Shouldn’t the bozos in the government be checking out to see how the Dutch (Mainly those brilliant Frisians) have managed to keep out the North Sea for a couple thousand years-—most of the country is below seal level.
And all those people - a mob really - that went to Holland last year on the govt (our) dime-—did they actually do anything when they got back? any follow through at all?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4597288.stm
How many miles of dikes does Holland have to maintain in comparison to the US? I think you could fit quite a few “Hollands” into the current midwest flood zone.
Given the bumper crops after 93 it’s not a good idea to protect everything 100% of the time... you will get diminishing returns. It’s better to have occasional flooding... your land gets renewed and it keeps down excessive non agricultural floodplain development which can be ridiculously expensive to insure and protect in an area the size of the current Midwest flood zone.