why do we let building continue in a delta???

[working dog]

just because we made the mistake before why don't we learn that its not right for the environment to build in a delta!!!  it also cost us so much money..and there seem to be some folks that feel entitled to live right in the delta...here we go again.....billy

[LadyHep]

I agree it's very sad.

[flcyclist]

Most homeowners don't have the background and available resources necessary to understand the possible consequences of 50 or 100 year rainfalls and storm surges due to hurricanes and tropical storms.   We trust that civil engineers have designed communities to be built at proper elevations to avoid most flooding events, but sometimes mistakes are made and the finger pointing begins.  In FL, I've recently seen major flooding after a 15 inch rainfall that was due to poor engineering.  The homeowners know now, but had no clue this could occur prior to this tropical storm.  The situation in New Orleans is very different.  Everyone knew this was a fishbowl and it was just a matter of time until the levees were breached.  Very sad to see it happening again.

[dontworry_behappy1]

The city planners and building department who allowed developers to
build homes in flood zones.  Building structures is one thing...... building
homes is a flood zone is just plain stupidity.  Homes should never be
built or sold in known flood zones.  Shouldn't be there in the first place
to sell to new home buyers.  What a rip off.

[Proactive]

the developers, the bankers, the government, easy Al, helicopter Ben, plenty of blame to go around.  The home buyer bares no responsibly in their actions and decisions?  

[orphanedhawk]

I blame developers who are in it for the bucks. This happens everywhere, not just there. The build in flood plains, knowing they'll have their money and be gone before the homeowners have to deal with the eventual problem.

[Susan_1a_CC]

Hey Billy,

Welcome to the human condition ;) !  

Why do we do so many of the things that we do when it's not really in our best interest?  If we, the human race, actually learned from our mistakes we'd be living in a very different world.  Not that we never learn but sometimes we just want to belly-ache without changing a thing and other times we do course correct...  If you read back over the course of human history it's both amazing and somewhat reassuring that we've made it this far.

Hope you are doing great.