This is one of those post-hazard stories we talked about in class the other day that doesn't get much time on the news, so I figured I would try to feature it in my blog. This article is about the aftereffects of the flooding on the Missouri River.
This article focuses specifically on farmers, and the impact that this flooding has had on their low lying cropland. A farmer named Scott Olson took a bunch of aerial photos of all the land that was damaged because of this flood. Below is a picture of the flood as it affected his land.
Apparently this is going to be more than a short term fix. The soil is so heavily damaged and the chemical composition is so messed up that according to one farmer this would take 5 years to get back to normal.
What with this and the fires in the south, the United States has taken a major agricultural hit this summer.
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