http://blog.nwf.org/2012/09/surveying-hurricane-isaacs-impacts/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Thu, 23 May 2013 15:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.nwf.org/2012/09/surveying-hurricane-isaacs-impacts/comment-page-1/#comment-16940 Strange Wetlands: Isaac: The Water Went Where it Had Never Gone Before | The Compleat Wetlander Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:33:45 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/?p=65914#comment-16940 [...] Balmy wind and rain swirled through the trees this past weekend with the effects of Leslie, a tropical storm, moving north in the Atlantic. Heavy rains and storm surge pounded the coast of Maine. But it was nothing compared to the effects of Hurricane Isaac on the Gulf coast and communities along the Mississippi River, an echo of Katrina—at virtually the same time of year and along the same track. After a record year for drought through much of the U.S., and along the Mississippi River, Hurricane Isaac sent water where it had never gone before. An NWF blogger reacted to seeing the impact of the hurricane in the Delacroix marshes of the Mississippi River delta with this post. [...]

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