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The rain would not stop. The waters kept rising. Would the levees hold? Would the Mississippi and Missouri rivers overflow their banks? As nine states in the Midwest experienced floods, thousands of people lost their homes. Some lost their lives. This book describes the courage and the heartbreak of people who faced the deadly deluge.
The Soil Conservation Service Responds to the 1993 Midwest Floods by Steven Phillips Pdf
The goal of this study is to assist in program management by pointing out problems, both recurring and unique to 1993, which hamper an effective response to natural disasters. Starting from a historical summary of flooding on the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri rivers, it then describes 1993's disaster. Next, the general approach of the White House and Congress to flood recovery is examined. The activities of individual U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies also receive attention. Most of the document focuses on the Soil Conservation Service's flood recovery program, new wetlands and levee policies, and the vexing problems encountered in this work. Finally, the Service's work in each of the nine flood states will be discussed in detail.
1,000-Year Flood by Stephen J. Lyons,Sheree Bykofsky Associates, Inc Pdf
The people that will be most affected by a “greater Cedar Rapids” were staying home, or were still coping in FEMA trailers where the water pipes routinely burst in the harsh Iowa winter, or were living with relatives, or had simply disappeared and moved on or given up. They had sold their flooded houses for a song or had taken out a mortgage at the age of seventy. They were buried under massive mounds of bureaucratic paperwork, trying to get a check so they could rebuild or relocate. They were scrubbing the mud off their ruined homes. Their neighborhoods were gone. Their nerves were frayed. Their hearts were forever broken. This book is mainly about them—the people who did not attend the one-year commemoration—and why they stayed away. The people who had nothing, absolutely nothing to celebrate because everything had changed.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Publisher : Unknown Page : 64 pages File Size : 45,7 Mb Release : 2015 Category : Climatic changes ISBN : STANFORD:36105050687735
Encyclopedia of Earth Science by New York Academy of Sciences,Timothy M. Kusky Pdf
Presents an illustrated A to Z reference with approximately 700 entries on topics in the earth sciences including hydrology, geology, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, and more.
When the Mississippi River crested 30 feet above its banks in June 2008, tens of thousands of Midwesterners lost their homes, their crops and all their possessions; The flood was especially hard on Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where journalist Stephen Lyons describes a city caught between resilience and growing frustration with the slowness of government recovery efforts.
The Great Midwest Flood by Carole Garbuny Vogel Pdf
Documents the great floods that overwhelmed the Midwest during 1993, the heavy rains that deluged the rivers and describes the rescue and cleanup efforts that ensued
National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1993--S. 1405 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs Pdf
Mississippi Floods by Anuradha Mathur,Dilip da Cunha,Professor Dilip Da Cunha Pdf
"Each time the waters of the mighty Mississippi River overflow their banks, questions arise anew about the battle between "man" and "river". How can we prevent floods and the damage they inflict while maintaining navigational potential and protecting the river's ecology?" "The design of the Mississippi and how it should proceed has long been a subject of controversy. What is missing from the discussion, say the authors of this book, is an understanding of the representations of the Mississippi River. Landscape architect Anuradha Mathur and architect/planner Dilip da Cunha draw together an array of perspectives on the river and show how these different images have played a role in the process of designing and containing the river landscape. Analyzing maps, hydrographs, working models, drawings, photographs, government and media reports, painting, and even folklore, Mathur and da Cunha consider what these representations of the river portray, what they leave out, and why that might be. With original silk screen prints and a selection of maps, the book joins historic, scientific, engineering, and natural views of the river to create an entirely new portrait of the great Mississippi."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Publisher : Unknown Page : 280 pages File Size : 44,9 Mb Release : 1994 Category : Science ISBN : LOC:0018365939A
The Midwest Floods of 1993 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Pdf
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Publisher : Unknown Page : 216 pages File Size : 44,6 Mb Release : 1994 Category : Technology & Engineering ISBN : UCAL:B5131416