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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 57,143
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This is a natural cycle, but may not be yearly. Man has a long history of growing crops in dangerous places because 1 they are flat and 2 they are very fertile. Folks love to live and grow crops in the shadow of volcanos too.
Clearly, if this lake floods once every 100 years, the secret is to 1 build your home on a hill (you may have to have the hill brought in and built up) and 2 be prepared for when that happens because "once every 100 years" could mean 5 years out of 10 and then not again for a couple of hundred or it could be different. Climate changes and goes through cycles.
It sucks and is a shame for these folks that are impacted now.
It's amazing to see mother nature doing her thing though.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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