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It is high time the US starts building good flood protection

Should more money be reserved for building sea and river defenses?

  • Yes, at any reasonable cost even if it raises taxes

    Votes: 6 26.1%

  • Yes, at any reasonable cost, but through savings in defense/other government expenses

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes, but how that has to be paid I do not know

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • No, it costs too much to do that even if it costs lives of floods towns

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • I do not know, I do not know enough about this issue

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I do not care, I do not live in a flood risk area, I am selfish but at least I am honest

    Votes: 3 13.0%

  • Other ….................. (please explain)

    Votes: 11 47.8%
  • Total voters
    23
PeteEU said:
The people who are against progress for the most part in the US are the GOP. It was the GOP with their banking allies that prevented changing rules to protect the consumer. It is the GOP that says climate change is not real, and yet now Houston is flooded.

I have nothing against the US, in fact I admire quite a bit. However I refuse to stay silent over the boneheaded mostly GOP promoted policies and ideas that do not work and never will.
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Lmao!

That isn't a partisan response. Not at all.




The crowd is not the sum of its parts.

I am a republican who did not vote for Trump (Or Hillary).
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apdst said:
I live in central Louisiana. In the hills, where it doesn't flood.
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Flood and erosion controls impact you quite a bit more than keeping your feet dry. We are all dependent on large amounts of infrastructure for modern life. Louisiana could not have built this infrastructure without a great deal of work by the Army Core. Otherwise Electricity, Plumbing, Transportation, Internet, etc... would all be subjected to the whims of the Mississippi.

Take a look at the way the Mississippi has moved:
https://www.visualnews.com/2011/09/24/vintage-maps-trace-the-meandering-mississippi/

Again... there's a case to be made for living with rather than fighting against the forces of Mother Nature. But, it's difficult to see how Louisiana would survive under such a philosophy.
 
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