Byron Dorgan actually said...

Let's assume that lake is at 1,455, which spreads dramatically from its current level and consumes far more acreage and so on.

Dorgan discusses the potential impact of rising lake levels on land use.

02/18/2010

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this has been lake flooding that is chronic; comes and stays, and now apparently is set to substantially increase.

We never expected that nearly 13 years later, we would be making yet another request to protect the city from the flood emergency caused by ...

presuming we do--and I think we will--it will include, likely, $4.4 to $4.6 billion for the Corps of Engineers.

What specific preparations are underway now by the cities and the States and also the Corps?