I believe, Al Michaels

MIRACLES!

In a stunning development my Mother's house, so far, has been spared by the Des Moines River water that breached a levee in the Birdland/Union Park area.

I was extremely disappointed in Roger Less of the Army Corps of Engineers who seemed to try and shift blame for a levee that was known since 1993 to be inadequate.

Less tried to blame a nation at war, not an inefficient government bureaucracy, for the delay...

"When you're a nation at war, things tend to take a little longer on the home front at times. Priorities are stretched."

The Corps took 10 years to study the issue.

Caution slow learner's ahead and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Corps was given approval last December for $10 Million in levee improvements.

Congress has yet to allocate the money.

I say LESS study and more action would have avoided yesterday's Birdland bath!