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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (325593)2/12/2007 2:28:56 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1576084
 
"The houses are there because people wanted them there. They like being near the water"

That they do. But what happens when a hurricane goes into Chesapeake? And what happened to the Spartina? I am guessing there used to be a marsh there, it is sort of characteristic of a bay. Spartina species grasses form the base of the ecosystem, when you remove it, you remove the primary food source for much of the ecosystem.

There are lots of reasons why houses shouldn't be built in places where those are. Runoff isn't the primary reason. Marsh destruction, along with the turbidity produced by the obligatory boats should be enough.
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