Cool idea...

A union in the United States has put forward a pretty cool idea. They have started a website where people can communicate their best ideas abut how to make their country better. Some are pretty stupid but some seem to make sense. I read one that is simple yet would seem very feasible and if it worked very beneficial.

I found it somewhat ironic that in hurricane's Katrina and Rita, where rain water literally drenched the countryside, one of the first needs was drinkable bottled water. If every affected county in the hurricane belt considered placing a large rain collection unit on high ground where it would not be polluted by flooding, this would collect thousands of gallons of immediately available usable water, provided by the same storm that is causing the trouble. During other times the collected water could be used for irrigation or other things.
At this time many people along the Gulf are out of work because of the damage, and as public works projects these units would put additional people to work while reassuring that thought had been taken to prepare before the next storm

That seems rather doable. It makes more sense that this.