iowa flooding

#31
#31
With the exception of smoking in eating areas.

Although, with a move to Kentucky on the horizon, I had better get used to having a smokey eating area!

DOH!
 
#33
#33
Is someone actually comparing the flood situation in Iowa to the one in New Orleans after Katrina? Seriously.
 
#37
#37
UT IE 95 said:
I've read Iowa damage is at $1 billion. New Orleans damage is at $22 billion.
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the damage to Iowa crops is already estimated to be $8 billion, by the time that is felt by the US economy, the costs will probably be close to NO.
 
#40
#40
do a google search for looting in Iowa. There are some instances, but not nearly as many as occurred in NO.
 
#41
#41
There's no official numbers, but I found this through google.

Planet Ark : Levee Breaks as US Midwest Flood Damage Mounts

Comparisons have been made to the major 1993 flooding that caused more than US$20 billion in damage and 48 deaths in the Midwest. This month's flooding has caused few deaths, with Iowa hardest hit. But the damage has yet to be toted up.
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The closing of the mid-Mississippi River to barge traffic is costing carriers US$1 million or more per day.
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Another very true statement. Take it for what it's worth.
"I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president," Bush said after a briefing on the flooding.
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President Bush has definitely been through a lot.
 
#42
#42
A friend of mine asked this question - what do you think?

If failing levees are damaging/destroying towns, why not just pay farmers and allow flooding of farmland to prevent flooding of populated areas. Which would ultimately be the lower cost (real $, property and psychological) alternative?
 
#50
#50
UT IE 95 said:
Seems to be direct contradictions in the stories sighting the same sources.
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You need to make a sunshine your avatar!

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