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Subject: Re: These people in w wa and or did not build on flood plains

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Oropan
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Date Posted: 06:10:53 12/10/07 Mon
In reply to: Bev 's message, "These people in w wa and or did not build on flood plains" on 15:03:45 12/09/07 Sun

Moral of the story....Don't build on steep muddy hillsides or along river draining steep terain.
BTW, I would question whether people built in a flood plain. If a river overflows it's banks and you are flooded, you built in a flood plain.

>other than the fact that there are many rivers in the
>west which drain the w side of the rockies and all the
>cascade rainge . puts a lot of water in a small area
>compared to what is drained in the east from the
>rockies. ITs mainly business who are hurt along with
>thousands of cattle sheep etc. And what is reaLly bad
>is they cannot burn anything that has been flooded the
>cost of clean up is horrendous . Its hardly up to the
>homeowner to clean up highways , roads etc and all the
>sewarge overflow .

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You just crossed out most of w wa and or as being habitable Bev 09:49:31 12/10/07 Mon

Add to that cross of list , the Oregon coast and much of N Ca. -- Bev, 13:22:30 12/10/07 Mon
Re: You just crossed out most of w wa and or as being habitable -- Oropan, 09:04:27 12/11/07 Tue

Yes all tax payers should pay for those things -- Bev, 10:44:12 12/11/07 Tue

Subject	Author	Date
You just crossed out most of w wa and or as being habitable	Bev	09:49:31 12/10/07 Mon
Add to that cross of list , the Oregon coast and much of N Ca. -- Bev, 13:22:30 12/10/07 Mon Re: You just crossed out most of w wa and or as being habitable -- Oropan, 09:04:27 12/11/07 Tue Yes all tax payers should pay for those things -- Bev, 10:44:12 12/11/07 Tue