Devastation at McCook Lake after high water destroys numerous homes

Devastation at McCook Lake after high water destroys numerous homes
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[@johnyoder9302]

This is a prime example of why you should NEVER build in flood plains. Taxpayers should never be on the hook for people building in flood and hurricane zones. The people who build and live in areas that do not get flooded should not be the ones to pay for irresponsible actions of others. If you build in a flood plain, it should be your responsibility to fix things, not the lower paid taxpayers.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

Or hurricane zones, avalanche, tornado, fire, earthquake, tsunami...what else? Blizzards,

[@teardowndan5364]

There aren't many places exempt of extreme weather and natural disasters. As climate change gets worse, more places are going to see "once in a century" disasters on an annual basis.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

@@teardowndan5364 Paradise

[@johndeere3486]

Again, You had DECADES of warnings that this would happen.

[@Bikes0420]

Al gore was right we didn’t listen

[@Bikes0420]

WE DIDNT LIStEN!!! 🎧 👂 😂

[@EattheApple666]

They have been telling us since the late 50s this was going to happen.

[@michaelellringer5600]

@@EattheApple666 And Americans are just as to blame for that Smog Chamber called China as we keep buying their products. 1/3rd of the Smog in Los Angeles comes from China!

[@gRosh08]

Uncle Amos said...this is what 100 plus years US infrastructure looks like... get it?

[@LordDustinDeWynd]

When you build on an oxbow, you're gambling against mother nature!

[@ALLforROME]

I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING 😂 😂 😂

[@juliew.2165]

WEIRD weather patterns, all across the USA. We wonder if the climate control chemical sprays also affect the rain falls greatly.

[@CT-vm4gf]

All chemicals we all release into the atmosphere cause climate change.

[@barryrahn5957]

I'm really surprised that a lot of people didn't die. That flood was wildly strong

[@TonyRoam]

The home value has plummeted 🤨

[@SD-pi9co]

No, it's a water feature.

[@SD-pi9co]

Pray for rain.

[@yeahletsunpackthat]

So to mitigate an issue, they forced all the water to homeowners who now will have to use homeowners insurance if if they are lucky enough to have it flood insurance because the city decided that was OK Someone explain that to me like I’m 4..

[@hayleyrenee5781]

Water flows. There’s no stopping it. It had to go somewhere. If it wasn’t these houses, it would’ve been other houses. If you have suddenly come up with an engineering solution to stop floods then please let us know. These people built their homes on flood plains. That was entirely their choice. They knew about the levees for a long time now. They knew from the flood back in 2019, if they were already informed before then.

[@hayleyrenee5781]

Please look at a map of Sioux City. The big Sioux River intersects with I-29, and slightly up the river is all residential area with Dakota dunes and north Sioux. Upstream of all of these is mccook lake. It is the only area upstream of these areas where water can flow into without destroying I-29, Dakota dunes, north Sioux, and riverside.

[@gRosh08]

Uncle Amos said...this is what 100 plus years US infrastructure looks like... get it?

[@yeahletsunpackthat]

@@hayleyrenee5781 I wouldn’t have let it get this far; if it’s a known structural or design issue, fix it. Instead money is spent on crap that’s does nothing for planning, poor planning on your part, doesn’t or shouldn’t constitute an emergency on mine… If your home is in a known flood plain, flood insurance and why did you even buy it? I mean common sense isn’t freaking common anymore

[@hayleyrenee5781]

@@yeahletsunpackthat it’s not a structural or design issue. It’s intentionally built to do exactly that. That is quite literally what a flood plain is. The water has to go somewhere, so flood plains are designed to designate water to a specific area to minimize damage to surrounding areas. Like I said, look at your phone map of Sioux City. The only place the big Sioux River can flow is into mccook lake. That is the area that minimizes the damage to surrounding areas. The residents of this area have known it is the designated flood plain for a long time, and have chosen to live there and build homes there anyways. There is no problem to be solved, this is just a reality of having a city next to two large rivers that flood very often. Unless someone else can find a better flood plain, this is the only one we have.

[@user-mn4vh6xu5t]

Believe me we were in a flood in ND and people will take boats in and steal. It was crazy what people will do.

[@codymoe4986]

Where at in North Dakota? Minot on the Mouse River? Grand Forks along the Red? Fargo along the Red or Cheyenne?

[@alexandrkolchak2035]

здорово, просто классно, тепло вода зачем им жильё

[@Bjorn_Slagor_VII]

I hope Mr. Bill is doing alright.

[@pagedown4195]

Is there any records of this ever happened before?

[@damkayaker]

McCook Lake is a former river channel.

[@declanmurphy6427]

Disrespect Mother Nature then Expect to Suffer 😢

[@Whitewolf33344]

ALL THE INNOCENT ANIMALS THAT GOT LEFT BEHIND AND DIED. BEING LEFT ON CHAINS IN THE YARD. HORSE'S LIVE STOCK ITS HEARTBREAKING POOR ANIMALS

[@quitabe9240]

This world is doomed omg 😢

[@joek511]

46 seconds. as soon as they put the berm up. ?????? Saved his Moms house, maybe but it looks to me like it wipped out a whole lot more. There is a way that seems right unto men, but the end thereof is destruction.

[@you2angel1]

Damn 😿 & here America has 🍊💩 blasting the current Administration for passing an infrastructure bill. °~•.☆.•~° ❤ Prayers to the families, the victims, the community and the department. Prayers important because the remind us that this s*** does happen and it has its impact.

[@kotexconnection3804]

prayers do nothing, try sending real help

[@you2angel1]

@@kotexconnection3804 hey a*s wipe what kind of karma do you think that negative comment will bring you. If you would have continued in reading my comment you would have seen that prayer "helps remind us that this s*** does happen and has its impact." DUH •~°.♡.°~• Yeah prayer does something if you can look beyond your narrow scope. °~•.☆.•~°

[@Rothbard_is_God8082]

What does infrastructure have to do with natural disasters?

[@pear7554]

GOD save our country from geoengineering.

[@Bikes0420]

God said to Noah, there’s gonna be a floody floody😢

[@kotexconnection3804]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chuckychuck]

NAY, GOD forbid, in Genesis 9:8-17 says, "And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. fire will consume us.

[@InvisibleEnergy-sy3ud]

Perfect example of infrastructire by joe..corp of engineers are a failure also.

[@1964ser1]

My letter to the President, please do not send my federal tax dollars to South Dakota, let them succeed from the US and let Texas help them.

[@codymoe4986]

*secede

[@Whitewolf33344]

That's what happens when you build your homes near a Lake,river,dam, and the ocean. I dont feel sorry for those people. Only all the INNOCENT ANIMALS

[@myronparks3495]

Visit the water don't live next to the water.

[@norm2264]

They waited for Biden as usual he was sleeping😅😅

[@norm2264]

That guy was a sheriff he looked like one of Biden illegals😅😅