via lisabee

The working plan for routing the water from a nightmare flood of the Mississippi River. It was put together after the devastating 1927 floods, and is based around the estimate of the largest possible flood the Mississippi could ever experience.

-soplandoburbujas

via Becky

Measuring the Radiation Threat

As harrowing headlines continue to surface regarding Japan’s leaking nuclear plants, there remains much conjecture as to the severity of the radiation threat. Randall Munroe from xkcd steps in to help us out.

xkcd: “Na (Make It Better)”