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...reality, though, Mr. Go was not the primary cause of the disaster, and this could yet get the Corps off the hook. Engineers have calculated that it raised the height of the surge by about two feet, still not enough to overtop the most important levees. The canal has carried enough saltwater from the Gulf to destroy an estimated 100 square miles of valuable freshwater wetlands, but that's just a tiny slice of the land-loss crisis. The Corps can still make the case that adequate flood walls would have withstood the extra surge created...
DiSilvestro threw a few fakes and then rocketed the ball overtop a ducking keeper...
DiSilvestro threw a few fakes and then rocketed the ball overtop a ducking keeper...
...mail I receive word of a sartorial sophomore who makes GQ look like Roseanne. "At dinner," I read, "he had on a lovely sweater vest overtop (casual for him), button-down, an exquisite tie (Egyptian blue) with an intricate brocade down the center." I scroll down to catch the rest of the message. One phrase sticks out: "He's blind...
...rampaging Mississippi was at it again last week. For many residents along the river's course, it was their second drenching in three weeks. Homeowners and farmers in dozens of river towns from Illinois to Louisiana saw water overtop local levees, surge through streets, inundate prime farm land. In Keithsburg, Ill. (pop. 836), 15 square blocks-three-quarters of the town-lay under 3 ft. of water after the levee broke. Four thousand flood-plain residents north and south of Quincy, Ill. were evacuated during a touch-and-go fight waged by 1,000 volunteers to shore...