In Quincy, we had one of the few levees that held until a nut went over and pulled some bags off the top and made it fail on purpose. He had recently been released from jail after serving a term for arson of a school. The local TV station interviewed him as the breech was happening and he was acting like the hero and claiming he was trying to fix the problem. However local levy officials had just visited the very area and said it was one of most sturdy parts. As I recall, a news helicopter or someone actually got footage of him pulling the bags off. He was charged with causing a catastrophe. A local entrepreneur floated a barge over to West Quincy for the purpose of turning it into a restaurant after the water receded. I don't know if that happened or not.
Not that any of this has anything to do with WISPA... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria Proffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sandbagging the levy >I believe the 93 flood was called the 100 year flood. > I filled sandbags that year, as well in a town called Sainte Genevieve, MO > (70 miles south of St. Louis). The National Guard took me on a photo op > and > the area was around Kaskaskia Island was totally obliterated. There were > cows on roofs and houses floating down the Mississippi. The levee that > was > just before the island, that was in the middle of the Mississippi, broke > and > sank the entire island. The area around there has never recovered. > My understanding is that there are now 6 levees that have broke in > Missouri. My network is on the west side of St. Louis between the > Missouri > and Mermac Rivers, I doubt we will see any floods there...but you never > know... > Time to did out the waders and go shovel some sand... > > Victoria > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Chuck McCown - 2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> BTW, the 93 flood in the midwest was called a 500 year flood. >> I lived in Quincy, Illinois then and lost some good test gear to the >> water. >> Doesn't seem like it has been 500 years since that flood but time does >> fly. >> >> In any event, I feel for you guys in the middle of the country. I filled >> many sandbags myself. Make sure to honk your own horn after you are done >> with the emergency. I know I am interested in hearing the stories. Our >> industry needs to make sure the FCC and the rest of the world knows that >> we >> keep working when all the DSL and cable modems stop. >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > > -- > Victoria Proffer > CEO > St. Louis Broadband > Visit us @ > www.StLBroadband.com > 314-974-5600 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
