[Artemisia] Flood Victims in Artemesia?

[ray congdon]

Well put, did you know that washington county built
the divesion dam so that it would flood those areas,
then later issued building permit in the
"to-be-flooded" area, what a bunch of morons.  then
they tried to blast it without useing proper equipment
of technique, again I say Morons!!!  but besides that,
we are well and ready for the Pas and Ball tomorrow. 
Be well.  -Andrew
--- HL Isabeau de Sevingy <badsquire at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- Dawn Tavares <dtavares1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I was watching the news coverage of the flooding
> and
> > landslides in 
> > Washington County when a thought struck me: There
> > might be SCAdians caught 
> > in that catastrophe.
> > 
> > Has anyone done a bedcheck to make sure all the
> > southern Artemesians are 
> > safe and dry? The fact that I haven't seen a
> > cancellation notice for the Ard 
> > Ruadh Pas de Arms scheduled for tomorrow is a good
> > sign...but I'd feel 
> > better with sound confirmation.
> > 
> > I can't help but think how the devastation along
> the
> > West Coast must grieve 
> > the kingdomes of Caid and The West....
> > 
> > Aurora
> 
> 
> Don't know for sure, but when I went to an event
> there
> last winter, I got the distinct impression that the
> group members mostly lived in 'downtown' St George
> and
> the much drier towns to the northeast side. That's
> the
> good news.
> 
> The major flooding problems were on the northwest of
> 'downtown' along the Santa Clara river. In fact,
> such
> that if you travel down to the event this weekend,
> you
> are unlikely to see any damaged areas where you
> would
> be going.
> 
> Unfortunately, almost every house that was eroded
> into
> the drink, was uninsured. Even though the homeowners
> knew that they were on a FEMA designated flood
> plain,
> they decided not to spend their money of flood
> insurance, because it was too expensive and that
> little creek in the sandy wash 'never raised up very
> much'. This last week, the 'little' Santa Clara
> river,
> whose swollen surface was still 12 feet below the
> lawn
> level in peoples yards, was chewing away land at 1
> linear foot per minute, right across folks backyards
> and around their basements and footings. It wasn't
> just the incredible hydrolic force of the water, but
> the abrasive force of all the heavy debris in the
> water.
> 
> Now that it's over, many of these poor folks owe a
> mortgage on a property that no longer exists.
> Neither
> can they sell the land the home was on to raise
> money,
> because the land either is too far eroded as to
> allow
> new building on, or is completely obliterated. Many
> folks are going to be facing bankruptcy just to be
> able to afford a new place to live like an
> apartment,
> some of those will never recover far enough to own a
> home again. 
> 
> *sigh* Buy the insurance. 
> 
> I feel for those folks that made this critical
> mistake, I really do, but it also serves as a
> reminder
> to be very careful where you buy or build. This also
> applies to the homeowners in the landslide area in
> La
> Conchita in California. Any geologist could have,
> and
> in fact did, state that that area was prone to a
> large
> slide. Yet, people built there and other people
> bought
> there. That same area had a major landslide 10 years
> ago. The actual stretch that let loose was showing
> smaller slumps in the few days leading up to the
> major
> slide. As it was still raining, a slide was
> practically a foregone conclusion. It still amazes
> me
> that so many folks were inside their homes when the
> hillside above their home was showing visible signs
> of
> giving way for two days. If they had heeded the
> warning the earth was giving them, many more would
> have survived.
> 
> *stepping down off my soapbox*
> 
> And people wonder what geologists/geology students
> do
> all day...
> we think about stuff like this.
> 
> Isabeau
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
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