Broken Levees

Earlier I posted about not building your house in a flood plain. You know, those areas that are most likely to flood. ESPECIALLY when climate change increases the amount of rain in various areas, thereby increasing the risk of flooding. So, I was reading another article about the levees in the U.S. These are earthen works that are built to keep water out of people fields, homes, and keep chemicals from seeping out. There is no standard for building these and some in the U.S. have been around for a hundred years. There are over 30,000 miles of levees and 80% of them are "not accredited," meaning the people and property behind them are in a high risk area for flooding. The areas behind the levees might as well not even have one there, at least that is the stance of FEMA. (I totally agree with this opinion) Because of the rating of those areas the houses behind the levees need to be built to withstand floods and also have to have flood insurance, which of course, drives the price up. So, typical of our crappy congress, a bunch of the idiots got together and whined to FEMA saying, "you're hurting the economy of certain areas." "You're making it difficult for people to build houses, and your devaluing potential property." How much you want to bet these idiots have some developer funding their stupid campaign? Serioulsy, you idiots?! Are you going to be the ones voting for the bailout of the home owners when their houses flood because FEMA told them it was a risky area in the first place? So now, FEMA has to look into different scenarios in relation to flooding. Wasting tax payer dollars to look into something better left alone. HELLLLOOO!!! Floods are going to continue to get worse, and bigger, why in the HELL would you make it EASIER to build a house in a flood prone area? And on top of that, how much does it cost the federal govenrment(aka US) to send out federal troops to increase the size of levees, fill sand bags, and help with recovery once a flood has done its damage? Wouldn't it just be cheaper to keep the regulations in place and disuade people to live in flood prone areas? Oh, wait, my bad, I forgot who I was talking about. Congress likes to waste my money and are more worried about the developers that are giving them kickbacks, lining their pockets.