Chilly again here today.
"Missouri River states brace for floods" by Associated Press / June 13, 2011
OMAHA — The scramble is nearly over to fill thousands of sandbags and construct last-minute levees to heights that have not been needed in decades, but those preparations were only the first round of what is likely to be a summerlong battle against the bloated Missouri River.
Because of the record snow pack melt the media refuses to discuss.
Peak flows are expected to arrive early in the week in riverfront communities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska as the Army Corps of Engineers completes a gradual increase of releases from dams upstream. The surge through the lower half of the river this week will expose any weaknesses in the flood protections....
And making room for more water.
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"Firefighters holding ground against huge Arizona wildfire" by Brian Skoloff, Associated Press / June 13, 2011
SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — Firefighters yesterday expressed the first real hope that they were making progress in their battle against a huge eastern Arizona wildfire burning since May, and officials began allowing about 7,000 residents to return home to two mountain towns that had been in peril....
Firefighters said they were finally gaining ground against the 693-square-mile inferno that has already burned across the state line into New Mexico, even as the winds picked up and containment remained at just 6 percent....
It was five yesterday, and do they have to lie about everything?
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Yeah, nothing to see there.
Also see: Precision twister tracking
