Let's get real here. Even when the water recedes there is nothing containing the Missouri River anymore. Everyone has the idea as soon as the waters recede all will be okay again. There were 12 levees destroyed by the huge rainfall which caused snowmelt. Where does anyone get the idea that when the water recedes everything will be okay again?
The Missouri River is outside of it's banks and there is nothing containing it anymore.
Got that?
The Missouri River is outside of it's banks and there is nothing containing it anymore.
Now, either the people in DC, namely the Republicans from the Midwest, get real about what is occurring or kick them out of Congress. The vast danger to the American people is not over just because the water recedes. People need to start listening to the folks that are concerned about the climate. Reality has to set in sometime.
The Missouri River is out of it's banks and there is nothing containing it anymore.
The US Army Corp. was attempting relief from the flooding north of this dam by releases of water into the river south of the dam. Then it became obvious that wasn't going to work as the flood waters were now collecting below the dam, too.
The Army Corp. of Engineers did not create the climate crisis, but, they sure are stuck with the blame. The lack of planning and funding is not their fault. The USA Congress and Republican presidents do not recognize the climate crisis upon the USA. The government has not acted faithfully to protect the people of the USA and now the effects are known.
As if that wasn't enough, in Florida the USA have young people traumatized by a school killing and they are committing suicide after they survived it. There is a toxic gun culture in the USA and it is killing kids and they can't handle it. Now, do something about it.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TOXIC GUN CULTURE IN THE USA!
The people trying to do something about it are desperate and are being refused relief by the courts.
March 20, 2019
By Karen Berkowitz
Lake County Circuit Court judge (click here) ruled Friday that the village of Deerfield overstepped its authority last year when it enacted a ban on assault weapons five years after the Illinois legislature declared such regulations the exclusive power of the state.
Judge Luis Berrones issued a permanent injunction blocking the village from enforcing its ordinance....
The suburb or Deerfield didn't ban guns, they banned assault weapons no different than the ones used against the children and young people of this country. Not long ago it was understood Americans could own guns to protect themselves and their homes. But, assault weapons were not listed in that category. That was not very long ago. The ban on assault weapons was in 2004. Ever since then the violence on the streets of the USA has escalated and the answer by gun groups is to arm everyone with assault weapons.
Children and young adults do not do well with gun violence when it is in their face. What American child has to fear for their own lives in their own schools? Facing death is not a minor experience. There is a small percentage of Americans that do experience it. It is not easy to erase because it strikes at the survival centers of the brain. That is a fact and as responsible Americans, we have to begin to take a stand to remove the assault weapons from our country once again.
Perhaps the Republicans of the Midwest don't care about gun control because they don't have the same problem as the rest of the country. The only reason that is the case is because of population density. More people, more guns and more opportunity to kill more people.
Americans are losing the battles of the modern era. They are losing the reduction of violence and death. They are losing the confidence of a secure education and future for their children. They are also losing their homes and the country's agricultural wealth to the climate crisis.
I never thought Americans would face such reality, but, here it is and no one seems to grasp the reality of the need to do something different.
