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[*] posted on 9-19-2006 at 08:52 AM


marv, yur damn smarter than a lot of the knuckleheads hanging here, board wise.:!::!:

consider the sources - and yeah, those who live there in moo la hey know the real skinny.:cool::cool:

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[*] posted on 9-19-2006 at 09:41 AM


Many good ideas....

1. Stilt-built homes which are an option in some locations would not work in Mulege unless you wanted your home perched 14 feet above the ground.
2. Flow-through foundations are do-able but you still lose everythiing inside and incurr some amount of damage; not the best alternative.
3. Being a civil engineer, I like the idea of a damn or overflow canal but have no idea of the workability of such a plan in Mulege. I also don;t have the $ to build either.
4. Mangroves are good. That's what they taught us, eh ? In general this is tru as they help stabilize the shore and filter polutants from the nursery areas which develope around their root structures.
5. The mangrove abundance in Mulege is likely caused or increased, to some extent, by the actions of man. Increased levels of organic polutants and runoff can affect mangrove growth.
6. Siltation of the river could also have been increased by local construction acitvities, increased pervious-area runoff and other actions well above the "town" area such as mountain road cuts.
7. Moving everyone above the flood plain ? ? ? Probably not.
Mulege is their home, they must remain as long as there is hope. Mulege will rebuild because it is a great place.
8. Dredging the centerline of the rio and removing constrictions to the river flow would definitley increase the flow capacity. Leaving mangroves along the banks would help stabilize the chanel.

Short of a dam or diversion chanel, I would have to agree with centerline dredging as a method to maintain the existing chanel.

In time, nature may act to block the existing river with mangroves and eventually to silt-in, forcing the river to chose another path to the sea. As humans, we have the power to maintain some features such as this, if we so chose. Are we meddling ?? Is it meddling to consume oxygen from our air or to create poluting gases from all manner of travel ? Well, here we go...... or not. Just dredge the dang thing as it's the best thing for the town !

Remembering, of course, that another flood such as this would still undoubtedly top the banks of the river even with a freshly dredged canal, but the damage should be much less.

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