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. These scenes look like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie like The Book of Eli. 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.

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One week after the blizzard: The “Big Apple” Looks Like The “Big Dumpster”. 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.

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

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