Missouri River flooding

  • herb
    6ft under
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    July 9, 2011 at 10:22 am #1272979

    I guess the flood is over with, eh? Nothing in the papers or on the tv news about it for quite a while now.

    CornHunka
    Posts: 42
    July 9, 2011 at 11:54 am #979406

    Over?? I don’t think so. In fact, some of the places that are under water now along the Nebraska/Iowa border, will still be under for months.

    herb
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    July 9, 2011 at 2:33 pm #979428

    I know I know. Just kind of irks me we don’t see anything on how the people are doing and what is going to happen to them when the water goes down.
    But we all know about the travesty of an unpopular verdict down in Florida though. yeah

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    July 9, 2011 at 4:09 pm #979439

    Maybe if there was rioting, raping, and pillaging the Media would give it some coverage??? Or Jesse Jackson claiming lack of FEMA response was due to racial biggotry?

    Wonder if the Feds will send millions to rebuild towns that are basically inhabited by farmers and blue collar midwesterners?

    herb
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    July 9, 2011 at 4:47 pm #979444

    There was a pretty good FEMA response here in SE Ia in ’08. Although there was a tremendous amount of confusion on FEMA’s part, or the lack of training for those working for FEMA.
    One big difference is the amount of time for warnings for the Missouri River flood. I hope most all the flood victims had a chance to beat the 30 day deadline to get the flood insurance.

    mbenson
    Minocqua, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3842
    July 9, 2011 at 5:26 pm #979458

    herb:

    I love the name change!!!

    Mark

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    July 9, 2011 at 6:35 pm #979470

    I hear ya Herb, seems like just the popular “chic” topics are covered and the news thats important is out the window most the time. They had a nuclear plant close to going under in Omaha a few weeks back and you don’t hear a single thing about that eigther, sounds like thier priorities are mixed up, or is that they can pull in more listeners reporting the “chic” news.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    July 10, 2011 at 1:42 am #979534

    Quote:

    There was a pretty good FEMA response here in SE Ia in ’08. Although there was a tremendous amount of confusion on FEMA’s part, or the lack of training for those working for FEMA.
    One big difference is the amount of time for warnings for the Missouri River flood. I hope most all the flood victims had a chance to beat the 30 day deadline to get the flood insurance.

    not much luck cause once a flood is “in progress” good luck getting anything paid, even after the 30 day period.

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