The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

They wrote songs about it. Some say it led to the elections of politicians such as Herbert Hoover and Huey Long. The treatment of blacks in the refugee camps and the broken promises by Hoover caused many blacks to switch from the Republican Party and vote for FDR. It was considered the worst river flood in the history of this country.

The people expected the government to help them. That is what government is for. When it fails, the politicians in power pay a high price. In a few days, this could be weighing on the shoulders of President Obama, Governor Haley Barbour, Governor Bobby Jindal, and others if government does not do an adequate job.

Of course, these days, Republicans are not too fond of government. But they may be in a couple of weeks? Hopefully, this will not be like 1927 but it could be very devastating. People want their government to help them. They like government. They do not like politicians that dislike government when tragedy strikes.

Awful day for the folks in the flood, hating it but knowing it's coming.

Gov. Barbour's furniture has been moved out of danger. Doesn't that take a load off your mind?

It's not the government's job to move people's belongings to a safe place before a flood. Never has been.

people think it is not going to hit them. Sometimes they move their stuff and it is still not safe. Sometimes disasters are unpredictable.

Or any other river for that matter. The title of your OP is "The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927". It's happened before and it'll happen again.

:shrug:

on America...but will indeed soon have their hands out again begging for Special RepubliWelfare. As always.

He was the last "progressive" president from the GOP. After that it was Nixon's party.

http://www.ushistory.org/more/hoover.htm

The spillways were built for this purpose.

What has happened down here is the wind have changed
Clouds roll in from the north and it start to rain
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright
The river have busted through clear down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

CHORUS
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away

President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has
done
To this poor crackers land."

CHORUS

Great song; great album: Good Old Boys.