Very true. We live in a home that, when we purchased it, was not near a
flood plain of any kind, but since all the building "upstream" from us,
the flood plain has been inching further and further "up" -- mostly
because of runoff control, lack of drainage which has not kept up with
the development.
--Pat Kelly
Craig Blome wrote:
> --- Pat Kelly <lollipop@ricochet.net> wrote:
> > Greg,
> > Someone will want to plant trees and shrubs to
> > take away from the ugliness
> > of a parking lot, I betcha. In fact, some places in
> > the country have
> > legislation that any new parking lots must have
> > trees, etc. to beautify the
> > area.
> > --Pat Kelly
> >
>
> Actually there is another reason...limiting the
> "impervious cover" (ecospeak for pavement) is supposed
> to control the amount of rainwater that runs off into
> creeks and rivers, carrying pollution with it. Of
> course it doesn't actually do diddlysquat what with
> all the developers dumping who knows what from their
> construction sites, but it lets the city bureaucrats
> look like they are doing something. :-P
>
> Craig B., writing from Austin TX where the trees have
> an attitude problem
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