Crews ordered to load pipes with blasting agent; floodway still not activated

Sunday, May 1, 2011 ~ Updated 5:49 PM

SIKESTON -- Major General Michael Walsh, commander of the Mississippi River Commission, has directed that crews move barges carrying explosives across the river to Missouri and load the pipes at the Birds Point New Madrid Floodway with the blasting agent.

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