NationStates Jolt Archive

This is a working idea that I first drafted up in mid-June in response to a levee failure here in California.

Name:
When the Levee Breaks

Description:
Extremely high water levels caused a privately owned levee protecting valuable farmland to break. The levee district responsible for maintaining the levee and farmers in the area flooded have requested government aid in repairing the levee.

Options:
[option]"Valuable crops have been lost and we have no money to repair the levee breach on our own," advocated farmer Robert Plant. "For the good of @@NAME@@, the government needs to repair the breach as quickly as possible."
[effect]privately owned farms flourish and more privately owned levees are not maintained,
[stats]size of government increases a bit, public apathy decreases a bit

[option]"I'll tell you why the levee failed. Those privately owned levee districts ain't been spending their money on maintaining their piles of dirt and rock! So why are the rest of us left paying for their mistakes?" protested John Bonham. "The flooded land will make a great fishing hole now."
[effect]small family owned farms get bought out by large mega-corporations, government engineers can be found spending their days fishing in and around failed levees,
[stats]size of government decreases, trout farming increases, tax rate decreases a bit

[option]"We have been given a glorious opportunity to restore the wetlands we drained long ago," preached ecologist John Paul Jones. "We should buy the farmers land and restore it into the wetlands it once was. Think of all the endangered species we could restore!"
[effect]produce prices at local supermarkets increase, land owners are commonly seen in the capital trying to sell their arid plots of land as valuable wetlands,
[stats] size of government increases, government priority for environment increases, environment improves, weather improves, apathy decreases

I like, bu why don't you make it something like

says renowned fisherman @@RANDOMNAME@@

I like, bu why don't you make it something like

Because, the title "When the Levee Breaks" is a Led Zepplin song from the 1970s. Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones are three of the four. Plant, the vocalist, was pretty much a 70s hippie. Bonham was a party animal / good ol' boy (died in his sleep in a most unpleasant way). And JPJ was always the quiet thoughtful member of the ban ... later became a music producer and worked with "the Mission" (which in the United States is known as "the Mission UK" due to copyright laws).

Another Zep fan, Sydia, had originally suggested a fourth option which would incorporate Jimmy Page, who was the leader of the page, and is best known for being into the occult -- well after a fashion at least.

I could make it use random names, but in this specific case I was hoping to make the issue *also* nod the hat towards them.

Because, the title "When the Levee Breaks" is a Led Zepplin song from the 1970s. Robert Plant, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones are three of the four. Plant, the vocalist, was pretty much a 70s hippie. Bonham was a party animal / good ol' boy (died in his sleep in a most unpleasant way). And JPJ was always the quiet thoughtful member of the ban ... later became a music producer and worked with "the Mission" (which in the United States is known as "the Mission UK" due to copyright laws).

Another Zep fan, Sydia, had originally suggested a fourth option which would incorporate Jimmy Page, who was the leader of the page, and is best known for being into the occult -- well after a fashion at least.

I could make it use random names, but in this specific case I was hoping to make the issue *also* nod the hat towards them.


Okay, i was curious as to why the title was "When The Levee Breaks".

Okay, i was curious as to why the title was "When The Levee Breaks".

I have another idea that was submitted in Feb. that used Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (fathers of the X-Men and Marvel Comics). Too bad I couldn't find a way to squeeze Steve Ditko in there as well.