Churning storm sparks concern over dike leaks (startled crabs & fish stress over families & homes)

The Fort Myers News Press via SOUNDOFF ^ | 09-05-03 | PAMELA SMITH HAYFORD

[Cobra64]

on the extremely off chance you seriously don't know, do a google and see what "pops up".

That's what I did the first time I saw "MILF." Quite a shocker.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, this thread is now beyond repair.... ;~D

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Its not my fault.

[blackie]

Damn ~ leaky dykes and frightened crabs ~ what's the world coming to. *sigh*

[AAABEST]

Is there some argument about how the water should be released when it rains like Hell? - What am I missing?

Read post#1 you won't be missing anything.

[AAABEST]

I just can't figure out at the moment who is supposed to do what...

OK, I see what you're asking now. To answer your question directly, the ACOE should be letting the water out NOW instead of worrying about the comfort level of crabs and fish.

[Joe Brower]

Hey, triple-A, what do ya expect? None of this should be of any surprise when we keep in mind the simple fact that

ENVIRONAZIS DON'T SO MUCH LOVE NATURE AS THEY HATE MANKIND!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[HairOfTheDog]

I did read it.... I understand that you are all ticked off, that you don't like talk of fish being stressed, but that is about all I got from it.

[HairOfTheDog]

Its not my fault.

Silly, of course it is....

[HairOfTheDog]

OK - gotcha....

[metesky]

Makes me wonder how the poor crabs and fishies managed to survive before all the dikes and canals were constructed and pretty much the whole state was a slowly flowing river.

[Fearless Flyers]

Looks like I may be paying you all a visit. The boss has told us to be prepared to move the equipment fast.

I may be a callin on ya John, we're still waiting to see what happens up Tampa way before we know our destination.

[cogitator]

I think I get that at some point people decided they wanted to move in and not be flooded, so dikes were built that keep most people dry most of the time...

I believe that the primary motivation was agricultural, but I'm not certain. But they do grow a lot of tomatoes on land that used to be prime Everglades.

[cogitator]

Makes me wonder how the poor crabs and fishies managed to survive before all the dikes and canals were constructed and pretty much the whole state was a slowly flowing river.

They could move to where the conditions were more congenial. Their movement "capability" is now restricted by the water system in South Florida.

[bedolido]

I read the title and thought it was about lesbians using depends (with wings... for the extra heavy days)

[metesky]

I dunno, cogitator. The crabs prefer brackish water (where fresh water and salt water mingle) and it seems (to me) that theres still plenty of that around the Florida coast.

'Course I'm a carpenter, not a cogitator.

;O)

[RightWhale]

“All levees leak,” . . . “They’re designed to do that.”

The design is working

[AAABEST]

FYI the Caloosahatchee is man made and the stupid f**king crabs that everyone is so worried about (including you) just walk up and down stream to where the salinity is the proper level for them. I believe that the primary motivation was agricultural, but I'm not certain. But they do grow a lot of tomatoes on land that used to be prime Everglades. The "primary motivation" was to protect human life and property, not to create and bio world where lying junk-science freaks could play God with wildlife.

Since you know so much about the area where I live and work, could you define "prime Everglades" for me?

Did you rknow that they built your house on what was once "prime woodlands"? Sorry to break that news to you, hope you were sitting down.