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I would think one of the issues with trying to preserve pristine water in Florida is that they have hurricanes every year which can flood vast areas with pollut
by chongli 2y ago
I would think one of the issues with trying to preserve pristine water in Florida is that they have hurricanes every year which can flood vast areas with polluted water.
- eesmith 2y agoThe consequences of acts of God are typically held to different standards than that of Man. That said, if your phosphate mine's tailings pond wasn't built to handle the expected consequences of a hurricane, failure to handle said hurricane is no excuse for negligence.
- chongli 2y agoWell I think a lot of those areas are even flooded with seawater. There’s not much you can do to preserve a fresh water source if it’s close to the ocean and always in the path of hurricanes.
- eesmith 2y agoYou've got a long way from your original questions at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42552853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42552853 . What you describe now has nothing to do with a river and can no longer be called 'pollution'. For one, storm surge flooding has been around long enough that the ecosystem has adapted to the occasional event, making it part of the pristine state.