All Wet
This press release announces that NMSU has received funding to develop a computer program to predict with more accuracy the chances of flash floods.
After last year's disastrous floods in Hatch, NM and El Paso, TX, I'm sure some people with think it's too little, too late. However, one must keep in mind that a) someone must generate the idea, b) technology must be advanced enough to make it possible, and c) funding must be in place. At the very least, consider that most organizations review grant requests only once per year, so it probably wasn't possible for the university to get the funding any earlier. Now considering that the funds came from the U.S. government, we'll see if the full amount is received and if all three years are funded. (Given that 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and one President determine the funding, not to mention all the departmental employees that request funding and those who process the requests, it's a miracle anything gets done in this country.)
A couple of months ago, it was announced that owners of property next to levees in Dona Ana County would be required to have flood insurance. Naturally, people whined that it wasn't fair and that it's so expensive. I was astounded, first because they didn't already own flood insurance, and second because
they weren't required to do so, even though they live next to the river, but I had to purchase flood insurance, and I live a mile or more east of the river - on the second floor of a building. (Note that I was not astounded that they complained.) I'd like to meet every single one of the whiners and tell them to stop whining, that what really wasn't fair was that I had to pay and they didn't, that they should have known better to live next to a river in the first place, and that they should just "suck it up" and pay.
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