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1 SharecloseGoogle was expected to be inundated BuzzDiggStumble with 10- to 20-feet of water, UponFarkShareEmailPrint according to Army Corps of
View full sizeKaitlyn Engineers estimates. It Thompson, 9, waves a will take days for the water Confederate flag s she looks to run south, and it wasn't at the Mississippi River expected to reach Morgan City floodwaters creep into until around Tuesday. The Vicksburg, Miss., Saturday, corps employed a similar May 14, 2011. Thompson's cities-first strategy earlier grandfather brought her and this month when it blew up a several other grandchildren levee in Missouri — to see the historic flooding. inundating an estimated 200 The waters from the square miles of farmland and Mississippi River and its damaging or destroying about tributaries are not expected 100 homes — to take the to crest in Vicksburg until pressure off the levees Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. protecting the town of Cairo, Solis) MORGANZA, Louisiana — Ill., population 2,800. Engineers made final The disaster was averted in preparations this afternoon Cairo, a bottleneck where the to slowly open a 10-ton, Ohio and Mississippi rivers steel emergency floodgate for meet. Opening of the the first time in nearly 4 floodgate a carefully decades, purposefully controlled operation
inundating farmlands and View full sizeA crew of homes in Louisiana's Cajun workmen carry drainage hose country to drain the swelling along a temporary seawall Mississippi River. Across adjacent to the Ameristar the countryside, people fled Casino in Vicksburg, Miss., to higher ground, shored up as Mississippi River levees that held the last floodwaters creep up the time the Morganza spillway flood walls Saturday, May 14, was opened and built new 2011. The waters from the walls of sand and dirt to Mississippi River and its hold back the flood they have tributaries are not expected known was coming for weeks. to crest in Vicksburg until "We're using every flood Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. control tool we have in the Solis) This intentional system," Army Corps of flood is more controlled, Engineers Maj. Gen. Michael however, and residents are Walsh said Saturday from the warned by the corps each year dry side of the spillway, in written letters, reminding which was expected to be them of the possibility of under several feet of water opening the spillway, which Sunday. It will take about is 4,000 feet long and has 15 minutes for one of the 28- 125 gate bays. At the site feet gates to be raised, then of the spillway, a vertical several hours before any of crane was in position to the water hits sparsely hoist the gate panel and let populated communities. The water out one of the bays. On corps plans to open one or one side of the spillway, two more gates Sunday in a water was splashing over the painstaking process that gates. The other side was dry. gives residents and animals a Typically, the site of the chance to get out of the way. spillway is dry on both sides. About 25,000 people and 11, But when the river rises to 000 structures could be in historic levels, like the harm's way when the Morganza ones seen over the past spillway is unlocked for the couple of weeks, it holds the first time since 1973, but Mississippi in place. The diverting the river water spillway, built in 1954, is will help take the pressure part of a flood plan largely off levees downstream. Easing put into motion in the 1930s the strain on the river walls in the aftermath of the helps make sure the river devastating 1927 flood that doesn't flood more populated killed hundreds. It is set cities like Baton Rouge and to be opened when a flow rate New Orleans, and the numerous of 1.5 million cubic feet per oil refineries and chemical second is reached and plants along the lower projected to rise. Just north reaches of the Mississippi. of the spillway at Red River In Krotz Springs, La., one of Landing, the river had the towns in the Atchafalaya reached that flow rate, River basin bracing for according to the National floodwaters, Monita Reed, 56, Weather Service. To put recalled the last time the things in perspective, corps Morganza was opened in 1973. engineer Jerry Smith crunched "We could sit in our yard and some numbers