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[fladogfan]

Moose, TSFR,

I've often thought if gasoline can be piped from state to state why couldn't the areas that are overrun with snow/rain, and have the prospect of flooding, why couldn't their extra water be piped to areas of the country that desperately need rain ? Take care of two birds with one stone, save one area from flooding and save another area from drought.

Probably cost is one reason But the savings of the damage done by too much water or too little water, would that prove cost effective ??

Just pondering........ fdf

[Moose]

Hmm. We pipe oil. Why not water?

[MelanieGouldFanBrian]

When I see every year how the Red River here in West Central Minnesota, and mostly in North Dakota floods nearly every year with devastating results, I often wonder the same thing.
How difficult can it be really? I watch this Cities of the Underworld on Discovery Channel and watch workman in NYC dig huge underground tunnels for Subway lines and such and wonder why water pipelines can't be built. They can literally bore through the earth now without tearing up whatever is on top like city streets and huge buildings and such, and if they can do that to accomodate a train, then a water pipe shouldn't prove to difficult.
Oh well, I suppose there's not enough money to be made by somebody that prevents such things huh?

Brian

[fladogfan]

But money could be made,by those with too much water selling to the too dry areas ( maybe not enough $$$ tho). You'd think insurance companies would be interested, if just to save them money.

[Moose]

...Oh well, I suppose there's not enough money to be made by somebody that prevents such things huh?

Brian

Water is leaving Maine in bottles at a rate that's starting to ring alarms for some folks and some towns. (Think Poland Spring bottled water.) Their bottling plants are springing up all over the state. There seems to be a lot of money being made in that endeavor...with much of it, I suspect, going into the coffers of out-of-country businesses. (Think Perrier.) Some towns are concerned about their aquifers being drained. But controlling flood waters during spring run-off and the excess waters being used for irrigation elsewhere seems like it might be a different matter. Who knows?

[mira]

When I see every year how the Red River here in West Central Minnesota, and mostly in North Dakota floods nearly every year with devastating results, I often wonder the same thing.

Aren't anything done to prevent this?

Water do travel in pipes into our houses

The problems with floods and other nature-driven happenings is that they tend to be different from year to year. The power of streaming water is huge (just look at canyons ), so it's hard to build constructions which is strong enough (I think that this is one of the reasons why power produced by waves isn't very common yet..). Anyhow, cities with roads and buildings and other human-build things do contribute to more flooding.

I do hope we get a long spring here, if it's suddenly becomes very warm in the mountains we will get some floods here too.

[MotorWerk]

I became an uncle this weekend.
My sis had a daughter, and she will be named Vivi.

And today is my birthday, just as you know it
Going to celebrate both happenings a wee bit tonight.

I did have some hopes that my sis would hold tight until today, but the little girl wanted out a day sooner.

Everything is just fine with mom, dad and the newborn.

[Di*]

I became an uncle this weekend.
My sis had a daughter, and she will be named Vivi.

And today is my birthday, just as you know it
Going to celebrate both happenings a wee bit tonight.

How exciting Motor and congratulations to your sis!! Give little Vivi a squeeze from me, I just adore babies!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MOTOR!

[flowerpower]

Onkel Motor!What parties you will have! Gratulerer!

[Jan]

Happy Birthday Motor! And congrats on being a new uncle too