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Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi

 

1.      Why did the Farmers need the Levees?

 

 

 

2.      Why was Summer Cooler than usual in 1992?

 

 

 

3.      Did the explanation offered by weather scientists make the prospect of major flooding any easier for people to accept?

 

 

 

4.      Why do you think the author focuses on one levee district?

 

 

 

5.      Why was one section of the levee a weak link?

 

 

 

6.      What process did the workers follow to raise the levee?

 

 

 

7.      If you had lived on Sny Island, would you have wanted to help raise the levee? Explain how.

 

 

8.      How was Sny Island affected by levees breaking upstream?

 

 

 

9.      What effect did the prisoners and townspeople have on one another?

 

 

 

10.  How did people work together to save their communities from flooding? Why weren't they always successful?

 

 

 

11.  How does the selection make you feel about the power of nature?  Explain your answer.