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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Ironies and issues float to surface after great flood
Jerry Osborn. Photo, courtesy Calgary Herald
Ironies and issues float to surface after great flood
By Jerry Osborn and Cathy Ryan, Calgary Herald May 1, 2014
Bow River Shuttles writes:"This is the best article we've seen to date on the subject of our 2013 Flood."
Just as floods are inevitable, so too is the pattern of the aftermath.
Complaints against insurance companies, complaints against the
government, folks wanting to be considered to be on the floodway (so
they can get bought out), folks wanting to be considered to be off the
floodway (so they can stay put), general resistance to floodplain
regulation, pressure to solve problems with engineering solutions,
accrual of political capital by quick action on highly visible projects —
these stories have played out many times in North America.
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