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Odds ‘n Sods:

Readers E.D.M. and Jonathan R. suggested Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre’s extraordinary photographs documenting the dramatic decline of a major American city: Detroit in Ruins [1]. These scenes look like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie like The Book of Eli [2]. I think that Detroit has had a few too many mayors like Louis Miriani, Coleman Young, and Kwame Kilpatrick. It is no wonder that Paul Verhoven chose Detroit for the locale in his movie Robocop [3].

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One week after the blizzard: The “Big Apple” Looks Like The “Big Dumpster” [4]. So how would sanitation be in New York after three months without garbage collection? (Thanks to Mrs. M. for the link.)

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Tam over at the View From The Porch blog recommended this piece about Ciudad de Juarez: Death of a City [5].

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More strange news from Arkansas: First it was 2,000 dead birds [6]. Now its 100,000 dead fish [7]. Must be some new kind of Arkancide [8]

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The folks at Ready Made Resources have just updated their search and shopping cart features at their web site [9]. Their broad line of stoarge foods and preparedness products are now much easier to find with the improved search box. Check it out.