What to Do

Sandbagging is a temporary solution to the impending danger of flooding.The measure is intended to curtail the mess that the rising water will surely create. It is necessary every time the water rises (to uncommon levels) and threatens once again. Other measures, such as building strong levees, would seem prudent, although costly and, in the overall scheme of things, also short term. Perhaps a wiser thing to do would be to move out of the flood plane. No doubt there is a life lesson here for all of us.