To: prairiebreeze
Yes, they are going to blow the level to save Cairo IL and will put something like 130,000 acres of farmland awash. Terrible for those farmers, losing crops, topsoil....their ground may never be what it was.I haven't had time to follow this story, so have no idea what the 'official' reasoning is.. Somehow I seriously doubt they are concerned about Cairo. I'd sooner guess they need to get the water spread out before it makes a straight shot for NO. I think the CoE is hiding behind Cairo's skirts.
125 posted on
05/04/2011 4:29:18 PM PDT by
Iowa Granny
(Clintion ruined a dress, but Obama ruined a Nation.)
To: Iowa Granny
Could be, Cairo is being used as the reason in the press.
Meanwhile, Texas has been denied FEMA assistance for the wildfires.
130 posted on
05/04/2011 5:30:59 PM PDT by
prairiebreeze
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