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Natural Hazards
A selected letter to the editor from someone who took the time to write to us.
About Environmental Damage…
The damage done to the environment by a storm is devasting.
Precautions need to be taken before Alpha Omega hits.
The impact of the water on the land washes away the dirt, especially if it's sand.
Two-thirds of insured property loses in the United States are due to hurricanes.
Vegetation will be stripped away from their holds, throwing them at other things.
Power lines fall, electrocuting everything in their way and leaving people without power.
Though I am only a citizen of Mobile, Alabama, I know some of what can be done to the environment to help prevent less damage done by the storm.
One thing to do is to try to stop the source of the damage, the hurricane.
You could build a solid wall cemented deep in the ground.
This could hold off both water and wind.
Sacks of sand or rocks could be piled up, creating another wall.
To reduce erosion that is caused by flooding and high winds, some sort of protection, like a plastic cover, could be placed over uncovered dirt/sand.
More trees and shrubberies could be planted so their roots would hold in the dirt, preventing it from being washed away.
The plants would also act as a buffer zone.
If the water goes up to the end of the zone, then only the plants would be would be washed away, or stay put unlike bare dirt/sand, thus serving their purpose and no great loss.
A final way to reduce environmental damage is to evacuate the hurricane/storm-threatened area immediately of people, pets, and maybe (some) wild aniamls.
This will reduce the number of injuries and deaths resulting from a hurricane/major storm; and if less people get hurt, less money will be spent on medical bills and more for property damage.
Thank you for printing an old woman's rambles.
~Less Damage Done in Alabama
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