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| The Tridge in Midland, Michigan flooded too. The water is receding there, but not elsewhere. |
bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "WELS and the Episcopalian Liberals Love to Excommu...":
Why the flooding on the Mississippi and other places is bankrupting the US--FEMA continues to fix up flooded houses instead of demolishing them.
In towns, the majority of residents has a vote for a buy out, and prove that it is cheaper for FEMA to buy them out rather than just fix up the flooded houses flood after flood. Some towns are so backwards that they don't ever fill out the necessary forms, and in other towns, the majority don't want the flooded out residents to leave, but rather rebuild, or at least someone else rebuild in the same spot. If FEMA buys out a house, no one can rebuild there again. Thus, it's pure selfishness on the part of those residents who want to stay, and it's helping to bankrupt America:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/161305/dutchtown-mo-under-siege-by-river-seeks-government-buyout/
But in order for that money to arrive, towns must prove that flooding is frequent and devastating enough for a buyout to be cost-effective, and Dutchtown hasn't filed a suitable one yet, said Melissa Janssen, mitigation branch chief for the FEMA region that includes Missouri.
Another southeast Missouri town, Morehouse, also considered a buyout after the 2011 flood but opted against it, even though 75 homes were so badly damaged they had to be demolished.
Mayor Pete Leija said city officials were put off by FEMA's prohibition of rebuilding on bought-out land.
"We don't need property all over town just sitting idle," Leija said.