and found that hear the water," she said as the amount of water flowing workers constructed a past Vicksburg, Miss., would makeshift levee of sandbags fill the Superdome, where the and soil-filled mesh boxes in NFL's New Orleans Saints play, hopes of protecting the 240 in 50 seconds. This is the homes in her subdivision. second spillway to be opened Some people already in Louisiana. About a week evacuating Some people ago, the corps used cranes to living in the threatened remove some of the Bonnet stretch of countryside — an Carre's wooden barriers, area known for small farms, sending water into the fish camps and a drawling massive Lake Ponchatrain and French dialect — have already eventually the Gulf of Mexico. started heading out. Reed's That spillway, which the family packed her furniture, corps built about 30 miles clothing and pictures in a upriver from New Orleans in rental truck and a relative's response to the flood of 1927, trailer. "I'm just going was last opened in 2008. It to move and store my stuff. has now been opened 10 times I'm going to stay here until since the structure was they tell us to leave," Reed completed in 1931. The said. "Hopefully, we won't spillways could be opened for see much water and then I can weeks, or perhaps less, if move back in. " Opening the river flow starts to the spillway will release subside. In Vicksburg, water that could submerge Miss., where five about 3,000 square miles, neighborhoods were underwater, some places would be under as a steady stream of onlookers much as 25 feet in some areas. posed for pictures on a river "Protecting lives is the No. bluff overlooking a bridge 1 priority," Army Corps of that connects Louisiana and Engineers Maj. Gen. Michael Mississippi. Some people Walsh said Friday at a news posed for pictures next to a conference aboard a vessel on Civil War cannon while others the river at Vicksburg. A few carried Confederate battle hours later, the corps made flags being given away by a the decision to open the key war re-enactor. Vicksburg spillway. Engineers feared was the site of a pivotal that weeks of pressure on the Civil War battle and is home levees could cause them to to thousands of soldier fail, swamping New Orleans graves. James Mims, 50, under as much as 20 feet of drove about an hour from water in a disaster that Calhoun, La., with his wife, would have been much worse son and three grandchildren than Hurricane Katrina in to snap a photo. "It's 2005. Instead, the water history in the making and will flow 20 miles south into we're seeing it happen," Mims the Atchafalaya Basin. From said. _____ Associated there it will roll on to Press Writers Mary Foster and Morgan City, an oil-and- Melinda Deslatte wrote this seafood hub and a community report, with Deslatte of 12,000, and eventually reporting from Krotz Springs. into the Gulf of Mexico. Holbrook Mohr in Vicksburg, The Krotz Springs area was in Miss., also contributed. a sliver of land about 70 Related topics:Mississippi miles long and 20 miles wide, River, Mississippi River north of Morgan City. The flooding finger-shaped strip of land
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10 SharecloseGoogle said Sgt. Johnny Williams, BuzzDiggStumble Birmingham Police spokesman. UponFarkShareEmailPrint Bellsnyder had an outstanding
Sally Bellsnyder warrant for another burglary
Shannon McCurry Birmingham in the same area, Williams police have arrested two said. McCurry was also Birmingham 33-year-olds in charged with parole violation connection with the recent for burglary, he said. sale of stolen jewelry to a Both are in custody at the local antiques store. Jefferson County Jail. Sally Ann Bellsnyder and Bellsnyder is being held with Shannon Lee McCurry have been $35,000 in bonds, according charged with receiving stolen to jail records. McCurry is property in connection with being held with a $30,000 an April 29 report of a bond for the receiving stolen Southside burglary. Police property charge and no bond arrested them on Thursday and for the parole violation, seized additional property jail records show. taken during the burglary,
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3 SharecloseGoogle three young men knocked at a BuzzDiggStumble door in the 1600 block of UponFarkShareEmailPrint Phillips Lane about 12:30 a.m.
