iowa flooding

#55
#55
volinbham said:
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?
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I think it won't cost a gazillion dollars for a kernel of corn.
 
#56
#56
What I love is no one is questioning why people live by those levees but in NO everyone is stupid for living there. Thats what gets me.
 
#58
#58
la.lovesorange said:
What I love is no one is questioning why people live by those levees but in NO everyone is stupid for living there. Thats what gets me.
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I thought the criticism came in the people in NO not leaving when they were given 3-4 days advanced notice? :ermm:
 
#60
#60
la.lovesorange said:
That was one of many but the one I hear the most is "Why rebuild and why do they live there in the first place??"
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I'm sure you will hear the same discussions when all of this shakes out, just like it did in 1993.

The heaviest criticisms about Katrina was how they handled the situation leading up to the hurricane. These people seemed to have handled themselves a lot better in Iowa than in NO.
 
#62
#62
MG1968 said:
especially when it's aggravated by GW Bush-induced global warming.
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It is my understanding that the levees that failed in this flood were built with federal money after the 1993 flood.

1) Waste of taxpayers’ money

2) The levees were built during the Clinton years. This flooding is his fault.

:popcorn:
 
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