Hurricane Isaac: Mississippi River May Find Drought Relief After Storm
30, 2012. Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana early Thursday, its weakening winds still potent enough to drive storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Remnants of Hurricane Isaac could bring relief to low Mississippi River, but ...
Rain from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac could help the drought-stricken Mississippi River, but experts say it's not enough for long-term relief for the vital waterway that is at its lowest level since 1988.www.washingtonpost.com
An Economic Revolution the US Government Made Possible
Steamboats on the Mississippi River, circa 1860. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. By Robert Gudmestad 2012-09-05T17:57:19Z. When the New ... But Calhoun's political philosophy found no fertile soil west of the Appalachian ...www.bloomberg.com
Mississippi River to Host Fishing Event on September 22, 2012
Wisconsin's bass anglers may want to consider clearing their calendars for the weekend of Friday, September 21, 2012. There is a big bass fishing tournament scheduled to take place in La Crosse at that time and over $10,000 in prize money is on offer.sports.yahoo.com
Hurricane Isaac storm surge reversed flow of Mississippi River
By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / August 31, 2012. High winds from ... 0. New Orleans. As hurricane Isaac reached southeastern Louisiana as a Category 1 storm earlier this week, it did something unusual to the Mississippi River: It threw the river into ...www.csmonitor.com
No easy fixes seen for Minnesota River erosion, pollution
The erosion in Eden Prairie is just a tiny sliver of the huge problem of sediment and pollution flowing down the Minnesota River and into the Mississippi River, in turn forcing more downstream dredging, endangering the future of Lake Pepin and ...finance-commerce.com
Queen of the Mississippi to stop at Winona levee
Queen of the Mississippi to stop at Winona levee (09/05/2012). On Thursday, September 6 from 2:30pm - 6pm, the Queen of the Mississippi will make its inaugural stop at the levee in Winona.www.winonapost.com
US Drought Means Fall Foliage In Limbo For Oklahoma And Arkansas
WYATT, MO - JULY 18: A buoy used to help guide barges rests on the bank after the water level dropped on the Mississippi River July 18, 2012 near Wyatt, Missouri. Some barge operators have lightened their loads or stopped running altogether on the ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Barge traffic moves after another Mississippi River snarl
As of early Thursday, some 50 vessels backed up. * Barge operators lose $10,000 a day for each idle vessel. By Emily Le Coz. TUPELO, Miss.www.reuters.com
Huckleberry Finn comes to life on stage in Village Theatre's 'Big River'
The re-imagining of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" - "Big River" - sets the seminal novel to music and transports the landmark trip down the Mississippi River to the Village Theatre stage. ... The show opens the 2012-13 Village Theatre season Sept. 12.www.issaquahpress.com
View from space: Mississippi river well below normal in 2012
Here are two spacecraft images of the mighty Mississippi River, the largest river in the United States and the chief river of the largest river system in North America.earthsky.org
Officials release new information on Isaac assistance
Hurricane Isaac Mississippi Flooding 9.1.12 Forts Lake Rd in south eastern Jackson County, Mississippi is covered by flood waters caused by Hurricane Isaac on Saturday September 1, 2012. The Pascagoula and Escatawpa rivers continue to rise in the wake ...blog.gulflive.com
Hurricane Isaac 2012 Path Maps: Isaac Rages Over the Mississippi River ...
As of this writing, Hurricane Isaac is 55 MI south-southeast from the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving northwestward at 10 MPH with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.www.latinospost.com
Drought sends Mississippi into 'uncharted territory'
By John Yang, NBC News. ABOARD THE DREDGE JADWIN IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER - The drought of 2012 has humbled the mighty Mississippi River. See our full drought coverage here. And on Wednesday, Aug. 15, watch NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC, ...usnews.nbcnews.com
Hurricane Isaac 2012 Remnants Push Up Mississippi Valley, Gulf Coast Slowly ...
And the National Weather Service said it was bringing more rain and some drought relief to parts of the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. In Louisiana, the number without power was down from more than 900,000. However, in heavily populated Jefferson ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Mississippi operators take low river levels in stride
22, "55% of what we booked yesterday for 2012 was all lower Mississippi," indicating that customers are not worried about future bookings on the affected portion of the river. "We've had some agents call us and asking us what's the latest," Rubacky said.www.travelweekly.com
Tangipahoa River Flooding Fears Force Louisiana Evacuations From Isaac
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - Louisiana officials have ordered evacuation of low-lying, sparsely-populated areas along the Tangipahoa River because an Isaac-hammered dam at a state park lake in southwest Mississippi near the Louisiana border is in danger of ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Plaquemines Parish Nursing Home Evacuation: Disasters Familiar To Hard-Hit ...
Officials worried about the storm surge also ordered a mandatory evacuation for the west bank of the Mississippi River below Belle Chasse, the community that is home to the largest share of the parish's nearly 24,000 residents.www.huffingtonpost.com
Isaac shuts US grain exports from Gulf Coast
Aug 29 (Reuters) - Grain export facilities on the Louisiana Gulf were shuttered o n W ednesday as Hurricane Isaac came ashore near the mouth of the Mississippi River, a major shipping outlet through which almost two-thirds of U.S. grain shipments flow ...www.reuters.com
Mississippi authorities reporting coastal flooding from Isaac on Katrina ...
28, 2012. Isaac, a massive storm spanning nearly 200 miles from its center, made landfall at Tuesday evening near the mouth of the Mississippi River. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis). GULFPORT, Mississippi -- The sun rose over the Mississippi Gulf Coast on ...blog.gulflive.com
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