Why were all the RV's left in the flood?
I understand that sometimes you can't move an RV when the water is coming up but it looks like there's a lot of RV's that were just left to flood. I mine were there I'd have moved it up the road and o...
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toedtoes wrote:mike-s wrote:toedtoes wrote:The Katrina flooding was the federal government's fault. The proximate cause was bad levees. The root cause was not letting the Mississippi follow its natural course, which would be to let it flow out the Atchafalaya. Explanation.
Look back at Katrina and you'll see that a lot of the problems were due to the failure of the infrastructure.
Just wait until nature wins, and the Old River Control Structure fails. That will be a (preventable) catastrophe.
Yes. The infrastructure was messed up. They put levees where they shouldn't be and they let those levees rot. That was the proplem.
Bigger question is why isn't the cost of building and maintaining the levies directly charged to the property owners living in the area protected by the levies?
If you want to build/buy below sea level, good for you but when it fails, you should be the one who pays for it.
This would discourage people from building in silly location or they would do it right to cover the risks.
