1.0 link 108269 <![CDATA[The Floods: New Orleans, God, and Nature Can No Longer be Blamed]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/the-floods-new-orleans-go_b_108269.html Everyday for the past week there has been another tragedy to report in the heartland.

Overnight the Mississippi River washed over fertile farmlands near St. Louis and worries emerged that it would take years for the land to be reclaimed. Five additional levees are under threat of breach today, Thursday, according to the St. Louis District of the Army Corps of Engineers.

The floods in six states have killed two dozen people, injured 148 and forced at least 35,000 out of...

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