>Total economic damages were pegged at $2.8 billion. The corps spent nearly $60 million while directly fighting the flood from March to August.
For all the whining about the East Coast and Hurricane Sandy, not a peep when it’s a southern red state. And nor should there be any comments. It’s what Americans do to keep America running.
Center, I don’t know what the budget is for the Army “Corpse”, pun intended, but they have done a very poor job over the years. Katrina was a very good example. The mighty Mississippi holds a lot of water, but they have a number of large rivers that feed into it and when there is a lot of rain upstream, it can cause troubles downstream.
seems Risk management and the insurance industry is suffering from a extremely severe lack of information with regards to Mississippi river potential flooding. This potential hazard comes from inland precipitation and flow management by many dams throughout the Midwest. Understand, This is not in any way shape or form effected by Storm surges or tidal shifts in the Gulf, even in extreme conditions as hurricanes. Willowing statements about Katrina is a bold example of apples to oranges ignorance with regards to inland hydrological flow. The Mississippi river is not a road edge gutter simply controlled by keeping a few drains clear. The corp. of Engineers has achieved feats that in scope dwarf wonders of the world such as the pyramids in Egypt. They seem to be the best in the world when it comes to this task. Their work has been probably the largest contributing factor in building the inland waterway industry. Remember the asset risk management world that you live and work in is a direct trickle down result of this. Lets not be a flea bitching about the dog it lives on.
If I were gambling with the “what if,” that might happen on that waterway, I would learn from the ones who control change and drown myself in all the information that the forecasters and scientist at the NWS. During the 2011 flood there warnings prevented around three billion dollars in damages. O.M.G.!!!!!!
mmmmmmmm more information u need to collect!
So Jeffery, it took you 10 months of thinking to post this nonsense. The Corps of Engineers is a typical bureaucracy who are not all that great and flood still happen in the Mississippi valley. A few years ago, Tunica, Mississippi was under water and that wasn’t even a major event.
>Total economic damages were pegged at $2.8 billion. The corps spent nearly $60 million while directly fighting the flood from March to August.
For all the whining about the East Coast and Hurricane Sandy, not a peep when it’s a southern red state. And nor should there be any comments. It’s what Americans do to keep America running.
Center, I don’t know what the budget is for the Army “Corpse”, pun intended, but they have done a very poor job over the years. Katrina was a very good example. The mighty Mississippi holds a lot of water, but they have a number of large rivers that feed into it and when there is a lot of rain upstream, it can cause troubles downstream.
seems Risk management and the insurance industry is suffering from a extremely severe lack of information with regards to Mississippi river potential flooding. This potential hazard comes from inland precipitation and flow management by many dams throughout the Midwest. Understand, This is not in any way shape or form effected by Storm surges or tidal shifts in the Gulf, even in extreme conditions as hurricanes. Willowing statements about Katrina is a bold example of apples to oranges ignorance with regards to inland hydrological flow. The Mississippi river is not a road edge gutter simply controlled by keeping a few drains clear. The corp. of Engineers has achieved feats that in scope dwarf wonders of the world such as the pyramids in Egypt. They seem to be the best in the world when it comes to this task. Their work has been probably the largest contributing factor in building the inland waterway industry. Remember the asset risk management world that you live and work in is a direct trickle down result of this. Lets not be a flea bitching about the dog it lives on.
If I were gambling with the “what if,” that might happen on that waterway, I would learn from the ones who control change and drown myself in all the information that the forecasters and scientist at the NWS. During the 2011 flood there warnings prevented around three billion dollars in damages. O.M.G.!!!!!!
mmmmmmmm more information u need to collect!
So Jeffery, it took you 10 months of thinking to post this nonsense. The Corps of Engineers is a typical bureaucracy who are not all that great and flood still happen in the Mississippi valley. A few years ago, Tunica, Mississippi was under water and that wasn’t even a major event.