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Originally Posted by cffisher

As bad as all this is from what they say on the news most of or all of the people effected by the leve being opened are told every year that they could get flooded. They choose to buy and stay.

Yes, that is right to a degree, but this year the COE blew out a functioning levee in an effort to protect Quincy, IL from even more flooding. Those people affected by the new holes in the levee, which were intentional and man made, have filed lawsuits against the Federal Government, and rightly so. The levee was protecting their land, and the COE looked at the lesser of two evils and blew the levee, so those who were flooded by that action deserve restitution, IMO.

Southwest Missouri here,all the creeks and rivers were up. They had water in places i have never seen it before. ive been here since the mid 80s. Had to drive 41 miles to work instead of 26 for a few days. We are lucky enough to live up on the hill. Hope everyone is safe from the water.

Originally Posted by rspears

Yes, that is right to a degree, but this year the COE blew out a functioning levee in an effort to protect Quincy, IL from even more flooding. Those people affected by the new holes in the levee, which were intentional and man made, have filed lawsuits against the Federal Government, and rightly so. The levee was protecting their land, and the COE looked at the lesser of two evils and blew the levee, so those who were flooded by that action deserve restitution, IMO.

And I wholeheartedly agree.