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It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature
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It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature
Interesting essay on building in a swamp.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/...Everglades

Quote:Been a lifelong fan of civil engineering, and watched with amusement here in Minnesota as they tried to drain, fill, and build in and on swamps. Eventually, the swamp always won- Flooding and consuming even the best designed highways, buildings, and other questionable feats of engineering that assaulted the swamps.

Few years back I inherited a trailer and a 99 year lot lease near Naples in the really big swamp that’s much of Florida. From Atlantic to Gulf and stretching darn near up to Disney World,  the Everglades is one big lovely rich ecosystem that never ceases to entertain and amaze.
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It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature - by Minimalist - September 17, 2017 at 12:18 pm
RE: It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature - by Shell B - September 17, 2017 at 12:25 pm
RE: It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 17, 2017 at 12:33 pm
RE: It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature - by Chad32 - September 17, 2017 at 12:40 pm
RE: It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 17, 2017 at 12:48 pm
RE: It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature - by Chad32 - September 17, 2017 at 12:58 pm

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