Posted by Matt from CT on June 20, 2008 at 21:13:31 from (68.245.80.69):
In Reply to: OT: Iowa Flooding posted by E.B. Haymakin' on June 20, 2008 at 18:34:29:
The floods will continue to worsen. Not necessarily because of "climate change." Road get wider, driveways get paved, mall parking lots get built, farm fields get tiled -- the rain we get runs off faster and into rivers whose bottoms keep getting higher as they naturally silt in.
The Federal government to reduce future losses should look towards buying more flooding rights along the rivers.
Build a two-tier system of levees. A short levee near the river that prevents the 1-in-5 year or 1-in-10 year flood, and a larger levee further out for the 1-in-100 year flood. No building between the 100 and 10 year levees, and years the 10 year levee is over-topped reimburse for losses similiar to crop insurance. Maybe just buy the land outright and lease back for farming, with the lease priced so the farmer assumes the risk (i.e. it's cheaper to lease it, farmer can figure out if you'll take the risk and go for a bigger profit in good years or buy insurance in case it's a flood year).
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