And the truth is revealed!
"Levee breaches threaten Iowa, Mo. towns" by Associated Press / June 14, 2011
HAMBURG, Iowa — The rising Missouri River ruptured two levees in northwest Missouri yesterday, sending torrents of flood waters over rural farmland toward a small town in Iowa and a resort community in Missouri....
The Army Corps of Engineers has steadily increased the amount of water it is releasing from dams along the Missouri River to account for excess water from heavy spring rains in the Upper Plains and to clear out space for above-average snowmelt coming down from the Rockies....
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Hope you saw it because it was flooded over quick again.
"If the levee were to fail, parts of this southwestern Iowa community could be covered by as much as 10 feet of water within days. And the high water could linger for months....
The summer of floods?
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Sure wish we could get these two together:
"N.M. tackles wildfires on 2 borders" by Associated Press / June 14, 2011
RESERVE, N.M. — Crews that have been battling a massive wildfire in eastern Arizona for two weeks shifted their focus yesterday to New Mexico, where they lit fires to stop its advance and protect another mountain town in its path....
“We’re watching trees explode before our eyes. It’s horrendous,’’ said Barbara Riley of Raton, in northeastern New Mexico.
Efforts to stop the spread of the Arizona fire met with success over the weekend as high winds caused no major growth. The wildfire near the New Mexico-Colorado border ballooned 9 square miles yesterday.
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"The massive Wallow Fire raging through eastern Arizona and neighboring New Mexico has become the largest fire in Arizona’s history, officials said yesterday....
But under control. Everything is under control and improving.
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After a while you just don't want to read the lies anymore.
Related: SPRINGFIELD Red Cross raises $1m for tornado victims
Looks like the Globe finally wound that coverage down.
