Flood disasters are always old news.
We’re about to see the biggest Lower Mississippi flood in history. Parts of Memphis are being evacuated, and the Mississipi Delta may be in for the worst it’s ever seen. Terrorists who could never match these floods dominate the front page. Tornadoes,...
Giving and taking at Birds Point. Levees for Libertarians?
The Cape Girardeau-based Southeast Missourian has done a good job during this flood, and today published a news article mentioning flood easements. But it should have been on the Op-Ed page. While acknowledging the 80-year old history and controversy over compensating...
Birds Point myths, and shame on the New York Times
Late last night the Army Corps of Engineers (COE) blew a hole in the Birds Point levee breaking windows (according to NPR) in a building where people living in the Birds Point – New Madrid Floodway had gathered to commiserate. Press coverage is terrible. Today a New...