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Phoenix Mississippi River
Missing piece to the Mississippi River tours
The River Road African American Museum
May 14, 2012
Curator, educator, and preservationist Kathe Hambrick-Jackson is the first person to showcase the history and heritage of the enslaved Africans...
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Read “Washed Up” by Susan Koefod
Mystery
November 30, 2011
“Washed Up” is Susan Koefod’s debut novel; however she has published fiction, memoir and poetry. Susan, a native Minnesotan,...
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Enjoy some great music at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home
Mark Twain
August 5, 2011
"All of us contain Music and Truth but most of us can't get it out" - Mark TwainIn Hannibal, Missouri Mark Twain's fans will not...
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Where Louisiana's flooding will be worst
2011 floods
May 17, 2011
LAFAYETTE, La – May 17, 2011 (Examiner.com) - - The realities of the current disaster in the Lower Mississippi Basin are being simultaneously...
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Does intentional flooding of the Cajun Country violate the Constitution?
2011 flooding
May 16, 2011
Article 5 of the Bill of Rights: No person . . . shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private...
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Corps of Engineers floods Cajun Country to protect industries below sea level
floods
May 14, 2011
MORGANZA DAM, La. – May 14, 2011 (Examiner.com) - - Record water levels on the lower Mississippi River forced Army Corps of Engineers...
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Battling the mighty Mississippi River
Mississippi River
May 8, 2011
May 8, 2011 - Record rainfall in 2011has caused the great Mississippi to spread further past her banks than she ever has in history. The toll has...
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Slideshow: Coast Guard reopens part of Mississippi River in Memphis (photos)
Mississippi River Flooding
May 6, 2011
Memphis, Tenn. - Although the Coast Guard had closed a stretch of the Mississippi River in Memphis to barge traffic Friday, it was reopened later...
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New Orleans 2005: the Mælstrøm - Part 7
Neighborhoods
September 2, 2010
The State of Louisiana is warned, 32 years in advance There were warnings about what a major hurricane could do to New Orleans for years before...
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New Orleans 2005: the Mælstrøm - Part 6
Neighborhoods
September 1, 2010
A history of drainage and flood control efforts in the New Orleans area Fact: Most of New Orleans is below both sea level and Lake Pontchartrain....
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