Cedar Rapids struggles to endure historic flood~The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets. Those train cars were filled with tons of sand and gravel in the hopes of weighting down the bridge enough to withstand the raging current. Photo~Cliff Jette/The Gazette
1,200 turnout to help save Cedar Rapids water supply
~USGS Gauge readings:
-Cedar River at Cedar Rapids, IA
-Iowa River below Coralville damn
-Des Moines River near Saylorville, IA
UPDATE
~Iowa State Capital Evacutating
Iowa legislative panel creates flood study panel
Iowa flood evacuations rise, losses seen in billions
Soggy Austin, MN pushes back; more thunderstorms to the north
Joel Luker, left, of the Salvation Army and Dick Hinton waded through floodwaters Thursday with sand bags to shore up the makeshift defenses around the Salvation Army headquarters in Austin, Minn. The race against the rising water turned into a community effort.
Photo~Richard Sennott, Star Tribune
Residents Around Wisconsin Start Flood Cleanup Efforts
Flooding major concern in Nebraska
Stephenson Co. Illinois Flooding
Missouri communities prepare for river crests
Missouri Scout camps prepared for hazardous weather
WAVCIS~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
Had enough yet, America? Didn't think so...
Bad news travels downriver fast
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Here along the banks of the Mississippi River, people are braced for the worst flooding in 15 years as severe storms and major floods batter states farther north.
Communities along the river work to secure water supplies
Midwest floods expose aging, weak protection~Years of neglect of dams, levees put many folks at risk
Corn surges to record for 6th day as Midwest rains flood more crops; crude up slightly
After the storm in Burma
Landing in Rangoon in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, the Human Rights Center's Eric Stover witnessed the impacts firsthand — and now warns of a 'second wave'
The Sisters Told State Farm — What did State Farm Do? ~slabbed
Louisiana House Committee Passes Bill That Would Shift Hospital Funds From New Orleans to Other Regions
Elevation grants set to start flowing
Legislative pay is session hot potato
The pay raise that will try Louisiana's soul
~Your Right Hand Thief
How dysfunctional can things get?~Thanks Katrina
Editilla gotta tol'yaz~I tapped a general link address here, so that everyone might fang down through this blogger's posts to get to the lede. Why? Because JudyB has refined the standard of "Scuzzbucket" to the gimpth degree and included class pictures and emails of the perps.
As she is too much of a Lady with Manners to call them Fuckmooks, Gentle'rillas know, yer oh'so humble Editilla gatz noooo gumption fo'da assssumption.
You Geaux Mz. JudyB! You Editillero!
Lottery? Crap Shoot? Just Shoot Me?~Liptrap's Lament - The Line
On the one hand, I count myself very lucky to have gotten the little guy into a good school.David Simon pays tribute to 'Wire' fan Ashley Morris
On the other hand, any parent who has a smidgen of empathy for what other families are going through knows that things could be otherwise.
~Shawn Malayter of DePaul’s media relations office said that Simon got in touch with the university after hearing of Morris’ passing, and expressed a desire to speak at the ceremony. Simon had reluctantly turned down the offer to speak when it was originally made several months ago, because he was supposed to be in London editing his new miniseries, “Generation Kill,” which debuts on HBO July 13. But he felt compelled to honor Morris’ memory and their friendship, even though the two men had never met in person.
“So I never got to know him. And that is my loss. And on some weird level, I owe him a trip to Chicago and a morning spent in a funny hat and gown.”Bluegreen Corporation Enters New Orleans Vacation Ownership Market
-David Simon
Audubon Insectarium Opens in New Orleans
Editilla jus'axin~What is the Audubon Institute doing getting involved in the parentage of the NO City Council...what? OH'D'OH! Incects...Got it. Cool!
Driving me out of my mind
~New Orleans Daily Photo
Weekly Photo Challenge: Tawdry
~Bigezbear
~I Just Want To Be A Tugboat Captain
New Orleans Cooking School - Gumbo, Jambalaya,
Bread Pudding and Pralines
~Menu In Progress
A New Orleans Vieux-To-Do
Celebrating Tomatoes, Seafood
and Zydeco
~Schedule Here ~WWOZ to broadcast live from the French Quarters!
Crab-Stuffed Creole Tomatoes
1 tbs Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Salt or to taste
1/8 tsp Black Pepper
1/4 tsp Dried Tarragon
1/4 c Mayonnaise
1/2 ts Fresh Lemon Juice
5 -7 Fresh Louisiana Crab Meat
5 - 6 steamed Asparagus Cut into 1/2-inch Pieces
2 Hard-boiled Eggs, chopped
1/2 c Cooked Peas
8 lg Creole Tomatoes
Washed Lettuce and Parsley for garnish.
In a mixing bowl, toss together the crab meat, asparagus, eggs, peas, olive oil, salt, pepper, tarragon, mayonnaise, and lemon juice. Blend lightly, then refrigerate to chill.
Cut a thin slice from the top of each tomato and hollow out the center, leaving a firm shell to hold the salad filling. You can save the tomato pulp for another recipe. Sprinkle the insides of the tomatoes with a dash of salt, and turn them upside down on paper towels to drain. Refrigerate the tomatoes until serving time. When you’re ready for the salad, simply fill each tomato shell with about a half cup of the crab mixture. Set each tomato on a few lettuce leaves and add a sprig of fresh parsley.
A Tribute to my Orisha
~American Zombie
Ingrid Lucia & The Flying Neutrinos
Friday Cheers Gets Dirty...
NOLA's dirtiest brass visits the Old Dominion
Daddy Would Be So Proud ~Toulouse Street
2 comments:
Those flood stories are shocking. Great coverage.
Thank you, Noble Oyster!
Scenes of catastrophic flooding seem to pull my string now'days, no matter where they be'happenin. Whether on the other side of the coin from NOLA in Burma or in "Little Wet Spots" or especially upstream form us right in the very Heartland of the Nation.
When shit starts breaking hard like this I don't know whether it will be a Hard Left or a Hard Right...but there just ain't no more middle ground, eh?
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