[Mean Daddy]

We have friends whose house is still under water and destroyed because of this travesty.

[Robert A Cook PE]

What is this “political appointee’s” background?

Engineer?
Lab or testing?
Theoretical? hydrology (math, programming, computer?
Professor?
Environmental?
Lib arts -
“personnel”?
political “science”?
Affirmative action?
Activist?
Lawyer?

Ran an Obama local voter registration project?

[G Larry]

“The way the manual is written, that’s always the target. It’s not like we have a target here or there depending on wet or dry years.”

Enviro-whackos rewrote the manual in 2006, and now use it as an excuse not to think.

[TYVets]

"The Clinton administration threw its support behind the change, officially shifting the priorities of the Missouri River dam system from flood control, facilitation of commercial traffic, and recreation to habitat restoration, wetlands preservation, and culturally sensitive and sustainable biodiversity."

Thanks to Senator Tom Daschle [D - South Dakota] flood control by the Missouri River Dams was no longer the top priority.

"The Corps is dancing to the chanting of American Rivers, the Sierra Club, and numerous other left-of-center environmental lobbying groups, working toward "reconnecting the river to its floodplain." According to this green-trendy concept, a slow, meandering river poses no threat -- only the channelized "ditch" created by man's interference is dangerous."

The people living along the Missouri River are no longer important, it is the wacko environmentalists that control the Missouri River.

[gleeaikin]

I remember hearing last winter that the snow pack was huge. I wondered at the time whether this would help replenish the shrinking Ogalala Aquifer. On the other hand, the Army Corp of Engineers has created some serious problems over the years with poorly planned levees, badly planned protection in New Orleans, and creating straight channels where before there were meandering rivers. However, to neglect planning for a heavy snow pack, is beyond stupid.

[unixfox]

Even the Corps headquarters in Washington warned Ms. Farhat about the growing danger. She dismissed their concerns.

Rule 1:

Never put/trust a woman in charge that puts "Ms." before her name.

[dennisw]

Ms. Jody Farhat -— Obviously a total incompetent affirmative action appointment. Plus she seems to be a civilian honcho within the Army Core of Engineers? Plenty of dumb guys could have messed up this situation too but she’s a failed affirmative action appointment.

People have lost millions due to this idiot.