Willie Walker MOBILE, and talked a man into coming Alabama -- A 17-year-old was out to help them find a lost arrested this afternoon and cell phone charger. When he charged with first-degree went outside, Levy said, the robbery and second-degree man who knocked on the door assault in connection with an robbed him and shot him in incident early on May 5 on the wrist. Two other men Phillips Lane in west Mobile. remain at large. Levy said Willie Walker was being held anyone woth information about at the Mobile County Metro those men can call police at Jail without bail. In an 251-208-7211, CrimeStoppers unrelated incident, he also at 251-208-7000 or text faces a charge of discharging 274637 and include the a firearm into an occupied or keyword CRIME 411. Related unoccupied building or topics:Mobile police, robbery, vehicle. Police spokesman shooting, Willie Walker Officer Christopher Levy said
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View full sizeTimothy search committee has already Boosinger has been named been established to find the interim provost at Auburn permanent replacement for University until a permanent Mazey. provost can be found, the Calvin Johnson will serve as university announced acting dean for the College Wednesday, May 11, 2011. of Veterinary Medicine until AUBURN, Alabama -- Timothy the permanent provost Boosinger, dean Auburn position is filled. Boosinger University's College of will return to the dean Veterinary Medicine, has been position at that time. named interim provost and Boosinger earned his doctor vice president of academic of veterinary medicine from affairs by a search committee, Purdue University in 1976 and the university announced came to Auburn in 1983 as an Wednesday. assistant professor of Provost Mary Ellen Mazey will pathobiology. He has been the continue in her role until dean of the College of June 17, when she departs to Veterinary Medicine since become president of Bowling 1996. Green State University in Related topics:Auburn Ohio. University, Calvin Johnson, As interim provost, Boosinger Mary Ellen Mazey, Timothy will not be a candidate for Boosinger
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0 SharecloseGoogle the south side of University, BuzzDiggStumble but traffic lights along UponFarkShareEmailPrintHUNTSVI University were affected. LLE, Alabama -- A power Remember, traffic approaching outage has been reported in intersections without power north and west Huntsville on to traffic lights should the north side of University treat them as four-way stops. Drive and west of Research Related topics:north Park Boulevard. Huntsville, Power outage, Power was not affected on west Huntsville
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0 SharecloseGoogle he was shot or whether he got BuzzDiggStumble into the car and drove after UponFarkShareEmailPrint being shot.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A He crashed at the wreck at the intersection of intersection of University Calvary Street and University Drive, police said. Drive about 8:30 p.m. Monday He was taken to Huntsville was the result of a shooting Hospital by HEMSI paramedics. incident, police said. Police are still A man thought to be in his investigating and no other early 30s was shot at least details were immediately once in the chest according available. to officials at the scene. Related topics:Calvary Street, It was not immediately known crime, Huntsville, shooting, if the man was driving when University Drive, wreck
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8 SharecloseGoogle notified, deputy Jefferson BuzzDiggStumble County Coroner Bill Yates UponFarkShareEmailPrintBIRMING said today. HAM, Alabama -- A Birmingham The man died at 6 p.m. Friday man died Friday from injuries at a Birmingham hospital, he suffered in a single-car Yates said. The man had been crash, according to the ejected from his vehicle in a Jefferson County Coroner's crash at Interstate 59 at the Office. 1st Avenue exit, he said. The identity of the man who No other details of the crash died is not being released were immediately available. until his next of kin is
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2 SharecloseGoogle "Think about what is needed BuzzDiggStumble in your neighborhoods and go UponFarkShareEmailPrint about your entrepreneurial
Miles College president Dr. self." Miles, located in George T. French, Jr. hoods Fairfield, shifted its comedian Bill Cosby as the commencement from the college conferred a Doctor of Boutwell Auditorium to the Humane Letters degree to the BJCC because the Boutwell author, actor and educator currently is being used to during a ceremony at the shelter storm victims. Birmingham-Jefferson Cosby, who spent Friday Convention Complex Arena. surveying tornado damage, (The Birmingham News/Jeff also asked that graduates Roberts) BIRMINGHAM, look for ways to help the Alabama -- Philanthropist and survivors of the April 27 comedian Bill Cosby today storms that ravaged the state. urged graduates of Miles "Work it, rebuild it," he College to make their own said of the devastated business opportunities as communities. "This is Alabama, they prepare to enter a this is you." Miles workforce that has been College Senior Class negatively impacted by the President FoloShade Weems economy. "You don't have said the gift bestowed by to work for anyone," Cosby this year's graduating class told graduates at the to the college will be a ceremony held at the donation for tornado relief Birmingham-Jefferson efforts. Related topics:buzz, Convention Complex arena. Miles College
