No doubt. Which is why I referred to the decision as heartbreaking.
It was gonna hurt, no matter what they did.
Yes. I do not by any means minimize the sacrifice the farmers made. I have a friend who was trying to make the case: Well, their stuff is are insured, they have crop insurance, blah, blah... I told her (she’s always moved about & rented & never owned property beyond a car) that she doesn’t understand that even if you can get every dollar in that insurance back, if you have put your life into a place, there is so much you can’t get back. There are things that money can never really compensate.
That’s why I think this guy is a hero:
(Skip the 1st 1:30 — the report has so many facts wrong
that it’s not even funny.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W0WEE3V2I0&NR=1
I’m only about 30 miles away from Birds Point: The levee blast sounded like medium loud thunder here! I intend to drive around the floodway area maybe in August of the next 2 or 3 years and see how things are going there. I know there’s not anything I can do to help, but maybe I can be there in spirit for people who sacrificed so much to help people in the area I’m in.
(Sorry, all, to go OT & mushy, but it seemed important to say...)