The Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Review Board in Washington, D.C., endorsed on a 5-0 vote a flood-protection plan for Cedar Rapids that will move it closer to consideration for funding by the U.S. Congress. This is big for Cedar Rapids because for the past months the plan was only to protect the East side of the river but not the West. The mayor of Cedar Rapids proclaimed how the city needed to be protected on both sides to ensure the continuation of the city and rightfully so. If only one side is protected that means the other side is still vulnerable to flooding shown in the picture below.
As we have learned in class an event like this is devastating to a city. There is virtually no way to move when flooding like this occurs. The financial loss is extremely high as is the risk of loss of life. Cities like Cedar Rapids need to take a preemptive approach to situations like this.
http://thegazette.com/2010/11/18/corps-endorses-flood-protection-for-east-side/
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