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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Levee Fails Along Wisconsin River

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/27/wisconsin.flooding/index.html

The levee near Portage, WI began to fail on Sunday, and by the time it fully fails, up to 100 homes could be affected. Some members have been trapped by floodwaters covering major roads in the area. The sand levy had been in place for roughly 120 years, and had slowly deteriorated over time. Heavy rainfall over the last week appears to have been the catalyst of this failure.

This article comes from cnn.com on September 27, 2010.

Little or no bias was detected in the report, and all information was presented objectively.

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2 comments:

Tom PetersOctober 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Just goes to show that technology can't always overcome nature. Very interesting read, kudos to Charles for this post!
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Wick BushongOctober 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM
When man interferes with the natural order, it will eventually come back to "levee a fee" ;)... The levee probably failed because it was the drainage center for a large basin. Instead of building a levee, why not just put the city in a different area, where a levee isn't necessary?
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