Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America is a book written by John M. Barry that tells the story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, one of the worst natural disasters in United States history.
The flood, which occurred in the spring and summer of 1927, affected a large portion of the Mississippi River Valley, from Illinois to Louisiana. The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in the United States and serves as an important transportation and trade route. However, in 1927, the river overflowed its banks, resulting in widespread flooding and destruction.
Barry's book tells the story of the flood from multiple perspectives, including those of politicians, engineers, and ordinary people who were affected by the disaster. He describes how the flood affected different communities and how people worked together to try to mitigate the damage and save lives.
One of the main themes of the book is the importance of infrastructure and planning in times of crisis. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was, in part, caused by a lack of proper levees and flood control measures along the river. This led to the widespread destruction and loss of life that occurred. The book also explores the role of politics in disaster response and recovery, as well as the impact of the flood on race relations in the United States.
Overall, Rising Tide is a comprehensive and informative look at one of the worst natural disasters in American history. It not only tells the story of the flood itself, but also delves into the larger themes of infrastructure, politics, and race that were affected by the disaster. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in history, natural disasters, or the United States.
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New Orleans, the origins and politics, are explained in fairly great detail in this book. More than 300,000 people were rescued by the government and the Red Cross from trees and rooftops. By this point Humphreys had exhausted his political capital. An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. He was a martinet and a vicious opponent in all things, approaching those who disagreed with him as mortal enemies. . These two parishes were much poorer than New Orleans and the "deal" struck was that the city of New Orleans and the city elite would pay back damages to the people impacted.
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Blanc Monroe, and Manuel Molero, of the weird, exclusive world of the various clubs, krewes, and Carnival balls of New Orleans society, of the role the flood had in the rise of Huey Long who beat incumbent governor O. The Red Cross fed nearly 700,000 refugees for months. In the past, natural disasters were dealt with by those communities and states that were affected. His canal construction in Southwest Pass was terminated, having never reached the promised 18-foot depth. A four-story levee breaking has the same effect as the rupture of a dam.
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These would address the issues with the river as far south as New Orleans, but additional work had to be done at Head of Passes to open the river to the Gulf of Mexico, Hydrologists worldwide were weighing in on the choice to be made not only at the Mississippi but around the world, everywhere that a major river too frequently ran wild. As a sort of "demotion" in the Weather Bureau, he was sent to New Orleans, where he served well although without enthusiasm for the area. Hoover was so eclipsed by FDR, at least in my mind, and he is a far more complex man than I ever imagined. After the Civil War blacks left the plantations in droves, and they had continued to move away from plantation work. At one point Percy experimented with Italian immigrant workers, but the social cocktail between whites, blacks and Italians was unsuitable. Out of the same crucible, however, emerged a flood control plan that "would be the most ambitious and expensive single piece of legislation Congress had ever passed. It then became necessary for the civilian foreman and my detachment to force the negroes to the break at the point of guns.
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Eads began his career as owner of several dredging barges that worked the river. Unfortunately, the Commission was required to have some Corps officers on it, and they were able trump the civilian members who had no scientific expertise. I hear references to "West Bank," "Atchafalaya Basin," and what sounds like "red clay," all accompanied with much chortling. Senator, and he was always the unelected leader of Greenville and Washington County. But it is always good to be reminded of it. Eads wanted an independent commissionâa Mississippi River Commissionâto govern river management.
