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07.01.2008 9:00 pm

Wednesday editorials: Patches without numbers

cd_rc_flood_wheat_1_opt.jpgWith the click of a mouse, you can track the swollen Mississippi River in real time as it plods downstream, overwhelming levees and elbowing beyond its banks.
But you can’t find a complete list of levees built along the upper half of…

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06.17.2008 9:01 pm

Wednesday editorial: the flood this time

cd_sd_clarksville_1993_floods_opt.jpgAbout 1 o’clock Friday morning, the Mississippi River will reach the highest level ever recorded at Clarksville, Mo. It will keep rising.
For the next two days, the river will go higher than it ever has been. Businesses from First Street to…

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