[at-l] Frances and Home Destruction

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

Why try any control at all? That's my point. 
Realize that there are flood zones, fire zones and hurricane zones. Etc.
Why do humans get to build their homes in nature's zones that have been there for millions
of years and not expect bad things to eventually happen?

If I built a house on the coast of Maine, god I would be in heaven, but I would also expect 
to get blown away by a Nor'easter sooner or later. Probably sooner. 

Dawg
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bror8588@aol.com 
  To: jbullar1@twcny.rr.com ; gadog430@charter.net ; shane@theplacewithnoname.com ; lpark@uvm.edu ; at-l@backcountry.net 
  Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Frances and Home Destruction


  In a message dated 9/3/04 10:01:55 Eastern Daylight Time, jbullar1@twcny.rr.com writes: 



    I saw an interesting bit on TV a few months back that claimed the erosion 
    of the Mississippi Delta was the result of our efforts to control flooding 
    upstream. Hmmmm! So what's natural? Are we natural? 



  My guess would be that as soon as WE put our efforts into any type of control then the "naturalness" of the result goes away.