Never ending flood suffering. A recipe.

May 19, 2011

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...

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The New York Times falls down on this flood.

May 17, 2011

As this historic flood moves through the Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley the paper of record gives us articles like this, here with my annotations. Nothing about why this flood happened, no history, no science, no informed analysis. Nothing that might prevent the...

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Birds Point myths, and shame on the New York Times

May 4, 2011

Late last night the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) blew a hole in the Birds Point levee breaking windows (according to NPR) in a building where people living in the Birds Point – New Madrid Floodway had gathered to commiserate. Press coverage is terrible. Today a New...

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Spectacular NY Times fail on Birds Point.

May 3, 2011

Just as I finish a post on bad media coverage, the New York Times jumps in with a sad, example. Nothing against Mr. Bennett.  But he knows about flooding.  From the article: After growing up in the spillway,[sic, floodway] Mr. Allred left, working many jobs before...

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Stereo photography in geoscience education.

Oct 8, 2009

Fuji just released a new 3D digital camera. I think this is the first such consumer grade digital system. We’ll see how this camera works out, but others will follow, and this is great news for geoscience education. Until now (or if you used one of the many old...

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