Army Corps of Engineers will blow up a levee at Mississippi and Ohio rivers, with work starting toni

[jdearing]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will blow up a levee at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers due to record high-water levels in both rivers, with work beginning Monday night, said Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, president of the Mississippi River Commission.

At 4 p.m. Monday, water levels outside Cairo, Illinois, were 61.4 feet - well above the flood stage of 40 feet - according to the National Weather Service. Walsh ordered the intentional breach to alleviate pressure in the river system and to protect Cairo, even though it may lead to the flooding of 130,000 acres of mostly farmland in Missouri.

Missouri officials have been fighting the proposed levee breach.

 

[COBRAII]

And on farmland you find Farmers, farms etc...

 

[CHEWIN_DIRT]

Totally stupid. Cairo could use a good bath...the town is nothing worth saving compared to the farmland!

 

[karsbell]

Thanks for your support cobraII and chewin_dirt. But they blew the north end of the levee around 10:00 pm last night. We are still waiting for the two explosions on the south end. Many acres of very productive farmland may be ruined which could be devastating to our local economy. There may be many farmers who go broke over this. I farm around East Prairie, Charleston, and New Madrid and this is a delicate situation around here.

 

[Intake]

Heard a good one, Cairo is nothing but East St Louis with a historic flair!

 

[COBRAII]

Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, wonder if it was totally his decision or if someone with political influence.

 

[dirtboy]

Thanks for your support cobraII and chewin_dirt. But they blew the north end of the levee around 10:00 pm last night. We are still waiting for the two explosions on the south end. Many acres of very productive farmland may be ruined which could be devastating to our local economy. There may be many farmers who go broke over this. I farm around East Prairie, Charleston, and New Madrid and this is a delicate situation around here.

you farmers get everything you deserve,you drive your tractors up and down the roads and dont have to have sht to do it.then wonder why the roads are all toar up!!you been getting break after break.I think the town is more important then your land and if you go broke over one season,you wasnt doing that good anyway.good call on the blow up maj walsh

 

[Debbie Cummins]

dirtboy, I am so glad I DID NOT shake your hand Saturday night. I would have had to have it amputated now. Guess you don't partake of any food or products that farmers produce, huh? Stupid just doesn't say enough about you. Stay away from me!

 

[Momma Drew]

I bet if those fields were planted with hops and barley, ya'll would be screaming to HIGH HEAVEN OH for shame!! Dirt BOY have you really drove through there? It is DESOLATE, to say the least. The fact that the people IN CHARGE deemed it nessesary to save a ghost town with no real infrastructure, with only 1 gas station, 1 grocery store, 99% of the downtown is boarded up. They (the gubment!) could have took the 1 billion dollars and probably more, they are going to have to dole out to the farmers for lost crops..etc... AND gave it to the town and sent them on their way to make a new better life somewhere else. OH, by the way the loss of crops in bushels per acre is just one more thing to raise food prices down the road.. yeah thats just what we need.

 

[jbey]

Iam not 100% positive but since the core is going to blow up the levy, the poor farmers might not even get insurance for the crops because this would be a man made disaster.

 

[Momma Drew]

JB what is really sad, we haven't even had spring thaw up north yet. They are still getting snow, that will eventually come down the Missouri River to the Mississippi. If this keeps up we could have a repeat of the flood of 93'.

 

[jdearing]

USDA said it would be considered a natural disaster and the farmers could file insurance claims.

 

[karsbell]

thank you debbie cummins and others. dirtboy should not eat anything for the next year and he would get what he deserves - death by starvation. remember never bite the hand that feeds you. second hole was blown in levee about 12:30 pm today, expecting last hole to be blown tomorrow. actually this is worse than the flood of '93 here in southeast missouri area, the river levels are higher and there is more backwater on the west side of the setback levee (the new mainline levee after the explosion). my son lives in the house my wife and i lived in in '93 and he had to move out one week ago because of water over the roads.

 

[dirtboy]

dirtboy, I am so glad I DID NOT shake your hand Saturday night. I would have had to have it amputated now. Guess you don't partake of any food or products that farmers produce, huh? Stupid just doesn't say enough about you. Stay away from me!

you always said you wanted to meet'so thought i would let you know who i was cookie monster.glad i didnt shake your hand to,might have caught something bad!!! lmfao

 

[dirtgirl]

WTF DUDE ? first off the 18 whelers tear the roads up not a tractor barreling down the road at 15 mph ( you must have got caught behind one once in life ) Not only did these people lose their crops but their homes as well hopefully they got their equipment out of there as well. Farmers are hard working people and produce product MADE IN THE USA ! LOCAL as well ! And yes you lose 1 year of crops and it can ruin a farmer not like they can get unemployement. This a lose lose situation for God's sake have some empathy here ! And Debbie what did you do fall and bump your head ?

you farmers get everything you deserve,you drive your tractors up and down the roads and dont have to have sht to do it.then wonder why the roads are all toar up!!you been getting break after break.I think the town is more important then your land and if you go broke over one season,you wasnt doing that good anyway.good call on the blow up maj walsh

 

[Momma Drew]

you always said you wanted to meet'so thought i would let you know who i was cookie monster.glad i didnt shake your hand to,might have caught something bad!!! lmfao

...Yeah you might have caught some self respect. Debbie Cummins is a great person, you should be so lucky as to take some lessons from her, about how to treat one another, to bad you didn't!

 

[Loudpedal]

Have you not figured it out yet? Dirt boy is getting just what he wants when you get upset and respond to him, he truly cant believe all the stuff he says he does it to get arise out of you. We seem to always give him what he wants;Attention and someone to argue with. Just don't pay him any mind let him voice his opinion and don't respond to what he say look right past it to the next persons post.

 

[fordman]

Deb thats ok if you didn't want to shake his hand. I think we know someone that did. NO WAIT that wasn't his hand it was his HEAD!!!!

 

[dirtboy]

WTF DUDE ? first off the 18 whelers tear the roads up not a tractor barreling down the road at 15 mph ( you must have got caught behind one once in life ) Not only did these people lose their crops but their homes as well hopefully they got their equipment out of there as well. Farmers are hard working people and produce product MADE IN THE USA ! LOCAL as well ! And yes you lose 1 year of crops and it can ruin a farmer not like they can get unemployement. This a lose lose situation for God's sake have some empathy here ! And Debbie what did you do fall and bump your head ?

The 18 wheelers pay a big price to run up and down the roads.Its not cheap to get one legal.the tractors dont have to pay nothing.

 

[Debbie Cummins]

Deb thats ok if you didn't want to shake his hand. I think we know someone that did. NO WAIT that wasn't his hand it was his HEAD!!!!

fordman, he surprised me as I was going to the lower level bathroom at Highland after the races. He was in his "Paul Bunyan" disguise and wanted to shake my hand but wouldn't take NO for awhile. I finally figured out who he was and told him NO WAY. My daughter wanted to know who that guy was, and I told her NOBODY YOU NEED TO KNOW. I was praying he would be gone when I came out of the restroom! He's definitely had his last cookie ever.