Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sold Down the River

There have been 20 major flooding events in and around the lower Mississippi River
Residents in Memphis, Tennessee were encouraged to evacuate their homes immediately, due to more possible flooding.  The mighty Mississippi is creeping closer and closer toward the city, leaving residents to head for higher ground.  The record high, 48 feet,  is just a few inches shy of the devastating 1937 flood.

Currently, there are over 370 people staying in relief shelters, with over 1,300 homes having been evacuated. 

The creeping river is a "slow-moving disaster", as one red cross member describes it , inundating houses and farms with floodwater, causing millions in damage and profit loss.

One emergency management director states  "We have held back the Mississippi River...  We didn't beat it, but it didn't beat us"

Some residents, however, should look on the bright side:  the trip to the river just got shorter.  Sun tanning on the roof is pretty bourgeoisie, citizens can fish from the comfort of their couches, and cleaning the dishes just got super easy.



This poor little girl is probably looking for her puppy.

13 comments:

  1. Hell yeah. What could be better than fishing from your couch?

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  2. I bet her puppy died. Thats sad.

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  3. there's a fine line between wishing FROM your couch and fishing FOR your couch!

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  4. Water is a force of nature one should never underestimate! They can be so destructive, it's just frightening. But I like the way you look at it :P Fishing from your couch .. why the hell not.

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  5. aww... I read it's supposed to be super high soon. People had better start moving back...

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  6. all this flooding going on this year is horrible :(

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  7. Flooding and tornadoes, that spring is really cruel for you guys!

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  8. It's really too bad how many natural disasters have happened thus far this year. But hey, fishing from your couch!

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  9. My parents live right by the mississippi. They said that it's been flooding by them too.

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  10. i hope nobody tries to actually wash their dishes in that water, dirrtyyy

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