Pierre the Great Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Development Rises on St. Louis Area Flood Plains A goose swims by a 23-foot figure of William Clark that is surrounded by the waters of the Mississippi River along the St. Louis riverfront. “We will continue to build even more,” Ms. Nunn said. Faith in the levees seems to trump other concerns here. The floods of 1993 killed 38 people and caused $16 billion in damage across the Midwest. More than 500 counties were declared federal disaster areas. “It’s not going to flood here for another 100 years,” Mr. Snider said, “and I won’t be around by then.” “If history tells us anything, it’s that levees once built eventually fail,” Professor Pinter said. “But instead of being farmland there, now it’s a strip mall or residential area, or a whole city.” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/us/15flood.html?hp Chesterfield Valley the Next New Orleans, mark it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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