http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/06/mississippi-rising/ Truth Will Prevail Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:12:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/06/mississippi-rising/#comment-267567 Adam Greenwood Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4616#comment-267567 My sympathies to those who are in the path of the Mississippi at flood. My sympathies to those who are in the path of the Mississippi at flood.

]]> http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/06/mississippi-rising/#comment-267541 James Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:41:12 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4616#comment-267541 Nauvoo seems to be under control. http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700236152,00.html Nauvoo seems to be under control.
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700236152,00.html

]]> http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/06/mississippi-rising/#comment-267535 Kevin Barney Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:37:22 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4616#comment-267535 Does anyone have an update on the status of Nauvoo? The restored homes are on very low land. I saw some pictures online that had the water very close. Does anyone have an update on the status of Nauvoo? The restored homes are on very low land. I saw some pictures online that had the water very close.

]]> http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2008/06/mississippi-rising/#comment-267514 James Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:52:09 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4616#comment-267514 Floods happen along the Mississippi. In the 1965 floods, High Schools in Iowa towns and cities along the rivers closed and sent their students to be sandbaggers down at the river front. In 1974, I was part of a group that went to Muscatine, Iowa to shore up an earthen dike that was threatening to break. In 1976, we sandbagged on the Davenport waterfront. Back then, mission presidents didn't pull their elders and sister into an organized workforce to assist. The missionaries got scooped up with the Priests, Laurels, and single adults from the wards and got sent forth by the bishops. I think perhaps the more organized approach now is better because it allows mission presidents to sent 100-200 people to places that really need it and that can have a big impact on how well flood control efforts work. Floods happen along the Mississippi. In the 1965 floods, High Schools in Iowa towns and cities along the rivers closed and sent their students to be sandbaggers down at the river front. In 1974, I was part of a group that went to Muscatine, Iowa to shore up an earthen dike that was threatening to break. In 1976, we sandbagged on the Davenport waterfront. Back then, mission presidents didn’t pull their elders and sister into an organized workforce to assist. The missionaries got scooped up with the Priests, Laurels, and single adults from the wards and got sent forth by the bishops. I think perhaps the more organized approach now is better because it allows mission presidents to sent 100-200 people to places that really need it and that can have a big impact on how well flood control efforts work.

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