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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Iowa Town Makes Web Appeal for Money to Fix Levee

An Iowa town that was flooded last year is hoping a unique email and video campaign brings a deluge of donations to help fix the levee that saved it.

The town of Hamburg, Iowa, rolled out a campaign on Monday to raise as much as $4.6 million to fix the barrier that stands between it and the unforgiving Missouri River. Last year, the levee was built up an additional 8 feet with the help of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and held back waters that reached 17 feet during a 120-day period in which the river swelled. But now, the feds say the extra dirt must either come off or the entire levee must be rebuilt permanently.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Too many white people for Obama to care.

Anonymous said...

It was easy enough to make a donation via PayPal.