Cairo Illinois is completely evacuated. The Ohio and Missisippi rivers are threatening to breach the levees protecting the city – the Army Corps of Engineers wants to blow a hole in a levee in Missouri to allow the water to flood farmland to relieve pressure. That would destroy this years crops but also deposit rich silt on the farmland for the future.<\/p>\n
The Corps got permission from a judge, then the appeals court, and now the Governor of Missouri wants to get the US Supreme Court involved – meanwhile the levee is showing signs of impending failure.<\/p>\n
Now is the time for leadership from Barack Obama. Your orders, sir?<\/p>\n
It is worth noting that Cairo Illinois is the close to\u00a0the New Madrid fault, the source of intense earthquakes from time to time (an earthquake in 1812 was felt in South Carolina and Washingotn DC). Because the buildings in Chicago built after the great fire were not built with earthquakes in mind, even minor quake in Southern Illinois might have serious consequences in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cairo Illinois is completely evacuated. The Ohio and Missisippi rivers are threatening to breach the levees protecting the city – the Army Corps of Engineers wants to blow a hole in a levee in Missouri to allow the water to … Continue reading