last spring. Was frustrating not to be able to wash clothes, make coffee or flush the toilet for that length of time. Makes me fearful that it will happen again because no real changes have been made to protect our water sanitation station from the next flood.

What did you do? Especially that part about not being able to flush your toilet for 2 months? Mine was down for 2 days last month with a septic problem, and I thought I was going to die.

bottled drinking water which we had to pick up at the downtown parking lot. We were limited by the honor system to not flush anymore than we had to and to shower as little as possible. Huge semi-water tankers drew water from another town's water supply and they worked around the clock to pour water into the water system to keep it open and going. Although the water from the tap appeared clear, the water was not drinkable and we were told it was not safe to shower in. Wet wipes "shower in a bottle" worked and friends in other towns offered shower facilities.

There has been quite a bit of activity along the river bank for about a month now. They seem to be cleaning and dredging the shoreline. My guess would be getting ready for spring snowmelt to head our way.

The 2011 flood was a 1000 year event, but it was a localized event...11 inches of rain in Montana in 24 hours. It was devastating but one huge rush of water. Waters receded and levees repaired.

This event is much different as the rains never stopped. Getting to the levees has been difficult to impossible. He did say the mild winter has helped.

But, in your second paragraph, you say “this event”. Are you talking about something that is happening now?

Because that would explain the recent activity near me (Northwest Missouri). They are preparing for something.

Dumped 6 inches of rain on 18 inches of snow. The event crested levees, and once a levee is crested, it's done. They broke. We had a very very wet spring and summer, the flood waters never receded and the event was below the mainstem dams, so no way to control. Waters stayed high until October when they finally started to drop. It's essentially been a flood fight since March. Pray for a sry spring.

I have been through a long term flood event (flood of 1993) and it is horrible.

Blessing to you, and prayers for a dry spring.

A study is not going to solve the problem.

what they think ...........................especially all of those folks near Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, its on flood plain ................and then maybe they can think outside the box and think how much it is going to cost them to reinforce the seal wall at lets say Norfolk or San Diego or Hawaii............................to solve the problem........................... ...............

Millions of dollars of damage and property losses.

Glad I own a tiny RV I can move!

This is pretty basic stuff here, because it's already been studied repeatedly. We've cleared floodplain forests, filled in marshes, and plowed up riparian prairie for farming, and built towns in areas too prone to flooding for a century.

The only lasting solution is to buy back vast stretches of farmland, and buy out homeowners, to allow the land to return to storing and slowing floodwaters. If anyone doesn't want to move, let their insurance rates skyrocket and suffer the consequences.