Misconceptions:
1.The Earth can absorb and neutralize any amount of waste and pollution over time.
2.Technological fixes will save us from ruining our planetary environment.
3.Dilution is still the solution to pollution
4.People drink bottled water because it is better for our health; the safety of tap water is below consumption standards
USGS Real Time Water Data (esp. Daily Data)
NOAA: Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Teaching Floods And Flooding Quantitatively
Michigan DEQ--Kalamazoo Oil Spill
Submerged Oil in River--Forbes
USGS Current Water Data for the Nation
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Monthly Report of River and Flood Conditions September 2008
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/Image/grr/hydro/200809E5.pdf
City of Kalamazoo Flood Hazard Mitigation Map
http://www.ci.kalamazoo.mi.us/docs/FloodHazardMitigationPlan.pdf
Photo Galleries of the September 2008 Flood in Kalamazoo, Michigan
http://www.x98ruhf.net/kalamazoo_flood.html
Atlantic Hurricane Season 2008
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/2008Atlantic_HurricaneSummary.pdf
Flood Inundations Kalamazoo River--USGS
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