No matter how much we try, we can never be TOTALLY prepared for disaster. But it is getting better.
I understood that more than you think.I didn't see that as aj's point. I think what she was trying to say was that no matter what mankind does to try to alter nature she will always win.
Just how do the "people in charge" decide to flood some homes & farms and not just let the river do what it will??? Who decides who is more important??
I can see directing what flow you can away from homes, but to deliberately flood some homes so that it doesn't flood N.O. just sucks!
Just how do the "people in charge" decide to flood some homes & farms and not just let the river do what it will??? Who decides who is more important??
I can see directing what flow you can away from homes, but to deliberately flood some homes so that it doesn't flood N.O. just sucks!
At least N.O. is a city. The A.C.E blew up a levee to stop the flooding of Cairo IL, (pop 3000) and totally wiped out numerous homes and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. Cairo has been flooded more times that can be counted. Instead of telling 3000 to move they destroy what belongs to, and ultimately provides for, tens if not hundreds of thousands.
Thank you for postng.