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8 SharecloseGoogle critical time since the BuzzDiggStumble humane society sent a message UponFarkShareEmailPrint on Facebook Thursday
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A requesting more donations of Pennsylvania-based national food since the supply had distributor of pet foods is dwindled. "Our first truck delivering two tractor- is set to arrive on Wednesday, trailer loads of food to the and the second truck shortly Greater Birmingham Humane thereafter," Beaulieu said. Society next week to be used "As there is no FEMA for to feed animals displaced in companion pets or animals, the April 27 storms. and the support and rescue of Nelson Beaulieu, the these animals is left territory manager for strictly to individual and Phillips Pet Foods, has an corporate donations, I am apartment in Birmingham, and very proud of my company for he said personally witnessed stepping up to the plate to the devastation in the help us here in Alabama." Birmingham metro area. He Beaulieu said his company said he asked several distributes about 50 brands individuals in his company of pet foods, and that "a whether any help was possible. smattering of everything we "Frankly, I didn't expect could put on the trucks is this level of support and there." Related topics:April donations," Beaulieu said. 27 2011 storms, Greater The food will arrive at a Birmingham Humane Society
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4 SharecloseGoogle Alabamians," he said. BuzzDiggStumble Sen. Bobby Singleton, D- UponFarkShareEmailPrint Greensboro, said it's up to
Sen. Scott Beason (Special) the federal government to MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- A enforce immigration law, not person without valid federal the state of Alabama. He alien registration or other predicted the bill, if passed proof of legal presence in into law, would be struck America would, just for being down as unconstitutional in in Alabama, be guilty of a federal court. crime punishable by a $100 ''This is just a copycat law fine and 30 days in jail, of Arizona," Singleton said. under a bill passed Thursday Arizona last year passed a night by the state Senate. tough immigration law that The crime would be ''willful the federal government is failure to complete or carry challenging in court. an alien registration Under the Senate's revision document." The Senate voted of House Bill 56, a law 23-11 for the proposed law. officer stopping a person on The bill, meant to discourage a possible violation of illegal immigrants from another law would be required coming to Alabama or staying to make ''a reasonable here, is an almost completely attempt" to determine the rewritten version of House citizenship and immigration Bill 56, which in its status of the person ''where original form passed about a reasonable suspicion exists month ago in the House of that the person is an alien Representatives. and is unlawfully present in Sen. Scott Beason, R- the United States." Gardendale, said the Senate's Law officers would have to approval of the bill would contact federal officials to put the House and Senate in check if the person was in position to appoint three the United States legally. House members and three Someone found to not be in senators to a conference Alabama legally could be committee that could try to convicted of willful failure write a compromise version to complete or carry an alien both sides could support. registration document. The House and Senate meet The law enforcement agency again May 24, after taking a that jailed a person for few weeks off for statewide violating the revised House hearings on redrawing Bill 56 would, upon the Alabama's districts for person's release from jail, Congress and the state Board have to transfer the person of Education. to the state Department of The Senate-passed bill would Homeland Security, which make it a crime for a person would transfer the person to who is an unauthorized alien federal immigration to ''knowingly apply for work, authorities. solicit work in a public or Singleton predicted the bill, private place or perform work if it ever takes effect, as an employee or independent would lead to profiling of contractor" in Alabama. That Hispanics. ''It discriminates crime would be punishable by against one ethnic group in a fine of not more than $500. this state," he said. ''This is a jobs bill for The bill also would make it a Alabamians," said Beason, who crime, punishable by as much pushed for its passage. ''If as a year in jail, for a the illegals who are in the person to conceal, harbor or workforce leave, this puts shield an illegal immigrant Alabamians back to work." anywhere in Alabama if they Beason said he didn't want to knew or reasonably should see thousands of illegal have known the person was in immigrants flood into the the United States illegally. state to take jobs repairing Related topics:legislature tornado damage. ''I want 2011 Alabamians to rebuild
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