Explaining Barge Impact
Coast Guard Reservist Lt. Ash Thorne and Senior Chief Rodney Wurgler speak with the City Manager of New Madrid, Mo. while inspecting the town's levee system after an errant barge collided with it May 1. The two reservists are members of one of two Disaster Area Response Teams (DART) that patrolled the levee separating the small town from the rain-swollen Mississippi, looking for possible damage caused by the barge collision. The Coast guard has deployed two DART teams to the region from St. Louis-based Sector Upper Mississippi River. The teams are assisting in flood response in rain-soaked communities throughout Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. Continuous storm systems throughout the Midwest have overwhelmed the region's waterways and levees and caused massive flooding.
Explaining Barge Impact
Coast Guard Reservist Lt. Ash Thorne and Senior Chief Rodney Wurgler speak with the City Manager of New Madrid, Mo. while inspecting the town's levee system after an errant barge collided with it May 1. The two reservists are members of one of two Disaster Area Response Teams (DART) that patrolled the levee separating the small town from the rain-swollen Mississippi, looking for possible damage caused by the barge collision. The Coast guard has deployed two DART teams to the region from St. Louis-based Sector Upper Mississippi River. The teams are assisting in flood response in rain-soaked communities throughout Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. Continuous storm systems throughout the Midwest have overwhelmed the region's waterways and levees and caused massive flooding.