JM, Jim and Nathan, LRRD fabricators/prototypers, at River Rally 2013. Nathan, Jim, JM and I spent last weekend exhibiting our Em2 at the River Network’s annual River Rally. We met people from all over the country who are dedicated to river conservation — a...
This flood is causing terrible human suffering and economic loss. In southern Illinois, thousands are in shelters, many here in Carbondale. It’s easy to focus on that suffering now, and talk about simple short-term fixes. But only a sober view of this disaster...
Today the receding Mississippi and Big Muddy River let me drive to work without a long detour. My neighbors are filling demolition dumpsters with flood damaged stuff. Flooding causes terrible human suffering and reporters rightly cover that. Compelling stories, but...
We’re about to see the biggest Lower Mississippi flood in history. Parts of Memphis are being evacuated, and the Mississipi Delta may be in for the worst it’s ever seen. Terrorists who could never match these floods dominate the front page. Tornadoes,...
Check out this NASA image from today and consider whether blowing up the Birds Point Levee might lower record flood elevations at places other than Cairo. Only one major outlet I know of, the Wall Street Journal, got the Birds Point story right today, by mentioning...
