Ethanol the cause of the severity of Iowa flooding??

[Cyclone62]

Originally Posted by CloneIce

That's not even close to a correct representation of the situation.

But it is very close to a sarcastic response to the situation.

[CloneIce]

Originally Posted by jdoggivjc

My wife said something about a conversation she had yesterday about how a number of levees, at least along the Mississippi, but possibly across the Midwest, were supposed to be inspected after the flood of 1993 to make sure they were capable of standing up to another flood of that kind of magnitude. Apparently 15 years later and most of them never were. I don't know how accurate this statement is or whether it would have made a difference anyway considering just how bad the flooding was in certain areas this year, but considering the number of levees that have just given away during this flood that's the rumor that's going around now anyway.

These levees that were supposed to be improved... well they likely would have been if the money was available.

Everyone wants to have improved flood control, roads, utilities, etc... but all that costs alot of money. Nobody likes more taxes, I sure don't. Most municipal bodies would love to have all the money available to solve every problem, but barely have the money to solve a fraction of the worst problems.

[Wx4Cy]

Originally Posted by Cyclone62

But it is very close to a sarcastic response to the situation.

Thank you...

[CYKOFAN]

Good post Cloneice. Of course there is going to be more run off with less set aside farmland, but you can't blame farmers for planting more with grain prices the way they are. Unfortunately it's just another negative about corn ethanol, which has enough already.