Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: tired

More Flooding: Department of DUH!

I found this article today:

Midwest Levee Breaks, Corn Price at New High
Carey Gillam of Reuters reports: "The Mississippi River on Friday burst through an earthen levee that may have been weakened by burrowing muskrats, swamping a Missouri town and adding to billion-dollar losses in US Midwest flooding that has fueled fears of soaring world food prices."


Well, of course a levee broke.
1) America's infrastructure is in lousy shape because little of it has been funded.
2) The Mississippi never did like two-legs anyway. Doesn't take much to rile it up, and nothing holds that River when it decides to stretch.

Anybody with a levee that hasn't broken yet might want to take a look and see if it needs maintenance. While there's still time.
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kadiera

Re: Too true!

kadiera

June 29 2008, 16:07:32 UTC 12 years ago

and there *are* people in the St. Louis area who are trying to stop the development on flood plains - interestingly, a member of the Busch family (of beer fame) lives out towards one of the areas of new development, and he was involved in a lawsuit over it, pointing out that the whole area was underwater in 1993, and thus building there was not only stupid, but irresponsible, because it was going to make the flooding worse next time.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Too true!

ysabetwordsmith

June 29 2008, 16:09:37 UTC 12 years ago

It's nice to see that not all of the merchant-gentry have forgotten their duties.