There's a war going on against the Mississippi River - or at least that's how it's being described in the media - and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the only one fit for fighting in this scenario. The Washington Post describes the Army Corps' "battle to tame the swollen Mississippi" in its article about the Corps' strategy to destroy a levee last week in order to save the Illinois town of Cairo from complete annihilation.
Now there's a new campaign at hand today and a new strategy. The Army Corps of Engineers, as CNN puts it, is now "waging war against flooding of historic proportions" in the fight keep the Mississippi from spilling over its banks and flooding New Orleans. Just north of the Crescent City this morning, CNN reports:
Residents of Memphis, Tennessee are holding their collective breaths, as the Mississippi River in their neck of the woods is expected to crest tonight at roughly 48 feet. CBS News reports thousands of Memphians have evacuated their homes. And for those of you worried about the mansion Elvis Presley used to call home, one Memphis resident has his battle gear ready to protect it. Bob Nations Jr., director of the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency, told CBS News:
