thus it's freakish flatness. i have to wonder how many cubic meters of water there must be to have the levels so high on flat land..... i'm sure someone has posted it somewhere.
Actually, it's freakishly flat because of the glaciers, which happened after it stopped being an inland sea.
It's very interesting when it floods up where there was more glaciation. In Manitoba, a small amount of water spreads out EVERYWHERE, so when it floods there is water from horizon to horizon.
uhm. glacial outflow? most of the glacial remnants i've seen tend to leave more jagged terrain, but we spent a lot more time looking at glacier sources than endpoints....
where are the moraines for the glaciers you're discussing? st louis? (trying to remember, we didn't go over that part of the country in much details...)
Remember too, all that pool of water, oil, toxic waste, fertilizer, sewage, and floating pig corpses has nowhere to go but downriver. Iowa's problem is now becoming Illinois' and it will continue to move down-river, eating at levees and spreading its toxic sludge out farther and farther, possibly picking up new components as levees breach. And at the end of this inexorable march of the Waters of Doom lies...
Illinois? It's already become more than Illinois' problem. The Mississippi is rising enough in Gulfport, MS to threaten the levees there. They're already sandbagging.
The noon news was full of the spreading flooding in Illinois. And the mention that the water is moving down the Mississipi--next stop, Mississippi the state... Hence my comment. It's going to get a lot wetter out there. And what's in the water is Really Bad News.
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cipherpunk, if one dare ask, how high is the river now?
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i'm sure someone has posted it somewhere.
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It's very interesting when it floods up where there was more glaciation. In Manitoba, a small amount of water spreads out EVERYWHERE, so when it floods there is water from horizon to horizon.
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where are the moraines for the glaciers you're discussing? st louis? (trying to remember, we didn't go over that part of the country in much details...)
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But, if you're into this sort of thing, you should read about the Loess Hills. It's a neat place to see.
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As the dominos start to fall
wait for it...
New Orleans
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"Water, water, everywhere ... and not a drop to drink."
Lucky for him, he was only worried about salt in his water.
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