Since we live in Missouri, I thought I would do a post on this event that most of us probably remember at least a little bit, and that had a huge effect on the Midwest.
The flood of '93 was one of the worst floods ever to happen in the United States. Basically, the year before the flood, rainfall was much higher than normal, and then that winter, there was heavy snowfall. These things combined created a lot of moisture in the soil and therefore led to the massive flooding that took place between April and August of 1993. According to Wikipedia, "Some locations on the Mississippi River flooded for almost 200 days while locations on the Missouri neared 100 days of flooding." The Mississippi River in St. Louis finally dropped back below flood levels on October 7, 1993.
I never knew this, but in August, after Valmeyer, Illinois had flooded, it was decided to intentionally break through a levee in order to save two important historic sites that were being threatened by the water, Prairie du Rocher and Fort de Chartes. In total, the flood cost the U.S. $15 billion, and it is the worst flood ever recorded on the Mississippi.
Missouri River flooding Chesterfield Valley
from the lives of two conjoined brothers, one a cat and one a dog.
getting to see the rare books collection at the Wash U library. Growing up, I have learned about a lot of those books from history classes, so it was neat getting to see them in person. Out of all of the books we got to see I found the one the human anatomy the most interesting. Taking Book Design this semester has made me really appreciate books like that because of all the work that has to go into making them. The book has beautiful and detailed illustrations. I love how it was interactive. The viewer could open the bodies up to see what was behind certain things. I was able to find some other books like it that I thought I would show
as well.
ould expanded upon the Grunge movement and talk about how its look related to clothes. The Northwest Grunge look according to Julie Knapp, “was characterized by the way lack of style became a style in and of itself.” The key item to the Grunge style is a button-up plaid flannel shit, prefer
ably in darker colors like maroon, brown, indigo, and forest green. Doc Martins or Converse All-Stars were the shoes of chose, and baggy jeans that were hopefully tattered and worren looking. It was “predicted that flannel would return in a bright burst of color” and it has.
