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Comment on Conflicting Demands: Levees and Cash by foreign_exchange_trading

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Comment on Ecosystem Restoration as Infrastructure–MRGO, Part 1 by Tale of Two Levees: MRGO, Louisiana and Wood River, Illinois « Quinta Scott’s Weblog

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:11:27 +0000

[...] Mississippi and cut a few miles off the trip between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans. Read more here and go to the categories section of this blog and scroll down to the MRGO category for other [...]

Comment on Elevated Houses and Multiple Lines of Defense in the Louisiana Wetlands and in the Missouri and Tennessee Wetlands by Bayou Woman

Bayou Woman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:26:26 +0000

As a proponent of MLDS, I have been advocating for government $$ for those who could never afford insurance, have flooded multiple times, and still don’t qualify for the IIC (Increased Cost of Compliance) funds, which are directly attached to flood policies, to defray the expense of elevation. These, in my mind, are the folks who need the help the most—the elderly, disabled, and those on fixed income. Thanks for the informative post.
BW

Comment on The Ratio of the Atchafalaya to the Mississippi by The Realities of the Mississippi, the Missouri,the Atchafalaya, the Louisiana Coast, and New Orleans « Quinta Scott’s Weblog

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:41:03 +0000

[...] Red River and its sediment to the Gulf of Mexico, where it is building new land. Last summer the New Orleans District of the Corps of Engineers announced it would study changing the ratio of Mississippi to the Atchafalaya with an eye to [...]

Comment on A Riff on the Kaskaskia River: Illinois Second Longest Tributary to the Mississippi by The Kaskaskia River and the Peabody River King SFWA « Quinta Scott’s Weblog

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:35:25 +0000

[...] 1974 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the channelization of the Kaskaskia River from Fayetteville, Illinois to its mouth at the [...]

Comment on Infrastructure–Old River Control by The Realities of the Mississippi, the Missouri,the Atchafalaya, the Louisiana Coast, and New Orleans « Quinta Scott’s Weblog

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:00:43 +0000

[...] Atchafalaya River and the Wax Lake Outlet from the Atchafalaya Basin. Since the completion of the Old River Control Structure in 1962, the Atchafalaya has funneled off 1/3 of the Mississippi water and sediment at Old River, [...]

Comment on Chicago a Major Contributor to the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico by Keeping Carp out of the Great Lakes. « Quinta Scott’s Weblog

Keeping Carp out of the Great Lakes. « Quinta Scott’s Weblog — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:27:28 +0000

[...] Chicago region is the greatest contributor of nutrients to the Dead Zone In the Gulf of Mexico. I wrote about how that came to be. When canal builders excavated the Illinois and Michigan Canal in 1848, [...]

Comment on Earth Day: MRGO Closed by Lillian Miller

Lillian Miller — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:03:19 +0000

Help us close HNC!

Comment on Beneficial Use of Dredge Material by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:35:20 +0000

Quinta,

Forgot you had a blog about our coastal issues. Great work!

Comment on Wing Dams, the Mississippi, and Clean Renewable Energy by Clean Energy and Mississippi River Turbines « Quinta Scott’s Weblog

Clean Energy and Mississippi River Turbines « Quinta Scott’s Weblog — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

[...] nine feet deep. In short the river south of Alton runs fast and deep, a good place for turbines. Click on my April 29 post for more [...]