Please do not enter a roadway covered in water! Turn around!
Seeing reports of lives lost near Pittsburgh, PA in a recent flash flood is a reminder to all. Even though this event was extreme, it only takes a couple inches of water to sweep your car, truck or SUV off the road! Keep you and your loved ones safe, stay away from roadways covered in any amount of water, four wheel drive will not get you through it!
Showing posts with label flooding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flooding. Show all posts
Monday, August 22, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Missouri River Flooding
Missouri River Flooding is a hot topic in the news. To date, current flood levels have not affected services from the City of Columbia water treatment and the wastewater treatment facilities. However, City employees are closely monitoring river levels and projections to ensure the safety of our drinking water and nearby waterways. While the integrity of levees along the Missouri River is being tested, it is an opportunity to look at our local, state and federal policies concerning the Missouri River and its floodplains.
Here's a link to an informative article discussing the need for a comprehensive plan on theMissouri River :
Missouri River Flooding
The last paragraph summarizes the article saying:
In the end, …people must find better ways to cope with natural disasters, rather than assuming that they can prevent damage from them. "We ought to proceed with the idea of how can we make ourselves less prone to risk, rather than: What are we going to do to stop Nature?”
In other words, try as we might to control Nature, we cannot stop it. There will always be some stormwater runoff event that humans cannot control.
How can our community improve its efforts to minimize risk from storm water runoff events? Comments welcome.
Here's a link to an informative article discussing the need for a comprehensive plan on the
Missouri River Flooding
The last paragraph summarizes the article saying:
In the end, …people must find better ways to cope with natural disasters, rather than assuming that they can prevent damage from them. "We ought to proceed with the idea of how can we make ourselves less prone to risk, rather than: What are we going to do to stop Nature?”
In other words, try as we might to control Nature, we cannot stop it. There will always be some stormwater runoff event that humans cannot control.
How can our community improve its efforts to minimize risk from storm water runoff events? Comments welcome.
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