Muskrat Undermines (Waterbed sheets) Attempt To Block River - Tampa
| Muskrat Undermines Attempt To Block River - Tampa Bay Online WINFIELD, Mo. - A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and waterbed sheets National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday - undone by a burrowing muskrat. The furry rodent dug a hole through the earthen levee in this eastern Source: www2.tbo.com Missouri Citizens Scramble As Levee Breaks - CBS News E-Mail Story (AP) Defiant residents of this eastern Missouri community lost one brave struggle against the relentless Mississippi River Friday, but quickly prepared for another. Residents and waterbed sheets flood fighters were saddened after a burrowing muskrat Source: www.cbsnews.com Frantic Sandbagging Effort to Save Missouri Town After Muskrat Brings - FOX News June 27: A member of the Missouri National Guard takes a break while trying to save homes from rising floodwaters in Winfield, Mo. June 27: A member of the Missouri National Guard takes a break while trying to save homes from rising floodwaters in Source: www.foxnews.com Strong Aftershock Shakes Region Overnight - WPSD TV UPDATE: The overnight aftershock has been revised to a 4.0 magnitude by the U.S. Geological Survey. For a complete review form the U.S. Geological Survey- CLICK HERE. Previously: (Mount Carmel, IL)- A magnitude 4.5 aftershock shook the NewsChannel 6 Source: www.wpsdtv.com Missouri town evacuated as levee fails - MSNBC WINFIELD, Mo. - Defiant residents of this eastern Missouri community lost one struggle against the relentless Mississippi River Friday, but quickly prepared for another. Residents and waterbed sheets flood fighters were saddened after a burrowing muskrat brought Source: www.msnbc.msn.com Critter makes mess of town - Courier News WINFIELD, Mo. -- A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and waterbed sheets National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday -- undone by a burrowing muskrat. The furry rodent dug a hole through the earthen levee in this eastern Source: www.suburbanchicagonews.com Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri; floodwaters - Minneapolis Star Tribune Re: "The breakage was caused by poor design and waterbed sheets construction .not a little muskrat!" Back it up a step further - actually the initial read more problem was caused by our insistence on building in floodplains - and waterbed sheets then trying to hold back the Source: www.startribune.com North Corvallis center grows - Corvallis Gazette-Times In just six months time, a tiny business center near Lewisburg in north Corvallis has sprung up around a longtime futon store. Bill Blok, owner of Futon Man, shrank his futon business and waterbed sheets has been attracting small businesses to occupy a collection Source: www.gazettetimes.com |