airport my husband used to fly out of (general aviation pilot)was flooded
within hours after we'd landed from a trip with our kids. A pilot was waiting to fly the plane out to high ground. We drove our Jeep out past sandbags holding the water back on the road to airport.

That year the water treatment plant in St. Joe was flooded and they had to airlift
huge machines out to Kansas City to dry them out. The town was without water for a week.
We used our pool water to flush toilets and hand wash pots/pans.

This is scary stuff given how much and how far the MO River could flood.

Great Flood of '93 info: http://mo.water.usgs.gov/Reports/1993-Flood/

[spanone]

2. our media is over-extended having to chase palin's bus around the country

they have their priorities just how they like 'em