Miss River Flooding

Anyone along the Miss River being affected by the high water? Looks like a lot of farmers in LA and MISS are going to lose some really good crops. The Ouachita River is rising fast, don't think we are in any real danger. But, the area did flood back in 1927 and in what, 1935?

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-07/...shelters-flood-stage-residents-brace?_s=PM:US

Some people around here are hitting the panic button and packing to go. Never a bad idea to be prepared, but...

Oh well, hope nobody is at risk of flooding. I live on a hill for a reason... :cool

 

I've never been involved with a flood, but I'd imagine in a way it's worse than a fire (which I have experienced). With a fire, you lose everything, but the cleanup isn't so bad. With a flood, you lose everything, and you still have a massive mess to contend with.

Awful stuff - hang in there, Fred.

 

I am perfectly safe from water if the levies break. Got beans and bullets also. Was just curious is any other members had news or were in any danger.

Hope the worst does not happen. :major

 

Ouch, they opened the spillway...

"About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be affected by the oncoming water, and some people living in the threatened stretch of countryside — an area known for fish camps and a drawling French dialect — have already fled. Reed's family packed her furniture, clothing and pictures in a rental truck and a relative's trailer."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110514/ap_on_re_us/us_mississippi_river_flooding

 

This is what we get for not respecting the term, FLOOD PLAIN. The Egyptians learned how to work with the yearly flooding of the river. Instead we try to contain it, and then wonder why it doesn't work.

 

Lends credence to the Lao Tzu quotation:

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

 

Hehe, no wonder commercial insurers won't touch any there and fed program is $18B in the hole. You can't just keep doing that and with only %4 who are insured and a good part of the rest are not going to rebuild, the issue should resolve itself in time. Expect higher prices soon because of this. Return the area to marshlands which will act as a sponge the next time and mitigate the situation.

 

Yep, but we build on mountains and have mudslides, don't burn the underbrush and have wildfires, homes built where hurricanes hit, and homes on fault lines. I have always wondered why they even rebuilt New Orleans after Katrina. New Orleans is under sea level, next to one of the world's largest rivers, and near the Gulf, where hurricanes come from... It would be hard to find the perfect place for a home, lightning can get you pretty much anywhere. :-D

At least the people here had a few days warning to pack up and GTFO. This will just be a massive loss of property. Better top off your tanks in the US. Barge traffic is stopped on the river. So oil from the port, and gas from the refineries in Louisiana is not going anywhere economically.

 

If one is going to rebuild then they should build homes like in Holland which are flood proof since they are amphibious, but it will double the cost of the home. A big part of the $18B is from businesses and repeat claimers. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4852739/ns/us_news-environment/t/these-homes-are-built-climate-change/

 

There is a saying over here that "god made heaven and earth in 7 days but the Dutch built Holland"

 

Michigan has a very similar saying, though talking about an entirely different Holland.

 

After one major flood, they stopped building for a span of two years.
The next loss, NFIP paid again. It is not actuarially based and relies instead on political moves to fund it.

 

You've got that right! :cool Much or most of current Holland is under the sea level and would be instantly covered with water were it not for the Delta Works, dunes, dikes and pumps, etc. See, they have a long term outlook towards conserving the land they struggled from the sea and rivers over centuries and will never - never let their guard down; their work is NEVER done! Not influenced by politics or politicians who only look for a short-term solution. BTW: windmills served only to pump the water out in the past, not for tourism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_control_in_the_Netherlands