Ten Minutes with Professor Gerry Galloway on The Midwest Floods
ENR.com correspondent Steven W. Setzer spoke to Gerald Galloway, Jr., professor of engineering at the University of Maryland's school of engineering, where he teaches and performs research. Galloway led the 1994 White House Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee, and he says preventing more floods requires cooperative effort between local and federal government and a comprehensive approach that includes individuals taking responsibility for the risks of living in a floodplain.
We just experienced historic flooding in the Midwest. What are your thoughts?