he didn't give details, but I remember in the year that Grand Forks was flooded that they talked about a similar project was in place that protected Winnepeg which was upstream: AKA Duff's Ditch; the city also has numerous local ponds to help water drainage.
And MotherJones reminds the US that even a Category I hurricane could devestate the Gulf Coast and NOLA...
yeah...the latest Manila Flood wasn't a typhoon but heavy rains from distant typhoons.
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another "back to the future" post: High tech sails for cargo ships.
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Trivia question of the day: What is the only American city that surrendered to a foreign power?
Detroit...200 years ago, and it was surrended by General William Hull....
Yes, Washington was occupied by the British, but that isn't the same thing.
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Medieval Ireland was violent: discussion and photos.
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Petticoat Surgeon is on line HERE...
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God save the King? My RSS feed from the BBC says: Romney anointed by Republicans
but the article at the link has changed the headline to say merely "Republican convention chooses Romney as nominee".. but they kept the original phrase in the article at the side panel.
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It's bad enough that someone has hacked all the private information from their US players, but now we hear that Blizzard is being forced to stop Iranians from playing WOW...
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good news: the US is having a drought, but Argentina's soy crop was good and could make up the soy shortage.
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