Moemg
Gone but not forgotten
I hope all of our members are okay and not being affected by the floods . We have not heard from Goonie in a while .
I hope all of our members are okay and not being affected by the floods . We have not heard from Goonie in a while .
My father worked for the COE back when they were constructing flood control systems. He would would be almost 100, were he still alive. I teethed on a slide rule and when I was old enough to ask what he did at the office he gave me an education in hydrology. Late in his life he would go almost ballistic when he reviewed the condition of the dike systems he helped design. Before sliding into dementia he made me promise not to EVER buy land in the lower Mississippi system, particularly New Orleans.
I feel the pain for the businesses, residents, and communities impacted by the flooding. I just wish you had known enough to avoid that risk.
Those of us that have been born & raised in river towns are usually aware of the fact that the rivers and their tributaries will do exactly as they darn well please. And though we may be able to do some things to avert and/or alleviate some of the associated flooding problems, we also know and realize that "Old Man River" is, and always will be, the "Man In-Charge" and will ALWAYS have the ultimate say so!
The advice from us born-n-bred river rats......play in and along the water all you please.......but build your shack where it'll stay high & dry! Oh yeah, and don't build your shack in a low lying ag field!
.....30 yrs in New Orleans.
Live on a hill(big hill) Missouri side where I can look across the wide Missouri and wave at 'flat' Kansas.
heh heh heh -
Speaking of TX, do y'all think you can build a nice, fat pipeline to drain all your excess water down here?My sister lived in NOLA for almost 35 years, then moved to [-]the Land of Oz[/-] Kansas after Katrina.....her home was totally unscathed by Katrina or it's side effects. Now she doesn't have to worry about hurricanes and flooding.......just tornadoes, dust storms, hail storms, wind storms, ice storms, heavy rain, and blizzards. Makes Kansas sound almost as alluring as TX.
My sister lived in NOLA for almost 35 years, then moved to [-]the Land of Oz[/-] Kansas after Katrina.....her home was totally unscathed by Katrina or it's side effects. Now she doesn't have to worry about hurricanes and flooding.......just tornadoes, dust storms, hail storms, wind storms, ice storms, heavy rain, and blizzards. Makes Kansas sound almost as alluring as TX.