From:
Grace Kelly (nicknamed Kelly)
Date:
Jun 29 14:13 UTC
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With the new round of floods, I think there will be pressure to build more
dikes. Dikes will never be tall enough because the contained water will get
higher and higher downstream. I think that we should instead plan on building
more spillways. All across the state I know we have huge gravel pits, that
basically needed to be recovered environmentally. A flood level granite ditch
could drain into a old gravel pits. Every spillway would conserve water here as
well as solving flooding problems at every area downstream.
Spillways could be
1) All across the state I know we have huge gravel pits, that basically needed
to be recovered environmentally. A flood level granite ditch could drain into a
old gravel pits. Even if the gravel pits are not close enough to a river,
perhaps a cities storm drains could be set up to be rerouted there if needed.
2) Before each town or city could be ponds and parks that are specifically set
up to flood first. Any structure built on these lands would be first floor
flood friendly, the look of being on stilts.
Grace Kelly nicknamed Kelly
St Paul, MN
(I know that I do live in your area, however this idea seems more relevant in
your area).