Floodgates Are Opened
Read the Story
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/14/
"Engineers opened a 10-ton, steel emergency floodgate
for the first time Saturday in nearly four decades,
purposefully inundating farmlands
and homes in Louisiana's Cajun country
to drain the swelling Mississippi River
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/14/
"Engineers opened a 10-ton, steel emergency floodgate
for the first time Saturday in nearly four decades,
purposefully inundating farmlands
and homes in Louisiana's Cajun country
to drain the swelling Mississippi River
and avert flooding in New Orleans."
The water will bury a community of some 12,000 souls,
their crops, homes, and animals.
I have Delta Blues on my mind.
Big Bill Broonzy
1898 – 1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
their crops, homes, and animals.
I have Delta Blues on my mind.
Big Bill Broonzy
1898 – 1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
River Blues
Sippie Wallace
1898 – 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Women Be Wise
Suitcase Blues
Shorty George
There Are No Surprises
We Know Why The Mississippi Floods
1898 – 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Women Be Wise
Suitcase Blues
Shorty George
There Are No Surprises
We Know Why The Mississippi Floods
Read the Reasons
http://www.scientificamerican.
http://www.scientificamerican.
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