Reply #3: Yes, it seems...

[ColbertWatcher]

...the meme for this GOP-created disaster is that only the rain caused the flooding!

No mention of the levees--almost three years after Katrina struck!

I guess someone doesn't want to ask tough questions about levees in Merka.

Hey, here's a recent picture of a levee in New Orleans:



Yes, that's water.

Almost three years after Katrina, the new levees are leaking.

And now, the ones in Iowa broke.

Out here in California, we've been trying to get someone to do something about the levees out by Sacramento.



That picture shows the one that broke in 2004, before Katrina.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have put a hault on construction in the Natomas area of Sacramento due to flooding fears. The current levee system that surrounds this area has been deemed inadequate, and construction will only be allowed if built 20 feet above ground.

Sacramento is one of the most flood-prone cities, sitting at the confluence of the Sacramento and Animas rivers and below Folsom Lake. The Natomas region, currently home to 70,000 people, is a natural catch basin that was deemed safe by the Corps in 1998. Since then development of the area has been rapid.

The building moratorium is likely to last a few years, until solutions to the levee problem can be solved. In the meantime, residents of the area are being told to store valuables in their second stories, and to purchase flood insurance.

The US Army Corps of Engineers has an extensive website with details about the Natomas area, including maps and other records.

Apparently, even after the levee break in Sacramento, and the disaster in the Mississippi gulf coast, the Army Whore Engineers can't make Sacramento a priority.

Aside from a GOP in the governor's mansion, what other reason could there be to delay finding a solution?

The Sacramento Valley is one of California's major agricultural regions, with more than 2.1 million acres of irrigated farmlands in the valley. Crops grown in the Sacramento Valley include rice, wheat, olives, orchard fruits, corn, alfalfa, tomatoes, and vegetables.

--U.S. Forest Service

That's a reason to make it a priority, but it still isn't, why?