tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post8587577245736374995..comments2024-03-28T05:05:04.187-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Bill Crawford: Flood Spotlights Need for Strategic Policy ThinkingKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50955539667470185782020-02-24T14:01:12.619-06:002020-02-24T14:01:12.619-06:009:39 is correct. Only if 'One Lake', or a ...9:39 is correct. Only if 'One Lake', or a similar boondoggle, is DRY at the time would it be of any advantage during a flood or release from the Spillway. Otherwise any release would simply pass it by. Can we stop this insane recommendation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50777076506222119282020-02-24T11:07:44.094-06:002020-02-24T11:07:44.094-06:00How could anyone dispute your conclusion re buying...How could anyone dispute your conclusion re buying out owners of flooded homes and not allowing any future building on that low ground @ 2:00pm? That is if your data is complete and correct. <br /><br />And of course the question of who allowed that flood prone area to be developed in the first place. Flood maps seem to consider political connection$ as well as topography.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16762483670205220082020-02-24T10:08:56.486-06:002020-02-24T10:08:56.486-06:00As best I can determine, Mr. Crawford is not an en...As best I can determine, Mr. Crawford is not an engineer and has never taken a hydrology or similar course. One might be better served to listen to someone qualified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-36069711378897747302020-02-24T09:18:13.346-06:002020-02-24T09:18:13.346-06:00It's rather annoying that even minor measures ...It's rather annoying that even minor measures that wouldn't take years or bust budgets weren't considered. <br /><br />Soon after '79, it was obvious that the creeks and lakes that overflowed quickly had not been properly maintained. Even the limited, one time cleaning out of creeks helped water not rise into backyards during heavy rains as it had been doing.<br /><br />The amount of debris, some natural but worse the man-made garbage was again blocking culverts ( most of which were too small when the area was developed...weak building codes) and reducing the flow of water. <br /><br />On Lakeland , notice the culverts and grades. Where they were properly done, there were no problems.<br /><br />I'm all for an objective assessment of plans to reduce flooding, but before taking on projects that will take years to complete, it would be wise to properly repair and maintain what exists. And, wiser still, to be stringent in approval of any plans to alter areas adjacent to areas prone to flooding.<br /><br />And, when we start looking at projects, it might be smart to look at the places which have managed water well like the Netherlands. A few strategically places canals and new building codes might be cheaper and less expensive than One Lake.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-24206271346480939312020-02-24T08:46:40.911-06:002020-02-24T08:46:40.911-06:00OK here is the plan and it is less than a page.Req...OK here is the plan and it is less than a page.Require any homes restored with federal dollars to have an elevation over the Easter Flood level.Yes you can jack a brick house up. But the best plan I will call The Common Sense Plan is to quit allowing construction in the Jackson Flood Plain and destroying wetlands. The other plan is We Screwed Up and Let Developers Build in the Flood Plain and Destroy Wetlands—under this plan homeowners would be bought out and these improvements removed and the land would go back to its natural habitat and serve as a flood overflow area not flood control (which is an oxymoron—Mother Nature cant be controlled) So 10:47 the flooding issue has been tackled.Now the future leaders can move on to solve the real big issues.Funding for these studies can be made by starting a Go Fund account for Turtle Lives Matter—(credit to a previous poster)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46222254037913053542020-02-23T22:07:04.900-06:002020-02-23T22:07:04.900-06:00I'm guessing we are going to wait another 40 y...I'm guessing we are going to wait another 40 years to tackle the flooding issue.<br /><br />It will take a leader to fix this problem, and there is no leader in sight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-2374400302044191272020-02-23T21:39:54.042-06:002020-02-23T21:39:54.042-06:00only if One Lake is dry at the time.only if One Lake is dry at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-58238231050219551732020-02-23T18:03:57.068-06:002020-02-23T18:03:57.068-06:00Again, here's the corollary to One Lake:
If ...Again, here's the corollary to One Lake: <br /><br />If 450 cars (flood waters) are headed south on the interstate between Canton and Jackson, with hundreds more behind them between Durant and Gluckstadt, the best way to address the problem is to have thirty of them pull off at the Madison exit ramp (One Lake). <br /><br />Congestion (flooding) problem solved, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72080296479894179602020-02-23T15:43:01.884-06:002020-02-23T15:43:01.884-06:00That's a big 10-4 and amen to @2:00!
