Amazing Flood Protection

[quick128]

It almost brings a tear to your eye to think about how hard these guys are working to save this farm. I hope they make it.

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/man-builds-moat-to-save-home-from-flooding/206r7g43?rel=msn&cpkey=d61198dd-39fb-45a6-b52e-07556846c6a3%7Criver%20flood%7Cmsn%7C

 

[ptschram]

Is it a moat or a rampart? Levee? Berm?

I don't think it's a moat though.

 

[ArmyRover]

Doesn't matter what you call it, his insurance agent should be buying him one hell of a bottle of booze. Also should be bringing him diesel to keep that tractor running.

 

[az_max]

I hope those people aren't staying in those homes, or they have a good evac plan.

 

[scottsdalerrc]

wow

 

[garrett]

When will people learn not to build in flood plains? Whether it's a 50 or 100 year. Maybe even the US Army Corp will come around one day and realize the levees have done more harm than good. Just ask the folks of N.O.

This is no different than the homes that get destroyed along the beaches each year by hurricanes. It's Russian roulette.

Kudos to them for having the will and determination though.

 

[az_max]

New Orleans should have been filled in to above ground level and rebuilt. Buy a mountain in N dakota and ship it down the rivers to NO and start filling in the land. Call it New New Orleans.

 

[garrett]

NO has many issues working against it. The levee system in place only adds makes those issues worse. Distribution of sediment to Gulf, increasing rate of water, etc, etc, etc. Tear them down and let nature fix this. These are not "natural disasters", but rather human disasters as we create them.

The US Army Corp has a different way of looking at things. At least they did quite some time ago. Maybe times have changed and they realize they can't undo what they fucked up.

 

[leeawalden]

My buddy sent that video to me a few weeks ago, its pretty close to his duck club on the White...I think I posted the video in the other thread on MS flooding. He was saying that there are a lot of people that build levees around their house down there.


I like The Max approach to fixing nola

 

[jim-00-4.6]

When will people learn not to build in flood plains?

If my house gets flooded like that, the rest of the country will be under a mile & a half of water.
I probably won't be able to collect on flood insurance in that case.

 

[Drillbit]

NO has many issues working against it. The levee system in place only adds makes those issues worse. Distribution of sediment to Gulf, increasing rate of water, etc, etc, etc. Tear them down and let nature fix this. These are not "natural disasters", but rather human disasters as we create them.

The US Army Corp has a different way of looking at things. At least they did quite some time ago. Maybe times have changed and they realize they can't undo what they fucked up.

What do you expect from a city built by the French?

 

[Timmy!!!!!!!]

The French screwed up this city.

 

[garrett]

What do you expect from a city built by the French?

It's in the south. What do you expect.

 

[apg]

This is no different than the homes that get destroyed along the beaches each year by hurricanes. It's Russian roulette.

...and it's federally subsidized. Flood insurance is great in concept - except when the same folks use it a half-dozen times or more to rebuild in the same place. Isn't that the 'textbook' definition of insanity? Repeating the same action expecting a different outcome.... Flood insurance should be a one-time thing and unavailable for ocean-front properties.

 

[J. Toronado]

i wonder what it cost to build that levee around his home? there are some businesses down here in natchez, ms that have spent close to a half million bucks to build their own levees to keep the miss river out. maybe he built it himself w a cat.

 

[knewsom]

The French screwed up this city.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Tim, but didn't the French build on about the only part of the city that's not flood-prone? I seem to remember hearing during the Katrina flood that the French Quarter was about the only part that was not waterlogged...