From: Richard B. 

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:11:55 -0500, John Cuccia  wrote:

>Mississippi river levees prevent the spring floods from dumping the
>sediment that built the marshes that used to absorb some of the shock
>of storms.   Those marshes are no just about gone.
>
>The ring levees around the city, while designed to keep water out,
>work just as well to keep it in once it's there.

There's a school of thought called Designing with Nature.  Most beachfront
developments bulldoze that notion or patch it up with misguided
renourishment projects.

We should all know you let a woman like Mother Nature have her way.

Do you have friends or family in need?

- Richard

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