Former South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds took his thoughts on the Army Corps of Engineers handling of Missouri River flooding to a national stage Tuesday morning, appearing on the syndicated agriculture-talk show Agri-Talk…
Rounds thinks to Corps relys to much on protocol and outdated modeling of river flows…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/06/agri-rounds2.mp3|titles=agri-rounds2]Rounds also believed that the communication between members of the Corp itself was better than it is…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/06/agri-rounds3.mp3|titles=agri-rounds3]Rounds is convinced that information from local officials with the Corp were ignored…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/06/agri-rounds4.mp3|titles=agri-rounds4]The two-term governor also told program host Mike Adams he thought the Corp should have seen the flooding potential around December and January when record snows fell upstream of South Dakota and should have taken steps then to release water sooner. Agri-Talk can be heard on 1210-AM KOKK at 10 AM Monday through Friday.