Water Projects and the Missouri River

Hey Bronx NY dudes, aren't you glad you don't live in the Missouri River basin. But, still we have to help those people out, they are Americans.

The enormity of the Missouri Basin flooding is evident in
hundreds of devastating ways, if apparently less dramatic than
the new oil spill. Run-off from the huge snowpack, combined with
rainfall, means that vast areas face flooding until October.
However, the impact of the extreme weather is amplified and
exceeded by the extreme Washington policy disaster, as is shown
in the new LPAC TV feature, "For Lack of NAWAPA," released July
2.
In Nebraska on July 2, leaders from the hard-hit Missouri
counties in the southeast, met with officials from FEMA, the Army
Corps of Engineers, and Sen. Mike Johanns about their dire
situation. For example, the water treatment plant is knocked out
in Nebraska City, where the local government is incurring
$102,000 a month for a portable treatment system. Other
communities fear to be in the same situation very soon. But there
are no means to pay for it, without the national Glass-Steagall
resuscitation of the economy.
In Iowa on July 1, the six Missouri River flood counties
received approval as Federal disaster areas, so now they are
eligible for services including swift-water rescue, shelter
supplies, etc.
In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon has announced receiving Federal
emergency disaster disignation for all counties on the Missouri
River, which crosses through the state, then entering the
Mississippi River. In northwest Missouri, the extensive road
closures include Interstate-29, (state) Highways 136 and 159, and
30 other roads.
Most of the earlier flooded areas of the Mississippi/Ohio
River systems are seeing receding waters, but are still
experiencing disaster, because of the national and world economic
breakdown. In Indiana today, Federal approval was announced for
32 counties hit by the last two months of storms and flooding
damage.