#2391000 - 05/12/11 06:49 AM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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Bottom Hunter
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what a shame
but those things happen, just like EHD
Mother Nature's doing, so be it I must disagree. This flood is a result of man's hand trying to keep the river contained by all those levees. Let the river run naturally and remove all those nuts who want to live right on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. Flip, if the river had been allowed to "run naturally," as you suggest, there would have been many lost lives. This flood is in no way a result of "man's trying to keep the river contained by all those levees." The flood was caused by rain. Didn't see where "man" had anything whatsoever to do with it. Are you suggesting "man" caused the rain? Those levees saved countless lives and property, as they have for years. Of all the so-called government projects, the Mississippi River levee system is among the few that has paid off when you consider cost to build verses loss of property and human life. Once again, you are wrong.
I'm not disagreeing with anyone here, but I would say that man has a tendency to change the landscape and other natural things in order to live where he desires, NOT where it is feasible.
If there was a system or formula that people used to decide where it is feasible to build and occupy according to past records of flooding, even 100 year floods, then maybe there would be no one needing to be evacuated when these things do occur.
if the only things near these huge rivers were recreational areas (boat docks) and maybe things like barge depots or whatever they are called, but NO HOMES were allowed close enough to be flooded out, then maybe all this federal aid and insurance money wouldn't be necessary. Maybe farmland may still get flooded but no homes.
But, with man's ego as it is, he wants to live where he wants and even when he gets flooded out , many will go right back and rebuild right in the same spot.....Some have been flooded out more than a few times over the past 10-20 years and still they go back.....
Let the rivers flow like nature intended and build well away from the flood plain and no one is being evacuated and no homes are lost.
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#2391035 - 05/12/11 08:04 AM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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turkeyhunter
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cant turkeys fly over a half mile ?
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#2391133 - 05/12/11 10:21 AM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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bullshooter
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I would think the turkeys would be fine. Shoot, the ones I bump seem to fly forever when they bust out!! What about the businesses on the Island? Are they a total loss or did they have any type of levee around them? How many people are employed in the industrial park? Would be double bad if your house and workplace both got flooded.
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#2391148 - 05/12/11 10:35 AM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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As far as the "Mother Nature Argument" goes, PI is a man made island. So, if you have a philosophical problem intervening with the river's natural course, by all means, protest by not applying for the hunt there.
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#2391384 - 05/12/11 02:16 PM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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BigAl
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I think its ok for people to live and build in these flood areas, as long as they're responsible for their losses. The taxes I pay shouldn't go to bail them out, give them loans, or rebuild their structures. Same for the crops planted in these areas.
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#2391387 - 05/12/11 02:21 PM
Re: 60% of Presidents Island Deer Lost?
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BamaProud
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I think its ok for people to live and build in these flood areas, as long as they're responsible for their losses. The taxes I pay shouldn't go to bail them out, give them loans, or rebuild their structures. Same for the crops planted in these areas.
I feel the same way about people who live right on the coast...especially the barrier islands.
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