But in 2008, it purchased a floodprotection system that allows for a levee to be constructed aluminum slats filled with sand if the river rises.
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Clarksville has a floodprotection system in which a temporary levee aluminum slats filled with sand can be built if the river rises, but the Mississippi was too quick this time.
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