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2011-06-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Major Dam Flood Crisis Along The Missouri

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-06-08 13:23|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I read a while back the reason the dams level weren't lowered in anticipation of the snow melt was so that plover nests (an endangered wading bird) wouldn't be washed out.

Let's give thanks to our benevolent government who are always on the watch for our and little birdies' best interests. For the hundreds of thousands of citizens downstream whose homes and jobs may be flooded out, the hundreds or thousands killed and the millions affected by having our country cut in two, let them take comfort in the knowledge that their travails resulted in a few dozen freaking eggs hatched.

Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-06-08 14:54|| 2011-06-08 14:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Heard a good one watching a STL Cardinals game recently; Anheiser-Busch (sp?) encouraged a program for employees to go without shaving their beards in order to conserve water.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-06-08 16:45|| 2011-06-08 16:45|| Front Page Top

#3 It occurs to me that we might not have this problem if we had spent the $800 billion porkulus money on actual infrastructure improvements instead of using it as Nancy and Harry's personal slush fund. That was a historic missed opportunity.

Posted by Matt 2011-06-08 17:10|| 2011-06-08 17:10|| Front Page Top

#4 "That was a historic missed opportunity."

That's the Dems for you, Matt.

Just like their heroes, the paleos, they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-06-08 18:43|| 2011-06-08 18:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Not too long ago, I read an equally dire prediction for the rivers of the Pacific northwest.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-06-08 19:41|| 2011-06-08 19:41|| Front Page Top

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