Sunday, February 12 - 'Wild Mississippi' Series on Nat Geo WILD

We have our recorder set up to catch this great 3-part Wild Mississippi series Sunday night (February 12) on Nat Geo WILD (local channel 108):

7:00pm:  Wild Mississippi: Deep Freeze
Nat Geo WILD travels to the starting point of the mighty Mississippi River Lake Itasca in Minnesota, where the 2,350-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico begins. Harsh cannot begin to describe the winter in this region, where temperatures reach 33 below zero. Survival strategies are as numerous as the creatures that live here, such as beavers, bobcats and gray wolves.

8:00pm:  Wild Mississippi: Raging Waters
The Mississippi River reached extreme low temperatures, causing an unprecedented deep freeze. Now, spring is in bloom, with all the snow and ice from across the watershed melting, triggering a massive flood of biblical proportions. Well see how the inhabitants adjust and fight to survive.

9:00pm:  Wild Mississippi: Delta Blues
Our romance with the Mississippi River heats up as we head south. The river joins with an even more flooded Ohio River to form a union of destruction that challenges man and wildlife. The water rises at a rate of two inches every hour. Those creatures that can flee, do as fast as they can. Wide waters force turtles to look beyond their normal sandy nesting grounds for places to lay their eggs, which become vulnerable to predators.