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June 19th, 2008
09:43 PM ET
Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 6/19/08
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Hi Randi....thanks for joining in on the live blog 🙂
what was she thinking?
girlfriend will lead cops to this rip off. can't make this stuff up.
these floods are insane ... we really need to get working on a new stronger better type of levee ... i hope my generation can help generate something of the sort.
am i the youngest blogger on this... 15?
ac is definitely the best way to wrap up the day i agree
I still can't believe the authorities trusted Israel to drive himself to jail. Who's brilliant idea was THAT!
Oh hi Randi, always good to see you on AC 360, good job on the view story yesterday.
Hi Randi Kaye,
Nice see you tonight!!!!!!! I never seen you long time join blog tonight! 🙂
Hey randi welcome in tonight.
Gen AC, very catchy!
I'm supposed to fly out to St. Louis in a week to spend some time with my aunt. It seems as if I will be helping her pick up the pieces of her home.
Hey Randi
any incriminating evidence on Erica's computer regarding Anderson missing picture??
Welcome to the live blog Randi! ...so do you have some info about ocean currents for us? How close or far could these feet have come?
Obama initially agreed and was supportive of federal funding.
Hey Randi...glad to have you with us!!
Cindy..Ga.
Nettie: I'm sure ppl will start supply drives and those supplies will get there before anything from FEMA does. Surprised I haven't heard anything yet, but I think ppl are in a protection mode right now, not a recovery mode.
Hi Randi
Hi Randi.
Jack that would take some thinking ahead on their part and as history has shown, they aren't very good at thinking ahead.
Ok, this feet thing is freaky.... I may have to switch the channel for a bit. That is enought to give you nightmares...
Human feets washing up on a beach? horrible and incredible Where did this happen, Anderson?
They had thought that those feet came from a plane crash in 2005 but they have ruled that out now. so who knows. there is a lot of gang violence in BC
I think the point made earlier is pertinent. These towns were built on a flood plain, and a flood plain is meant to flood. Some towns moved to higher ground when they rebuilt in '93.
No way, the 6th. foot was a hoax? Unbelievable.
Anderson –
What is the age of most of the breached levees? I know in MS they were building them in the 1930's (I was born in 1933 and worked with people whose parents worked on the levees).
hi everybody. Randi Kaye here. Erica has a few days off so i'm here with AC in studio. just saying 'hi'....
Why don't they (the Army Corps) "breach" the levees themselves in places upstream where less damage is done to people and their homes?
Gen AC - like that!!
Obama has made the right decision to opt out of federal funding, which is what the american people want
Hi to all bloggers... .my home town is Cedar Rapids, IA . I have lived in Colorado the last year or so. It is heartbreaking to see the losses that the town and people are enduring. Even harder for a former local now wathing from afar. I just talked to one of my brothers who is involved in volunteering in the clean up effort. He said they need lots of rubber cleaning gloves, cleaning supplies, fans, heavy duty garbage bags, dehumidifiers.....please we need to help these people in any small way possible....
Water is one of the most powerful natural elements. It takes the path of least resistance and if it can't, wears down the environment until it can go where it wants.
Anderson your show is the only way to wrap up the day! I not Gen y, Gen x, I am Gen "AC". This is the news show the next generation deserves. Keep up the great work
I fear for the people living in the path of the river. We just don't can't trust our gov't to take care of us, levees, roads, bridges etc.
I appreciate the slide show about the levees but honestly it is all so greek to me as the saying goes
Of course, seeing those pigs breaks my heart, I heard some had to be killed....so sad.
My sister-in-law (in Indiana) was recently telling me that she had a teacher in high school back in the 70s who said that one day, Indiana would be a coastal state.......
It's frightening – what's going on.
Great explaination of the effects of the Levee breaks on towns and farmland. What we tend to forget is what my Geology Prof once said is the #1 rule about life along a river, if water has been somewhere before, water can and will go there again.
Translation: What the Army Corp of Engineer's says or builds is irrelevant.
Did Anderson just say that we can join in the search to catch that fugitive? Is this fugitive guy dangerous? How do you know he's not homicidal or suicidal?
MaryBeth, I don't think the Arch is in danger this time, but in 1993 the water started going up the Arch steps.
It will be interesting to see what the weekend brings. I think the crest in St. Louis is for Monday and is suppossed to rain on Sunday too. Even a drainage ditch, the River Des Peres, which is normally BONE DRY is about maybe 5 feet from the top. Every night on my way home I keep looking to see how much higher it is getting.. It flooded in 93 and shut down several St. Louis City streets.
Anderson,
I agree with Mike in NY,
I wonder if they supposed to check leeves caused fail like broken something....
Jo Ann ohio - good question!!
Explain fully why there are levees instead of dams. This is not the first flood on the rivers.
Why are levees always breaking? Did we not learn anything from Kartina's mishaps? Who is responsible for maintaining the levees?
You would think that there was some kind of regulatory board – where they would go out and be inspected every so often. Maybe there is
Can u imagine? Snakes and other reptiles must be everywhere! No where 2 live anymore. God help them.
Good way to show the total impact of the flooding in the Midwest. Thanks Anderson, good report.
When were these levees last inspected?
The people in calif. could use that rain.
I hope the Arch is okay.
Is the St. Louis Arch in danger? It looks pretty close to the river.
It makes me sad that we are spending 12 billion a month to rebuild Iraq and our country is falling apart at the seams, the levees, bridges, roads.
thanks for the timeline on this story Anderson