It's very reasonable to put your farm fields in the flood plain. It's
also reasonable to have a dock on the river to load and unload boats.
But putting your house and business on the flood plain or on the beach
in hurricane territory is just asking for trouble.
Chuck Norcutt
Sue Pearce wrote:
> had we a history of wars between us and Canada, the town would have been
> built on a hill, like senseable countries do. Imagine the tours of the Hill
> Towns of North Dakota.
>
> Bill Pearce
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>> I'm afraid I feel the same. And we perpetuate the situation by selling
>> highly subsidized federal flood insurance into extremely high risk areas.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> John Hudson wrote:
>>> Choose to locate on a flood plain or in an area with a long history of
>>> flooding problems and one should expect no symapthy when nature weighs
>>> against them. The intelligent would locate to higher ground.
>>>
>>> Sorry ........... just my 2 bits wporth.
>>>
>>> jh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Bell" <deebel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:29 PM
>>> Subject: [OM] Red River Valley
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thoughts and Prayers from across the Pond for anyone affected by the
>>>> flooding.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
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