There was the aspect that our local governing bodies are key. The feds aren't called in until it's a last resort. As far as the engineers are concerned, it's not the type of engineers we have currently in the military—they're people who blow up things. I would be looking at more the civil engineer type.
When we had our floods in Renfrew County back in 2019, well in advance of the actual flood occurring, people were looking at the freshet from the north, at the melt, at the water levels and everything that's going on and they were well prepared. It wasn't until it struck and it overwhelmed every other level that we called in the military.
I'm still convinced that the key start has to be at every local level since they know the community and have a finger on the pulse of the situation. How do we weave all that together and call in the national aspect when they are indeed the only source that's left?