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Old 12-22-2010, 09:41 PM
 
Location: Prepperland
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I was addressing the terracing question. Often times people from the less geographically tortured parts of the country have no clue as to the size and scope of the high features that plate tectonics have seen fit to put in our midst.
"Tortured" Terrain?




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Old 12-22-2010, 09:48 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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"Tortured" Terrain?



I'm not sure but I think those are agricultural terraces, Nepal?. There is an economic need to build them. As I wrote in my post earlier, to maintain the grading necessary to eliminate mudslide risk is probably cost prohibitive. It's just a better solution to accept the risk and rebuild when it happens.
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Old 12-22-2010, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Prepperland
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  1. I'm not sure but I think those are agricultural terraces, Nepal?.
  2. There is an economic need to build them.
  3. As I wrote in my post earlier, to maintain the grading necessary to eliminate mudslide risk is probably cost prohibitive.
  4. It's just a better solution to accept the risk and rebuild when it happens.
1. Asia and South America.
2. No argument there.
3. "grading" without terracing is ephemeral at best.
4. Is that short term or long term "better"?

Of course, California is a "young" state, and will take centuries to mature.
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