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Nonilex

The #floods are the product of torrential #rain across parts of the upper Mississippi River basin since Thurs, dumping totals of 10”–18” of rain…. Soils were already saturated from months of wetter-than-avg conditions before #storms fueled by intense Gulf of Mexico moisture lingered over the region Thurs–Sat.

That sent runoff into #streams & #rivers & overwhelming #levees…. Rivers are expected to crest Tues or Wed at moderate to record #flood stages.

#Climate#ClimateCrisis#ExtremeWeather
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CelloMom On Cars

"The fragility of aging is evident in many communities. The American Society of Civil Engineers' U.S. Infrastructure Report Card in 2021 gave U.S. municipal systems overall a grade of C-minus.

Flood protection infrastructure earned even lower grades: U.S. and both received D grades.

The challenges:
1: Many stakeholders; who decides?
2: Past decisions affect future choices
3: Who pays?"

phys.org/news/2024-04-south-ag

Phys.org · The South's aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change. Fixing it is also a struggleBy Jonathan Fisk
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Gladwyn d’Souza

@cynblogger The monopolies are going to take advantage of #disastercapitalism as you note. Lara says fiscalizing #climate #modeling was the cost of keeping the well #capitalized companies in the state, retaining some competition, and avoid burdening the state as the insurer of last resort. The alternative was more #flybynight companies like the one that collapsed after #Paradise. He says the state will validate the models.
The market and courts have begun to price in #fire; shortly #floods and #extremeheat will push the market toward better actuarial models. Foster city raised their #levees, San Mateo is going to bond to do levees and #BiggerPipe engineering. But can you fit an atmospheric river in a pipe? Some cities are already taking about the street at the pipe, an option not available to Sacramento! There’s an opportunity to continue advocating with the insurance commissioner since actuarial science is a lousy route to #keepitintheground and #ManagedRetreat.

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Spocko

One of the best non-profits I ever worked with is Leeves.org
One of their goals is to educate the media that levee failures played a major role in the devastation in #NewOrleans after Hurricane Katrina.
It's working!

The AP just issued a guide for reporters for hurricane season, "when writing about the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, it is important to note that levee failures played a major role in the devastation in New Orleans."
#HurricaneKatrina
#Levees
levees.org/ap-styleguide/

Sandy Rosenthal and Levees.org at a plaque unveiling at the Historic Lower Ninth ward Their mission: To provide education on why the levees broke in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina https://levees.org/ap-styleguide/
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Kelly Wheaton :warriors:🦫💧🐸 🌻🌹

Hey are there any St. Helena CA residents here? #StHelenaCA if you oppose the Hunter project we could use a hand reaching 800 signatures. You can read more about it here. It is not water neutral, it is luxury homes on a flood plain behind a levee. #levees change.org/p/save-the-city-of-

Change.orgSign the PetitionSave the city of St. Helena: urge city council to vote NO on the Hunter EIR
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Climate Change And Crumbling Infrastructure Create A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Americans Living In Flood Zone
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thehill.com/opinion/energy-env <-- shared article
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doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-043 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping # #infrastructure #realestate #sustainability #climatechange #people #development #future #property #tax #maintenance #engineers #concrete #work #model #modeling #flood #flooding #naturalhazard #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #river #rivercontrol #floodmapping #floodzones #weather #mitigation #floodcontrol #planning #risk #hazard #levees #levee #dam #riverside #oceanside #community #coastalcommunities #coastalengineering #coastalresilience #natural #engineered #floodplains

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Gladwyn d’Souza

#Reclaimed by #nature: No fewer than 40 #native #Yokut groups lived along the shores, using tule reeds to fashion homes, boats and baskets and fishing for #salmon. A century and a half ago, Corcoran would have been at the bottom of Tulare Lake. A series of #levees today prevents water from returning. The recent flooding, though, is testing these defenses. sfchronicle.com/climate/articl

San Francisco ChronicleLost California lake reemerges after storms, swamping towns and farmsBy Kurtis Alexander
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Alexander Hay

More conservation news this , now care of and one of its few remaining coastal swamps.

Swamp is facing a crisis as its ecosystem can barely survive let alone prosper.

Will new save the day, or will the degradation continue?

wwno.org/coastal-desk/2023-02-

WWNOThis Louisiana swamp is dying, but a new, unprecedented partnership can help restore itBy Halle Parker
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