Since 1927, the federal government has been paying for flowage easements to create this floodway. These farmers have already been compensated for this through years of payments. This flooding helped to limit the damage up and down the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers.
When will we understand that the destruction of farmland and farmers will eventually lead to starvation. If we continue to ignore our farms, we will end up like the people starving in Africa. Instead of feeding the world, they will have to feed us. Oil won't be the only thing we will have to import. I would much rather have seen Cairo flooded than all that productive farmland. Houses in towns are much easier to rebuild than repairing or replacing soil that has taken hundreds of years to create.
I feel for the people that live in that region but you have one has to realize this is the consequences when buying land or living in a natural flood plain that was developed almost 100 years ago. It's like living on the New Madrid fault and expecting to never have a earth tremor or earthquake.
Some say this was a uncalled for act, but how many lives did it save? Which is more important in life? Farm land, homes, immaterial items...is life immaterial?
think about it and let me know.
lucygothic 1 month ago
Since 1927, the federal government has been paying for flowage easements to create this floodway. These farmers have already been compensated for this through years of payments. This flooding helped to limit the damage up and down the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers.
SEMOyogi1 5 months ago
When will we understand that the destruction of farmland and farmers will eventually lead to starvation. If we continue to ignore our farms, we will end up like the people starving in Africa. Instead of feeding the world, they will have to feed us. Oil won't be the only thing we will have to import. I would much rather have seen Cairo flooded than all that productive farmland. Houses in towns are much easier to rebuild than repairing or replacing soil that has taken hundreds of years to create.
emaureena 5 months ago 4
I feel for the people that live in that region but you have one has to realize this is the consequences when buying land or living in a natural flood plain that was developed almost 100 years ago. It's like living on the New Madrid fault and expecting to never have a earth tremor or earthquake.
Beatlemania63 5 months ago
Some say this was a uncalled for act, but how many lives did it save? Which is more important in life? Farm land, homes, immaterial items...is life immaterial?
Beatlemania63 5 months ago
Very sad and pretty stupid on the part of the Corps of US Army Engineers
twshain 5 months ago
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whayni1 5 months ago