if the feds couldn't or didn't get to (in order to inspect)? I am curious if they are saying that these levees weren't inspected by the feds, therefore it's the fed's fault? I would think that if these levees were constructed by levee associations and/or private individuals, that with all of the money spent in building these structures, that some sort of inspection would have been done, to ensure that the structures were in fact, capable of doing their job to begin with.
Some levees were inspected by the Corp, I'm curious as to what the evaluations then would have said about the evaluated levees, e.g., build them higher, they are okay as is, etc.?
Of course we all know that some of the causes of this flooding is the narrowing of the actual river channels that would have, in the past, allowed the flood waters to be more effectively handled. This narrowing of the river channel to supposedly control the river(s) more to allow shipping and/or open up more farm land instead allowed more dangerous flooding to occur, so in a way, these farmers are part of the problem too (as well as society demands too, such as safeguarding our roadways, homes, cities, etc., the whole thing).
I know in years previous, they have opened up additional channels for floodwaters to flow too, when the waters are too much for existing channels (in the southern states), this helps the floodwaters currently in the river system(s) to flow faster towards the ocean, thus helping the entire system in handling the flood waters.
I am curious if they have such an agreement too with farmers/ranchers, to open up a series of levels to allow flood waters in to relieve pressure off of river structures (of course the Corps would compensate the farmers/ranchers for losses)?
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