Sigh. Some folks are just willfully ignorant: the NY Times carries a piece about the vast development that's poured in (as the '93 floodwaters receded) to the various floodplains surrounding St. Louis. But guess what? Nobody thinks it'll happen to them.
"Yet as the rush of water that caused the Missouri River to overflow its banks and submerge dozens of towns last week rolled toward St. Louis on Monday, attention was turned to a metropolitan region that since 1993 has seen runaway residential and commercial development in the rivers’ flood paths."
Posted under STL in the News by Amanda Doyle on Tue., May 15, 2007 at 11:24 AM
you know i've always considered the valley a hotspot for looting. seriously, ask people, i've been advocating the explotation of the monstrosity for years. It is difficult for me to explain the millions of dollars wasted developing in the valley.
[Posted by MattHurst on Fri., Jun 8, 2007 at 1:53 PM]