The Interstate Flood Control PipelineYou never heard of the Interstate Flood Control Pipeline? That's because there isn't one. Yet. Moving along from there: FloodIt's the same every spring: floods in the Midwest. Live are lost. Property damage is in the tens of millions. DroughtAt the same time, the South and Southwest suffer long-term drought. In California's central valley the vines wither, and farms become wasteland. There's nothing local about the cost of flood or drought. Entire industries are affected. Food costs go up, as do the costs of building and transportation. Warehousing becomes in short supply, gas and electric demands increase, roads and bridges must be replaced, the list is endless. Whether flood or drought, it's lose-lose for everybody. 2 + 2 = ? One part of the country suffers floods, another part suffers drought. Can we put 2 and 2 together? Move the water from where it's not wanted, to where is is. Dig a ditch. The Interstate Flood Control PipelineOr better, dig a ditch and put some pipe in it, then fill the ditch. Any decent civil engineer could sketch it out during coffee breaks. Catchments receive flood waters. Underground pipelines north to south, and east to west. All created in open areas, minimal disturbance to existing buildings and highways. Of course somebody's going to say it's hard. It's hard, and it costs too much. But this is untrue. The real cost is the damage caused by flood and drought. Year after year, lives lost and property destroyed. We built the Erie Canal and the Panama Canal. And by the way we put men on the moon. So here's somebody saying we can't dig a ditch and lay in some pipe? Dig the ditch. Lay the pipe. End the misery. Are we America, or are we a bunch of clods who don't fix the roof because it's not raining? Of course, the answer to that question depends on how smart we are. – USofStupid – |