FLOODING & how to change it.

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Roseman2 Des Moines, IA(Zone 5a) Jun 25, 2013

Every year when we get a lot of rain it floods & everytime people fill sand bags. There is a way to stop the flooding everywhere by dredging out the rivers, If the government would dredge the rivers 10 to 20 feed deep it would stop the flooding completely, The insurance company"s pay out every time it floods & it cost them millions so if they would buy some dredging machines & the ones that fill sand bags could run the machines & you wouldn't have to haul it away because they could put it back on the river banks, That's where it came from & you might even help some people get back to work. Flooding sometimes causes company's to close because they get tired or rebuilding flood after flood. I have seen last year when it was so dry you could walk across most rivers & that is the time to dredge.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Jul 03, 2013

Levee systems also work when properly installed and maintained, but I do agree that if smaller tributaries were better maintained it would alleviate some of the disasters that occur when spring thaw and heavy rains coincide.

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Roseman2 Des Moines, IA(Zone 5a) Jul 03, 2013

You can build levees But if you don't dredge the river the river banks keep falling into the river & when that happenes the water doesn't have anywhere to go but out into everyones yards. If you look at the river you will see that there is very little river bottom to go before it floods. & man has never done anything to the rivers in more than 100 years.My brother worked at NASA for many years & launched all of the satilites at Vandenberg Air Force Base & at Cape caniveral in Florida & was Division chief for all Delta Rockets, He told me that you could see from the satilites the big changes in the weather & how it effects the rivers over the years.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Jul 03, 2013

I do understand Roseman, and I was for the most part in agreement with you. Believe me, I understand rivers...I live in south Louisiana, My area is bounded by Muddy Creek, Bayou Manchac, The Diversion Canal, the Amite River and the Mississippi River, not to mention a half dozen or so smaller creeks and bayous. Flooding is no stranger to these parts.

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