June 21, 2008 at 18:04:38 Understanding and Analyzing What Can Happen Downstream by Kevin Gosztola www.opednews.com

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Georgianne Nienaber, an investigative journalist who regularly posts award worthy articles to OpEdNews, has posted information she feels Americans especially those in the Midwest should examine.

Understanding what can happen downstream is important and Nienaber asks that you check out this page which details the Old River Structure which may have to be opened if high water trends continue. Sandbagging has begun by order of the Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal (R), with the National Guard participating.

Nienaber also has found USGS readings (which are part of an Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service). The readings are indicative of what may happen in the not-so-distant future.

New Orleans,LA,
NO Industrial Canal,
Bonnet Carre Spillway, LA,
Baton Rouge, LA,
Natchez, MS, Vicksburg, MS,
Greenville, MS, Memphis, TN,
St Louis,MO, Hannibal,MO,
Davenport, IA, Cairo, IL, Grafton, IL

I've sent an email to the NWS on these USGS readings to see what they have to say. I will also send an email to FEMA to see if these readings mean anything to them.

Kevin Gosztola goes to Columbia College in Chicago where he is studying film. He hopes to become a documentary filmmaker. He is currently working as a production assistant on a documentary called "Seriously Green" which traces the development of the Green Party throughout the 2008 election. He has a passion for journalism and writes articles or press releases in his spare time. Kevin Gosztola is also a student activist who believes in questioning the way America's systems work(its electoral system, its military-industrial complex, its foreign policy of American exceptionalism, its media which has become the Fourth Branch of government,etc.)
His ambitions have him currently organizing and raising money for a Chicago Conference for Media Reform in April or May of 2009. It will be organized by college students to promote youth involvement in media reform and justice. Those interested in attending or helping with the organization of the program should contact him.

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