[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Wotsit

  • From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:38:12 -0400

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Also, not having sewers doesn't mean not having
>  paving.  The exurbs and suburbs are built in areas
>  that use septic systems.  Storm drains line the
>  streets to keep rainwater from flooding properties.
>  The storm drains channel the rain water into streams
>  that flow into rivers and eventually into wherever
>  rivers wind up, which is the ocean.

Ditches and drains just expedite the inevitable [natural] process to
avoid flooding. We re-route water. We haven't changed the entire
hydrologic
cycle of the USA.

p
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