The Tennessee Valley Authority said it was taking the unusual flood-prevention measure of spilling 1.5 million gallons of water per second through the Kentucky Dam near Paducah from the Tennessee River into the Ohio River.
Slit open the bag and mist the contents with water, and pearl oyster mushrooms will begin to grow, until they are spilling out the side of the box, reaching their full-grown size in about 10 days.
With 40, 000 pounds of nitrogen spilling into Jamaica Bay everyday, underwater forests of algae are threatening to kill off existing life in the water in much the same way that they did in the turn of the century.