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Money short for levee repairs
Omaha World-Herald ^ | September 16, 2011 | By Nancy Gaarder

Posted on 09/16/2011 7:03:36 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

Levees along the Missouri River have sustained at least $335 million in damage in this summer's flooding, according to early estimates by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Based on what the corps is seeing, Midlands levees might be in better shape than expected, said Kim Thomas, chief of emergency management for the corps' Omaha district.

Nationwide, levees this year have sustained about $2 billion in damage, Thomas said.

But here's the rub.

(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Iowa; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: floods2011; missouririver
...sigh...
1 posted on 09/16/2011 7:03:42 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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To: US Navy Vet

Fix your own pants, I say. How big a hole is it in blue jeans to cost $335 million?


2 posted on 09/16/2011 7:26:21 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

Glad we didn’t ask you to plug the dykes. :-)


3 posted on 09/16/2011 7:38:18 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (I can only be series in a parallel universe.)
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To: Larry Lucido

What do I care if people color their clothes? I’m not going to shoot them.


4 posted on 09/16/2011 7:49:09 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

Not even if they’re Thai died?


5 posted on 09/16/2011 7:58:58 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (I can only be series in a parallel universe.)
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To: US Navy Vet

Sorry but Solyndra cashed the check.


6 posted on 09/16/2011 8:03:05 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: US Navy Vet

Can Solar panels plug the hole?

If so, you are in luck!


7 posted on 09/16/2011 8:04:50 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: Larry Lucido

That, is a good one.


8 posted on 09/16/2011 8:06:50 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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