The peopl...That's a big 10-4 and amen to @2:00!<br />The people that think that 1-lake will help flood control are the same people that think dredging the reservoir will help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-10319801081575498202020-02-23T14:48:30.354-06:002020-02-23T14:48:30.354-06:00Proverbs 29;18(KJV)-"Where there is no vision...Proverbs 29;18(KJV)-"Where there is no vision, the people perish..." Jackson, Mississippi, and the U.S. have no vision. Nor does the rest of the world. And that doesn't bode well for any of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-51346726400259568862020-02-23T14:00:46.196-06:002020-02-23T14:00:46.196-06:00Calling One Lake "flood control" is a sm...Calling One Lake "flood control" is a smoke screen for a project that would enrichen a few greedy people with OUR MONEY.<br /><br />$375,000,000 divided by 500 homes flooded would provide $750,000 per homeowner, oR $375,000 for 1,000 homeowners.<br /><br />Beef up the levee system, but building a shallow lake for flood control? GTFOOH. It would not even have a real dam, but rather a weir. <br /><br />IT'S A SCAM! <br /><br />FIX THE FRIGGIN' ROADS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE if y'all feel so generous!<br /><br />Flood Control - No Friggin' Way!http://www.maga.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-7903331494653185542020-02-23T13:03:25.431-06:002020-02-23T13:03:25.431-06:00Oh and one more thing @11:25 I’m not a white envir...Oh and one more thing @11:25 I’m not a white environmental liberal——just a RINO that pays a lot of taxes due to wasteful federal government spending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-28198660159737096902020-02-23T13:00:29.054-06:002020-02-23T13:00:29.054-06:00@11: 25 Why didn’t you respond to @10:26 ???Is it ...@11: 25 Why didn’t you respond to @10:26 ???Is it too hard to comprehend that relocation out of the flood plain and having no future cost for levee and pump maintenance and still having money left over is a better and permanent plan? Maybe cause nobody would pay you to pimp their project. Getting those black and brown people out of previously flooded houses that will be hard to resell or get good loans is the most humane thing to do. It is very obvious by the news coverage that black and brown people were the most damaged. Wonder why??Could it be they were the most vulnerable to buy in those areas that rich white folks avoided. Maybe its like the plantation owners in the lower delta using the innocent flood victims last year telling them that they would not have had in floodwater had they built the pumps.. Anyone ever see a rich plantation owners house flood?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-70629504123637055292020-02-23T12:25:41.598-06:002020-02-23T12:25:41.598-06:00Ladd completely unhinged on NextDoor about One Lak...Ladd completely unhinged on NextDoor about One Lake. Her need to control freaky the discussion is maniacal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22622228534298019892020-02-23T11:25:33.681-06:002020-02-23T11:25:33.681-06:00There are a bunch of white enviromental liberals w...There are a bunch of white enviromental liberals who would gladly sacrifice the financial security and physical well-being of black and brown people for turtles and fish. The people who are in the most need of flood control right now are black and brown people in Jackson. They live in the most affected areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-54646637864413566762020-02-23T10:26:47.710-06:002020-02-23T10:26:47.710-06:00One lake is not a flood control project. The selle...One lake is not a flood control project. The sellers of the plan will tell you it will solve the road/bridge/ water/sewer/ flooding/ COVID 19 or anything else you need fixed. It is a private project that wants federal/state funds to reward a few property owners. Ask the Corps of Engineers or an independent 3rd party how to build a flood control project. The only educated advocates for One Lake are the ones getting paid to advocate for it. <br /><br />For the cost of the One Lake project, you could purchase all the homes in the flood zone In Jackson and relocate the property owners. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-53916585165925304452020-02-23T10:24:17.037-06:002020-02-23T10:24:17.037-06:00"The only ray of hope I see is Lt. Gov. Delbe..."The only ray of hope I see is Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann. He gets it."<br /><br />Meaning he is willing, perhaps eager, to raise the fuel tax. Politicians will start taking the long look as soon as the voters make them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com