How a lake went down the drain

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-lake-delton-wedjun11,0,539281.story

By James Janega | Tribune reporter
11:05 PM CDT, June 10, 2008

Wisconsin officials said they had no idea Tuesday how they might stanch the flow of water still pouring from what had been Lake Delton, and they weren't even sure precisely how the giant leak started. snip

A spillway and dam couldn't keep pace with the lake's rising waters, which cut a yellow gash in the ancient, erosion-prone sandstone that ran straight to the river. And then the lake went down the drain.

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1. the flooding in that area is causing tremendous financial losses

an uncountable number of people's finances also disappeared into the flooding.

crops losses are huge.

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2. Lake Delton Officials Didn't Renew FEMA Flood Insurance.

from WISC - TV (Madison)
WISC-TV has learned that the homes that were swept away or destroyed Monday would have been fully covered by the NFIP. But the homes aren't covered because the Village of Lake Delton had pulled the plug on its floodplain designation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency seven years ago.

The director of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Bureau of Water Management said that the village had been a participating member in the NFIP since 1975, but failed to formally adopt a new floodplain the Federal Emergency Management Agency map in 2001. So the village had its eligibility canceled.

Village Board president Frank Kaminski <"flatly"> refused to answer any questions, and said WISC-TV should talk to the police chief.

Police Chief Thomas Dorner and the city engineer said the village had a problem with the FEMA's expansion of Lake Delton's flood zone, which can make building much more costly.

I wonder if farmers and other people whose homes are not located right on the lake will also be affected by this ...

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3. heads should roll

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4. I am h o p i n g... Karma time for the developers, gov't officials in their pockets,

and all the profiteers who are involved in this...