WOW! (pics of home made dams in Mississippi)

[jpnjim]

Lots of new 'islands' down south. :(

 

Link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ouses.html

 

[CS-17]

Ha ha! Bravo to all those guys! Notice most of them (at least according to the news captions) were farmers are lived among them; that's how we get things done! Good old machine power and imagination.

[87Warrior]

Wow. Some of those structures are impressive!

 

Water is powerful stuff. I hope the water let's up... Not a good thing the Midwest is getting pounded with rain, which will end up down there sooner than later.

[btm24]

Fail

 

Brandon

[mvusse]

They featured a farmer last week or two weeks ago who excavated his corn field to build a dam around his house using a bulldozer and track hoe he owned. If the water disappears fast enough he hoped to maybe still be able to plant soybeans to at least make some money off his land.

 

Ho worked non stop for 47 hours building his dam. He says the lost crop may be $30k, His house costs $300k.

[1990 Pioneer 4x4]

 

CNN interviewed this owner a week ago. He began it (hired some folks to make his mote/island) before the flood even threatened that area, and his neighbors thought he was crazy at the time.

[Sir Sam]

This is why I don't live near rivers. :eek:

[jpnjim]

He began it (hired some folks to make his mote/island) before the flood even threatened that area, and his neighbors thought he was crazy at the time.

 

 

Final score:

 

Homeowner doing his preps 1

Laughing Neighbors zero