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!!!--NEW MADRID---Levee Update----3rd detonation delayed!!!!PINN
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UPDATE #4
Birds Point New Madrid Floodway Joint Information CenterLike
"We will open the third crevasse (outflow) of the Birds Point New Madrid Floodway tomorrow at approximately 1 pm." (Thursday May 5, 2011)
"Col. Reichling, Memphis District Commander, will speak following the operation."---posted 10:00PM (5/4/11)
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UPDATE #3 Due to logistical difficulties, the Corps will not breach the lower levee section (outflow crevasse) today. We will provide more information as soon as it becomes available 6:30PM (5-4-2011)
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Breaking-----"The earliest we could complete the breaching of this levee section would be 8 or 9 p.m. tonight." 5-4-11
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"Additional slurry material for blasting the third levee section (outflow crevasse) is expected to arrive later today. We expect it to take approximately 3 hours to load into pipes. The earliest we could complete the breaching of this levee section would be 8 or 9 p.m. tonight. We'll continue to post regular updates."---posted 12:15 pm 5-4-11
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Corps delays third breach after exhausting explosives supply
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian
"SIKESTON, Mo. -- A third levee breach planned for Tuesday is being delayed by at least 24 hours because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used too much of the explosives on the first two detonations and do not have enough for the third breach yet, corps officials said at a news conference Tuesday evening.
Col. Vernie Reichling, who heads the corps' Memphis District, said they discovered the "potential issue" Monday night after executing the first breach at Birds Point in Mississippi County. The problem was exacerbated Tuesday after the second blast near New Madrid, Mo.
"We saw that we were potentially using more of the slurry mix than we had anticipated," Reichling said. "This comes as we are executing a plan that was hatched 30-some years ago and we are implementing it for the first time. So there has been a learning curve."
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