Anyone here live in a flood prone area?

Does anyone here tend to expect to fill sandbags every rainy season?

I have an idea for flood control, and I am curious if anyone in here has to regulary concern themselves with flooding.

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LAN

 

Howdie Doodie LANMaster. I live on the edge of a flood plain which is the Red River Valley area of southern Manitoba, it's only a few miles away. You being from the US of A might be interested in dealing with folks from your side of the border, like in North Dakota as they are in the same situation. From the Int'l border south to Fargo is very susceptible to flooding and this year history could repeat itself. It's only my opinion but with all the rain we / they had before freeze-up and the piles of snow we / they are getting the beach could end up in smack dab in the middle of North America. The last biggie was in 1997 and they called it " The Flood of The Century." Here is a link that may help. You could also Google for Grand Forks, N.D. flood of 1997. It really hit them hard.

 

Hidey Ho, Wimpy.

Thanks for the info!

I'mhoping to get someone who lives near the Mississippi River. But let me know if you want to have a gander at my idea anyway.

 

No if it floods here it is because the Folsom dam gave way and sand bags will not help when it floods the whole town http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=882 but it has also helps to keep us from flooding.

 

Sure I would like you have a peek.
I know the Mighty Mississippi is a big river but so is the Red River flowing past Fargo and Grand Forks. Someday it's a'gonna flood again.

 

The idea mostly deals with slow rising water, not flash flooding.

 

Yes indeedy , the idiots built the town where a large river is joined by 2 large creeks Nice town though . The original pioneers must have been

 

I'm pretty sure we'll have another huge flood this Wimpy. The amount of water in the ground was high, since we had so much rain this summer. Plus we have ALOT of snow this year...but the real problem isn't the water we have...but the precipitation and amount of water coming up from the south.

Fortunately, with the Z-Dike, and the floodway, we 'should' be better prepared than in '97.

Of course...if the town I live in ever floods...there will be no more Winnipeg...hehe.

 

Gib's I'm shocked you're turning floods into Wimpy's. I have been saying the same thing. Lots of moisture when the ground froze, lots of snow here and more down south that our US friends are going to send our way. That darn drainage ditch from Devils Lake,N.D. is almost done and thats going to come our way as well. If they want water so bad in California and Arizona why don't they send it there. *light goes on* Oh I know why.The Yanks only want clean water.

 

quick answer,

1> yes
2> they do
3> insurance is a beeyatch !

 

What if the feds were to start buying up land to eventually create the "Mississippi River Flood Plain National Park".

 

FEMA loves to buy up flood plain land, especially around the Mississippi. Two problems:

1) People are stubborn. "I've lived here for 34 years and I'm not lettin' the gubment tell me where I can live!"

2) FEMA keeps getting their funding cut. I usually stand behind our President, but on this, I have to say

 

Right, but most property will come up for sale eventually, within one or two generations. FEMA could just be in the market over the long haul and maybe in sixty or eighty years have depopulated the area enough to break the dikes and levees. The restored flood plain would then make flooding less severe in the populated areas.

 

You're so right that I almost passed out from all the rightness.

Dams and levees become more and more threatening the older they get. You can't replace a dam! And levees could eventually lead to a river not "aging" properly. I hope you're right about the flood plains to the Mississippi being bought out in a couple of generations. Viva Las Floodplains!

 

Just think of it! One hundred years from now, a few million acres of land going wild, teeming with wildlife. LuckyStrike Jr. and WetChicken Jr. could go hunting together.