Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
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.