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Residents Along The Mississippi River Are No ...
Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Oct 17, 2003 (message contributor)
Residents along the Mississippi River are no strangers to overflows and flooding during the spring thaw and rains. Since the early 18th century, settlers have built levees and floodwalls along the 2,000-mile-long waterway to try and control it. However, in years with record-breaking rainfall, like 1927 and 1993, trying to tame the river becomes impossible.
The Mississippi and its swollen tributaries reached peak levels in April of 1927 and overflowed their banks. One by one, levees built to contain the river broke, and a wall of water pushed its way across midwestern farmlands. The flood covered 27,000 square miles, an area about the size of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont combined. For two long months the water would remain above flood stage, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes.
The flood of 1993 was one of the most devastating floods in United States history. More than double the normal amount of rainfall fell in the Midwest during the first half of the year, flooding over 16,000 square miles in nine states. Major flooding was confined to the Upper Mississippi due to the less than average level of inflow from Lower Mississippi tributaries.
Despite the severity of those floods, they pale in comparison to the flood Noah and his family experienced.
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Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Jan 27, 2007
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If We Do Not Trust God Enough To Leave The ...
Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Jan 27, 2007
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Swindoll States, "No Matter How You Really Feel, ...
Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2007
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Quote: "He That Is Down Need Fear No Fall, He ...
Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2007
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