Re: Anyone from Iowa lurking here?

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:14:33 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paulh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:10:47 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:44:06 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

Most of the towns in WV have some kind of flood control walls. I
don't know about the other states. But you don't seem to hear of Ohio
River induced flooding.

What an odd assertion. Find a drainage map, the does Ohio river flow
through WV? Maybe waay upstream? Check with a hydrologist, it makes
a difference.


A few weeks back, when the whole of the mid-West was getting _lots_ of
rain, Huntington got over 6"... didn't faze them a bit.

...Jim Thompson

Ignorance of geography is no excuse :-)

"Waay" upstream is Pittsburgh, PA

"Wayy" down stream is Cairo, Illinois

The portion of the Ohio River between Pittsburgh and Huntington is
dominated my mountainous areas with only small floodable plains
occupied by cities such as Huntington.

So, you chose that data point to demonstrate that, in general, flood
control dams do no harm?

I said no such thing. I said what is with Iowa with no modern flood
control?

Its flat. Storing X acre-feet of water takes more acres. You just have
to break the news to whomever owns those acres carefully.

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