Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame
- Written by: Brian Robert Cook, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
As the Victorian city of Echuca prepared for flooding this week, the council moved rapidly to build a temporary earthen levee as others sandbagged. This kept some homes dry, likely worsened flooding in others, and prompted blame from many sides.
For example, homeowner Nick Dean told 3AW:
You can imagine the anger with council who put this levee up...
