[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by The Champ

What's really sad is that this devastation didn't need to happen. Evidently fresh water mussels are more important than risks to life and property.

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-en...rotect-mussels

It's a real shame for the loss of a specialty business and all those cars. You don't have to be a big fan of the Fiero model to still feel bad for the entire area, businesses and the people involved. Fiero made possible lots of advanced technology that made it's way into dozens of other GM cars. It was also a great example of how smart Pontiac people took super limited funds GM was willing to invest in Pontiac and the project and still made a decent little car initially and then every year continued to improve it until they really had a competitive model when it was cancelled. Just sad all around.

[GT182]

From the article Champ linked to.....

"Instead, the company’s owner, Lee Mueller of Las Vegas, insisted that nearby property owners should help foot the bill for repairs at Edenville as well as at the downstream Sanford Dam.

Unless property owners helped pay to fix the dam’s issues, Mueller said in 2013, drawdowns were necessary to ensure flood safety."

I say all the residents and businesses affected by the flood should sue the State for negligence and loss of their goods and properties in a huge class action suit. The state of Michigan was derelict in their duties to protect them from flooding and damage. The state was warned back in 1993 and did nothing? Horse hockey!