Water, Water Everywhere

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here are some recent articles about floodwaters:

A River's Unthinkable RiseRick Smith, of The Gazette: "What had been unimaginable the day before became reality as rain pounded anew on the city and its river. Early Thursday, breaks in temporary additions made to the earthen levee at the Time Check Neighborhood sent water toward the more than 1,000

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[ysabetwordsmith]

People have this half-good idea that, if you build a wall, it will keep the water off the floodplain. Except for the water that falls from the sky, spills over or pushes through the wall.

[ideealisme]

Reminds me of the Toni Morrison quote: "Floods are the river's way of remembering where it used to go."

[ysabetwordsmith]

Exactly. You can change a river's course ... temporarily ... but you can't really change the river.