You do realize thatclimatologist/physical geographers andhydrologists frequently work together on projects and even serve together as faculty or research staff in the same departments and research centers.Sometimes they even teach courses that have pretty much the same content, just different titles. Physical geographers frequently serve on the M.A. and Ph.D. committees of people studying in the fields of engineering and hydrology that you discussed.

To get this back to a more cordial tone, I understandmany of your points. However, anytime you have manmade modifications to somethinglike the Mississippi River, it is eventually gonna come back to bite you on the butt. So, you eitherleave much of the rivervalley vacant or accept the fact that the crap is gonna hit the fan from time to time.

For folks who may be interested in this general topic, check out the book by Craig Colten, Transforming New Orleans and its Environs: Centuries of Change. It actually deals witha large area of the lower Mississippi River valley and discusses the pros and cons of ambitious levee building projecta and other modifications of the river thru time..