Flooding.....
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No not at all, it's a bad idea to live in a flood plain. There is a difference, though some might not like to admit that to themselves.
Hey....that might be why nobody has built homes down there. I was wondering why all the homesteads were half way up the valley.
I spent week in Portage-de-Sioux in Missouri in 1994, helping to rebuild after the flood of 1993. I noticed clumps of grass on near the top of guy-wires on telephone poles, at least 15 feet above ground. Watermarks above the barn doors, again, at least 15 feet above ground. I also traveled on I29 in North Dakota when only the left lane was NOT under water and all around me I could see only the tops of road signs.
Sometimes I wonder why spend all the money on the phony Cap and Trade and not use that money to divert Northern flood water into the parched South West?
Sometimes I wonder why spend all the money on the phony Cap and Trade and not use that money to divert Northern flood water into the parched South West?
You know I was thinking something similar. I have absolutely nothing against exporting what would just run off in the spring. No qualms whatsoever.
I hope you are on high ground. There are insane amounts of water heading your way.
Well, actually, I am in Winnipeg. And my experience on I29 happened on the way home from visiting my daughter when I still, lived in Ontario. (We moved to Winnipeg when our first grandkid was born).
Winnipeg is ALWAYS flood prone, but thanks to the foresight and wisdom of previous provincial governments the "DITCH" all around the city gives a pretty good protection.
AS far as the water being pumped to the SW states, let us not forget the obstacle that slowed all things going West: The mountains. Still, it would be nice to see some effort and money spent on that, rather than some politically correct pipe dream.
When you live on the prairies and are doing foolish things like farming and raising animals, unfortunately you have little choice but to live where the plains may flood. The alternative is to find the one hill away from water for your home/farm, and live there, and not raise food for the world.
Factory food is a bad idea. If in stead of huge megacities, we had small towns that for the most part grew their own food, we wouldn't have to cut huge swaths of forest for farming and ranching. We had it right before and we're still moving away from that.
Feed yourself and let the world do the same.
You should visit Sask sometimes... for the most part, that's what you're talking about. But, farmers still tend to need water, thus still tend to live along rivers and grazing plains for their cattle. So rather than mocking and implying they had it coming when **** befalls them, you'd think someone might dust off their humanity and bit and sympathize.
Geez ... we only have beavers now....
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A long hose man is good to find....
Actually, if you have a basement, get a snorkel pump. The night you need it is the night you want it...