Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Why I listen to NPR, part 10
Fine report by Debbie Elliott on this year's Miss flood.
Strongly emphasizes common sense:
Floodplains are good farmland because they flood sometimes. Areas that never flood never get new topsoil. If you prevent all floods you eliminate farmland.
Also emphasizes the legacy of Hoover and FDR, who got the system of levees and dams built. If Hoover and FDR had been like today's idiot politicians, they would have handed trillions to Wall Street to reward it for the 1929 crash. Because Hoover and FDR were NOT like today's idiots, they spent large amounts of money creating a public infrastructure that made agricultural and industrial progress possible.
One old lady in Greenville summed it up nicely: "In '27 they were resilient and resourceful, everybody had a boat. Now nobody has a boat, it's all just blind panic."
Yup. ¶ 6:18 PM
Strongly emphasizes common sense:
Floodplains are good farmland because they flood sometimes. Areas that never flood never get new topsoil. If you prevent all floods you eliminate farmland.
Also emphasizes the legacy of Hoover and FDR, who got the system of levees and dams built. If Hoover and FDR had been like today's idiot politicians, they would have handed trillions to Wall Street to reward it for the 1929 crash. Because Hoover and FDR were NOT like today's idiots, they spent large amounts of money creating a public infrastructure that made agricultural and industrial progress possible.
One old lady in Greenville summed it up nicely: "In '27 they were resilient and resourceful, everybody had a boat. Now nobody has a boat, it's all just blind panic."
Yup. ¶ 6:18 PM
