sadly most flooding and the ...

sadly most flooding and the damages they cause are a consequence of government interference in natural solutions and costly machines as a first choice. a child book story of the old man that had a leak in his roof. when it is not raining why spend time and money to fix it. when it is raining. can not fix it just save lives and clean up later. no thinking, no management, and no positive results.  short and sweet. 

1. collect rain water use it. all households and businesses. 

2. calculate water needs for 2 years and build a cistern for your results.

3. recycle all of your own organic materials and make your own nutrient dense fertilizer.

4. grow your own vegetables and fruit.

5. build a green house on your house or business. pre planting for garden and grow trees.

6. plant trees in your yard, give to your neighbors, or donate to your city or county. (the average tree drinks 300 gallons of water per day).  This also greatly reduces mudslides and allows plants and grass to grow back faster.

7. every flood plain and plan has calculations to determine flow rate low water crossing levels and when the peak will arrive.  but no one plans anything about the coming flood. at least Noah had the good sense to build an ark. when lake and rivers are very low, clean out, widen and support banks, trees on all river banks and up to 100 yards away from both sides of banks. (many things to do, work in progress per your budget and volunteers). flood plain lakes and rivers over flow ponds. 10,000 gl., 100,000 gl. 1,000,000 gl..  many as needed to fill your flood management needs. summer time soccer field, flood time small pond for toy sail boats, or paddle boats. emergency water for firemen. city clean water for bottles to give to flood victims.  military calls it NORS kits. Non Operational Ready Supply.  And of course any city or county that is below sea level, no buildings or at least make free compost and slowly build up until above sea level.

this is just the flood control program using common sense, natural microbes, basic physics. environmental clean up, plant/soil/animal/people health, and agriculture are the other parts of nature folks forget. you are the ceo trudi. I am the cso. good environmental soldier awaits your orders.