The majority of the flood damage suffered by Iowa (and others in the Midwest)residents, agricultural, commercial and industrial concerns was caused, directly, by the failure of levees. The failure of the majority of those levees was due to “over-topping” or similar modes. Full scale repairs and improvements to these systems are decades away. Even with those repairs in place, the likelyhood of flood events overcoming existing structures is high.
The $10 billion cost from this years flooding in the Midwest, could easily have been cut in half with an expenditure of $10 million in preparation and training.
Efforts to reinforce levees with sandbags and other earth, dirt and clay failed and their performance is unlikely to improve during the next flood event. In an era that now has proven, technologically advanced, systems that are more effective, provide greater protection, require less than one tenth the resources and manpower, and can be reused multiple times, there is no excuse (and much to recommend it) for delaying upgrading the emergency flood barrier response capabilities across the country.
There are others, but you can view one such technologically advanced emergency flood barrier system at http://www.floodwalls.com.
In the period since 2000 the number of flood events, when compared to the decade following 1950, has increased a multiple of 12 times. Inaction and delay must not be tolerated any longer. A robust efficient response mechanism is needed to provide emergency flood protection in every community that is threatened by flooding. That response capability can be provide for far less cost than the current method of sandbag brigades with the tremendous drain on man power, resources, time, environmental impact and their long term negative health impact.
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Well, the floodgates have been opened. Now, no matter what happens, every disaster, minor or major, the effected will be expecting a handout.
The majority of the flood damage suffered by Iowa (and others in the Midwest)residents, agricultural, commercial and industrial concerns was caused, directly, by the failure of levees. The failure of the majority of those levees was due to “over-topping” or similar modes. Full scale repairs and improvements to these systems are decades away. Even with those repairs in place, the likelyhood of flood events overcoming existing structures is high.
The $10 billion cost from this years flooding in the Midwest, could easily have been cut in half with an expenditure of $10 million in preparation and training.
Efforts to reinforce levees with sandbags and other earth, dirt and clay failed and their performance is unlikely to improve during the next flood event. In an era that now has proven, technologically advanced, systems that are more effective, provide greater protection, require less than one tenth the resources and manpower, and can be reused multiple times, there is no excuse (and much to recommend it) for delaying upgrading the emergency flood barrier response capabilities across the country.
There are others, but you can view one such technologically advanced emergency flood barrier system at http://www.floodwalls.com.
In the period since 2000 the number of flood events, when compared to the decade following 1950, has increased a multiple of 12 times. Inaction and delay must not be tolerated any longer. A robust efficient response mechanism is needed to provide emergency flood protection in every community that is threatened by flooding. That response capability can be provide for far less cost than the current method of sandbag brigades with the tremendous drain on man power, resources, time, environmental impact and their long term negative health impact.