 masbury says: Gulfport, IL: FEMA had assured townspeople here that their new levee was strong enough to withstand historic flood. Banks no longer required flood insurance. On Tuesday, the levee broke. Now under 11 feet of water. I grew up in Burlington, IA, nearly within sight of Gulfport. Never trust the government regarding anything. I don't suppose they can sue the Gummint over their false assurances... The Army corps of engineers caused a lot of this rief--their bad jobs of trying to control the Mississippi are insane. why are we trying to control a river that we know has a mind of its own? Only put of levees of the extreem sides of the flood plain and leave it at that. Everybody needs to move out of that area unless they sign paperwork saying the know of the danger of living in the area of the Mississippi and will not hold any but themselves accountable for there decision to live where they are living. ... If these people are so ignorant that they didn't even know they were in a floodplain, I'm sorry but that's just sad. Assurances or not, people need to grow up and take charge of their own lives. The destruction of a flood is just terrible to see, much less live through. Governments cannot be trusted to care for the individual. Yeah, don't sit around and wait for the government to clear the water for you. Get the mop out and start mopping. Get the mop out and start mopping?! I try my best not to be rude, but ptw you should at least think about putting a little more thought into your comments It's extremely biased and ignorant, and serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever. Bt that's just my opinion. Hopefully I'm not alone in thinking this. As for the point I think you're trying to get at, which is that they should do their best to stop the damage themselves, I think that's exactly what they're doing! My comment was directed at the notion that some of them didn't even know they were in a floodplain! And they got rid of their flood insurance simply because the government "garunteed the levees would never break" (which was DEFINIT... I suppose most of the people who live in floodplains live there because it's cheap; many can't afford to live anyplace else. Some have inherited the property, and couldn't sell it. And I suppose many who've seen a hundred-year flood ('65 or '93) assume it's just not likely to happen again in their lifetimes. This one in some places exceeded the 500 year floodplain - no one alive has ever seen it before. I guess I'm just ever the skeptic masbury. I do hope they get through it though. |
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