Missouri Levee Exploded By US Army Corps Of Engineers (VIDEO) Breaking News:Birds Point Levee Detonation Under Way! Birds Point Levee Explosion Footage Corps will blow Birds Point levee : Brownfield The Army Corps of Engineers decided late Monday to move ahead with plans to blow the Birds Point levee along the Mississippi River in southeastern Missouri. The effort is to alleviate pressure building up against the flood wall at Cairo … Riparian Rap: Blowing up Birds Point ; interview with Jon Remo. Word has just come from the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) will use explosives at Birds Point to put the floodway in operation. No novelist could imagine a greater confluence of race, class, nature, politics and 250 tons of explosives, … Corps blowing up Birds Point Levee tonight (AUDIO) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says “Out of concern for public safety and due to continued rising of river, holes will be blown in to Birds Point Levee.” Crews fill pipes with blasting agent. The Mississippi River Commission says it’s … First Level Breached In Birds Point By Army Corps Of Engineers … Army Corps of Engineers officials have just announced that they have blown the first levee in Birds Point Missouri along the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Reports are coming in from residents in the area who felt the blast. … Lawmakers: Activation of Birds Point Levee equals “destruction” Share – In an effort to release pressure on a levee in Cairo, Illinois and other areas, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated Birds Point -New Madrid floodway late Monday evening, flooding more than a hundred thousand acres of … PDPJ says: @blythebernhard check out the slow motion video from the Birds Point levee breach http://bit.ly/j4AVni