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This quote is just one of 8 total Jeffrey Mount quotes in our collection. Jeffrey Mount is known for saying 'Levee failure is not an 'if', it's a 'when'. There seems to be a willingness to tolerate the human suffering and property loss that might come with these events.' as well as some of the following quotes.
New Orleans lost the battle with the inevitable, and we will suffer the same fate in some form here in California.
Unlike most animals - with some exceptions like beavers - we engineer our environment. So that allows us to hang on in places that would otherwise be singularly inhospitable.
Levee failure is not an 'if', it's a 'when'. There seems to be a willingness to tolerate the human suffering and property loss that might come with these events.
This quote is just one of 8 total Jeffrey Mount quotes in our collection. Jeffrey Mount is known for saying 'Levee failure is not an 'if', it's a 'when'. There seems to be a willingness to tolerate the human suffering and property loss that might come with these events.' as well as some of the following quotes.