Mercredi

MS River & MO River today at St. Louis (lower right)
Please click to enlarge.
WAVICS
Wave-Current-Surge Information System
for Coastal Louisiana
Note~ Gentle'rillas can use these interactive sites together to study the flooding in any state: zoom WAVICS sat'view out and "curser" the Map up the Mississippi River to Indiana and Illinois and then zoom'click back down to follow the smaller rivers like the Ohio and the Iowa. This is active data.
I use the USGS maps to get oriented to the states and their flood gauges due to the lack of boundries of the sat'view. I also look up State Maps.

USGS~Flood Stage Levels current 'real-time' guage readings

New Orleans Residents, Guard Members Help Missouri Town Prepare for Mississippi River

Talkin' New Orleans, Susan Cowsill's Coming to St. Paul

Midwest Floods: Pundits Have Their Heads in the Sand ~Georgianne Nienaber
~UPDATE-Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu Comments on Flooding in the Midwest

Comparing Iowa to New Orleans ~Eric Stoller

Find out why flood protection failed

"As a 1966 graduate of Des Moines North High School and perhaps one of the only living practicing civil engineers to have come from North High, I am deeply angered by the flooding of my high school. Given this breach of the flood-protection works, there must be a public investigation by an independent board of civil engineers and policy stakeholders."
- C. Gary Kellogg, B.S., M.S. (Iowa State University), Rochester, Minn. and Washington, D.C.

Please demand the 8/29 Commission

U.S. Dams Iraq While Damning Iowa~Village Voice
~Desperately needed funds for new levees in U.S. Midwest have been diverted to flood control in Iraq.

White House seeks $1.8 billion for Midwest flood aid
--to be added to long stalled Iraq funding bill?
Editilla go'zintas~Go Figure...Go Fish!
Come on, Bush! Hello? Is this truly time for your horse shit trading with our catastrophy...again? How dare you,!
We are goddamned drowning here in the heartland again, while you gotta finish your swan song and dance in Europe? Last time it was birthday cake with John McCain. This time it is gay Pari! And all you can think of upon your return is getting your war funding. Judas Priest! With leaders like you who the hell needs zealots. Thank you very much for again holding Disaster Relief over the heads of drowning Americans.

New Levee Break Near Meyer Lock and Dam
~LaGrange
~Gulfport

Mississippi River levee breaks, more at risk ~The swollen Mississippi River ran over the top of a levee near Meyer, Illinois, on Wednesday as floodwaters swallowed up more farmland and sent corn prices to a record high.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the latest levee break brought the total number of compromised levees to 11 on the most important U.S. inland waterway. The river overtopped the levee at 1 a.m. CDT (0600 GMT), said spokesman Ron Fournier.

UPDATE-Mississippi River overflows 19 levees

Corps says 33 Levees in danger of failure
6 more than Yesterday, right?

Helicopter saves sandbaggers from levee breach, flooding
~Illinois conservation officers and a helicopter from Iowa rescued those stranded at the levee, as well as motorists stuck on U.S. 34 and at a house in nearby Carman, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office said.

Indiana Lawmakers push for more federal flood aid

Flood-relief efforts still in infancy stage

University works to aid flood victims

Campus is soaked, but summer classes still on

Iowa Lawmakers leaning toward flood special session

Officials look at housing options for Iowa flood evacuees

Des Moines again tries to learn lessons

Small towns suffer big losses as rivers rise

U.S. corn up as flood worries continue

Most Minnesota corn farmers escape flooding, see green
~They have mostly escaped the flooding in the Midwest and now are locking in at record prices. But hog, poultry and ethanol producers are suffering.

Levee Protection: Working with the Geology and Environment to Build Resiliency

After the deluge~Grist
~As Midwest floods recede, what's being washed into the groundwater?

Big day on the River and I wish I were that Egret.
Thank you New Orleans Daily Photo

Some Links for Flood Help
~I found these few and will post more as they become apparent. Please feel free to post other relief outlets in our comments section or email me from the profile. We will carry this list through the week's posts. While the outpouring of support from New Orleans alone deserves notice, the Ladder's readership covers a pretty large chunk of the Midwest and coast to coast. America has learned. With such Spirit we thusly hang.
~The Midwest Flood~How to Make Donations To Help Flood Victims
~How to help people in Cedar Rapids
~Donate to Hoosier Flood Relief
~WI Flood relief - How to help
~Colorado volunteers to aid Iowa flood victims
~IL-Quincy Animal Flood Rescue Efforts
~TX-Texas men help clean up from devastating Midwest floods
~IN-Indianapolis Racing League donates $60,000 to help flood victims in Iowa

Food Banks Respond to Catastrophic Midwest Flooding
~On Wednesday, food bank staff members from the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, and the America's Second Harvest national office were dispatched to Iowa disaster locations to assist with on-site efforts.

Alliant Energy Foundation gives $85,000 for flood relief

John Deere Foundation Provides $1 Million to Help in Flood Relief for U.S. Midwest

Jewish Response to Disaster
~NECHAMA ("comfort" in Hebrew), is the Jewish community's disaster response organization. Based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St Paul, since 1993 we have deployed thousands of volunteers to help communities clean-up after floods, tornados, and other natural disasters. Our mission is based on the Jewish value of 'Tikkun Olam' – repairing the world through acts of goodness. Our work also builds a sense of volunteer spirit and good citizenship.

Ha-Banot Nechama -The best new Israeli band of 2007, ... "so far"


Why flooding worsens
~Development, farm practices, and population growth have increased the risk of flooding.

500 Year Flood Challenges The Mighty Mississippi River
~Hutch Report
While the current disaster in Iowa and Illinois is bad enough, what concerns me even more is what all of this massive flow a water will do to New Orleans, once it finally reaches there in a couple of weeks.

FEMA gives hurricane supplies back to Louisiana

Audit Faults KBR's Repairs of Hurricane Damage

Katrina insurance trial begins
The first Hurricane Katrina insurance case to be tried in Jackson County began Monday in circuit court with opening statements and testimony from a hurricane hunter.

Rising Tide - The Threequel
~Tin Can Trailer Trash
Vivent Longtemps
la Marée Croissante Trois!

Wait-Wait-Wait, You Mean He's Not a Budget Whiz?
~We Could Be Famous

Liptrap's Lament - The Line
~Yesterday, E begged somebody, anybody to head to the hastily-organized Recovery School District status meeting at the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church.
Amy complied, and I'm glad she did.

Pup displaced by Hurricane Katrina finds home in ND

Elemental/Environmental: SPACE Submission Deadline June 23~NOPA

Catalogging Counterpoint & Soft Skull~Chasing Ray

Singer Ani DiFranco is not a pigeonholed girl