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2008 Failure of Mississippi River Levees Points to New Disaster Planning Models in Age of Global Warming by Corbett K. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 07 Jul 2008 7:14pm storms in this age of global warming, we must resist the temptation to wallow in helplessness. Humanity can and will learn from the Mississippi River levee failures of 2008 and adapt our disaster planning models where possible. So, was the horrendous flooding of 2008, which caused multiple Mississippi River levees to fail, all that different from Read on »

SuperTalk Mississippi Sends Savage Down the River by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 23 Jul 2008 2:08pm Now here's some Southern Comfort.... You can contact Steve Davenport HERE. Effective immediately, Michael Savage and his Savage Nation Radio Show has been canceled on all Super Talk Mississippi stations. (Click into their site HERE.) Michael Savage's comments about Autistic... Read on »

Rivers of the World' Student Art Opens Tuesday, Inspired by D.C.'S Anacostia River, London's Thames River by US Deptartment of Education Posted Mon 15 Nov 2010 9:58am artworks inspired by Washington, D.C.'s Anacostia River will be on display beginning Tuesday in the lobby of the U.S. Department of Education alongside student artworks illustrating London’s Thames River. Six public schools from both D.C. and London are represented in the show. The exhibit is part of the British Council's Rivers of the World project, linking Read on »

across the big river by Rachel F. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 07 Oct 2008 7:17pm autumn hike that led us to a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. We found an apple tree (planted by Johnny Appleseed?), were circled by a bald eagle, and found many woolly... stomping on them!) And . . .we crossed the Mississippi River to have dinner in Wisconsin. My first time in that state. Since we ate a the lovely co-op in LaCrosse, my refrigerator Read on »

River Road by Robert Folzenlogen Posted Fri 16 Apr 2010 12:00am After a night in Dubuque, I weaved northward through the Appalachia-like terrain of extreme northeastern Iowa and descended back to the Mississippi at Marquette. This town in one of many on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge, which stretches for 260 river-miles, from "the nose" of Iowa to southeastern Minnesota Read on »

Tap Dancers Rock River to River Festival by Terrence Taps !. Posted Thu 13 Sep 2007 12:00am At times like this, I am really envious of the folks that live in New York City! On Sunday, tap dancing was featured at the River to River Festival at Battery Park in Manhattan. I, unfortunately was not able to attend given that I live hundreds of miles away! Luckily, Matthew Murphy at Ranting Details was there and was kind enough Read on »

Crossing the river(s) when the bridge is washed out by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

Posted Fri 30 Oct 2009 11:01pm I’ve been thinking a lot about how my brain developed over the course of my life, wondering if/how my early mtbi’s affected me. I have to say, it’s a bit confounding. It’s hard to see where the differences between me and everybody else are just regular personality differences, and which ones could be related to my falls and accidents and t ... Read on »

Crossing the river(s) when the bridge is washed out by Broken Brilliant Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm I’ve been thinking a lot about how my brain developed over the course of my life, wondering if/how my early mtbi’s affected me. I have to say, it’s a bit confounding. It’s hard to see where the differences between me and everybody else are just regular personality differences, and which ones could be related to my falls and accidents and t ... Read on »

Up River by Robert Folzenlogen Posted Sun 11 Apr 2010 12:00am the Kalahari; rather, I will follow the Mississippi into the Upper Midwest, visiting a number of wildlife refuges along the way. While I have a general sense of the terrain, vegetation and wildlife that I will encounter, the Mississippi Valley north of Davenport will be new to me and, as all naturalists know, unexpected sightings are always a possibility. Since I have Read on »

Middle Of Nowhere, Louisiana, USA; (Otherwise Known As the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge) by Carbon Fund Patient Expert

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:29pm of Baltimore direct to Jackson, Mississippi, where I will rent a pickup truck and drive two hours west to the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge. Details of the 1,100-acre... Tree planting at the 1,100-acre Tensas River Valley reforestation project in Louisiana officially begins this week. The biologists tell us Louisiana is one of the best Read on »