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=**Missouri Mayhem** = ** BOOM   ! The Missouri levee bordering the Mississippi river exploded (Pete Spotts). Chunks of the levee flew everywhere. A tremendous wall of water rushed forward. I t washed over the abandoned farmland, destroying homes, land, and a way of life (John Murgatroyd). This all happened because many towns were in danger of flooding, one of which was Cairo, Illinois (Tom Charlier). But the Missouri Levee Explosion (authorized by army engineers) (Army Engineers/Missouri Levee) was actually a great event for Missouri. This is because, by the destruction of the crops and equipment, maybe the state would supply money for better quality seeds and equipment. And as the flooding of the land, that could have transferred even better topsoil to the land, giving better fertility. And lastly, the explosion of the levee may have helped the state find newly exposed problems (due to the explosion/ missing part of the levee) that they could fix or impro ve. **

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