Comments on: Ice Age shadows and a vision for the future http://slothcentral.com/archives/46 A 12,000 year-old mystery in SW Iowa Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:51:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cory Gross http://slothcentral.com/archives/46/comment-page-1#comment-561 Cory Gross Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:53:32 +0000 http://slothcentral.com/?p=46#comment-561 Hi! I just came across your blog while doing some research on giant sloths for a novel and I wanted to drop a note to say that this is a fantastic idea. Whether it's the palaeontology geek or Museum and Heritage Studies student in me saying it, the idea of such a park is wonderful. Hi!

I just came across your blog while doing some research on giant sloths for a novel and I wanted to drop a note to say that this is a fantastic idea. Whether it’s the palaeontology geek or Museum and Heritage Studies student in me saying it, the idea of such a park is wonderful.

]]> By: David http://slothcentral.com/archives/46/comment-page-1#comment-339 David Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:56:30 +0000 http://slothcentral.com/?p=46#comment-339 It's always nice to see some creative thinking coming from our State leaders. Here's a guest editorial from the Des Moines Register by State Senators Rob Hogg and Joe Bolkcom calling for Cedar Rapids to rethink its plans and preserve the flood plain/river corridor. It includes email addresses for you to voice your support. http://www.robhogg.org/content.asp?ID=1932&I=7332 It’s always nice to see some creative thinking coming from our State leaders. Here’s a guest editorial from the Des Moines Register by State Senators Rob Hogg and Joe Bolkcom calling for Cedar Rapids to rethink its plans and preserve the flood plain/river corridor. It includes email addresses for you to voice your support. http://www.robhogg.org/content.asp?ID=1932&I=7332

]]> By: David http://slothcentral.com/archives/46/comment-page-1#comment-255 David Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:48:28 +0000 http://slothcentral.com/?p=46#comment-255 Travis--You're right the Cedar Rapids plan includes a modicum of new riverfront green space, but mostly the plan is a lesson in denial, fueled by the assumption of massive federal funding. Can any of the victims really return to the lives they had before, after losing everything? Is it really safe to invite them to rebuild in the same location? I don’t put much faith in the earthen berms, removable levee systems and inflatable dams in the plan that will supposedly protect the city from the next ”big one.” That’s the kind of snake oil pedaled by no-money-down ARM brokers who plan to be long gone when the inevitable flood occurs. To a geologist a 500-year flood is tomorrow, not the inconceivably distant future. Besides, with the modern changes in land-use and the global climate we can throw historic 1/500 year flood probabilities out the window. The paper recently published a story saying the flood was predicted just 41 years ago. see http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/NEWS/710239960/1001/NEWS That's why I say settle people in new locations and train them for new jobs in an exciting new sustainable venture for the community. Travis–You’re right the Cedar Rapids plan includes a modicum of new riverfront green space, but mostly the plan is a lesson in denial, fueled by the assumption of massive federal funding. Can any of the victims really return to the lives they had before, after losing everything? Is it really safe to invite them to rebuild in the same location? I don’t put much faith in the earthen berms, removable levee systems and inflatable dams in the plan that will supposedly protect the city from the next ”big one.” That’s the kind of snake oil pedaled by no-money-down ARM brokers who plan to be long gone when the inevitable flood occurs. To a geologist a 500-year flood is tomorrow, not the inconceivably distant future. Besides, with the modern changes in land-use and the global climate we can throw historic 1/500 year flood probabilities out the window. The paper recently published a story saying the flood was predicted just 41 years ago.
see http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081023/NEWS/710239960/1001/NEWS
That’s why I say settle people in new locations and train them for new jobs in an exciting new sustainable venture for the community.

]]> By: travis http://slothcentral.com/archives/46/comment-page-1#comment-254 travis Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:48:03 +0000 http://slothcentral.com/?p=46#comment-254 Dave, What about the displaced people in your plan? what happens to them? It looks to me like the city is trying to strike the best balance it can by moving residents out of the 100-year flood plain, and then protecting and restoring the remainder of the neighborhoods. There's a lot more green space being created than was there before. Dave, What about the displaced people in your plan? what happens to them? It looks to me like the city is trying to strike the best balance it can by moving residents out of the 100-year flood plain, and then protecting and restoring the remainder of the neighborhoods. There’s a lot more green space being created than was there before.

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