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you will find those Dutch everywhere, here they are close to the Mississippi.
John Donne said: No man is an island, but in your case we’ll make an exception.
“Oh, crap! We parked the ‘dozer _outside_ the wall!”
Would it not have been a much better idea to use the earth moving equipment to build a HILL on which to build the house???
Uh, I said MOAT you numbskull.
There are some more like this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1388660/Mississippi-River-flooding-Residents-build-homemade-dams-saves-houses.html has more back story.
A River Ran Around It
After seeing the Federal responses to Hurricane Katrina and the bank failures, individual Americans have come to realize that they will have to bail themselves out from now on.
he has very low flood insurance premiums
Don’t think much of the swimming pool…
I’ve noticed with distaste the number of stories about “the difficult decisions to flood 1000’s of innocent home owners…..” Seems to me THAT decision was made right after 1927 when the Moregonzoes Spillway was designed for that very pupose function and use and individuals had the option for real cheap land in the floodway. What the decision again exactly?
Heard Harry Scheer give the very best answer to why the USA taxpayer should rebuild New Orleans, a city below sea level: “All port cities are at or below sea level.” Nice dodge I thought. Clever even.
My nominee: “No man is a dyke.”
“Have you seen Grand Ma?”
#12, You beat me to it . . .
#9, in one picture, I am curious why someone would spend the money to build a damn around a trailer house.
Floods are for pussies.
Dam!
Apparently, they don’t mess around when you fail to pay your Water & Sewage bill on time
With a few alligators and several truckloads of broken glass to top the berm, this property will be safe from nearly any illegal migrant.
Interpol releases photos of suspected Cheney hideout bunker.
I think we got em!!
A bowl of fruit loops living in a flood plain
Where Osama bin Laden wished he had hidden.
Jim-Bob, get the truck ready, we’s a heading into town.
Just a thought: if you live in a flood plain, why don’t you build a permanent berm, and the put house on top of it. Or build the house on stilts?
Call Roto-Rooter, somethings clogging the drain.
Tyler refused to listen to reason when he made home plate the size of his home, and now, Major League Baseball has refused his offer to have the World Series at his place.
Ha I have succeeded from the union!!
@17 Because its their home.
In addition to the 15 foot tall berm, Larry was especially proud of the red tips that he planted for privacy in ’02.
For Sale: 1 small Island, approximately a half acre in size. Single story house included.
Reverse pond.
Actually they should have built a mound and put the house on top of it.