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Article #233Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control
From: Oci-One Kanubi
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 00:00
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dopowell@alumni.caltech.edu (David O. Powell) typed: > I frankly find Mr. Menten's question ridiculous. Siltation > of large reservoirs in the Sierra Nevada is not a significant > problem. Anyone with any understanding of water resources > engineering in California would realize that. The fact that > he asked the question demonstrates either his utter ignorance > of the field in which he chose to interject himself or his > desire to obfuscate. It would seem that dopewell's position is: "if you are not an expert in the field, don't bother to exercise your rights as a concerned citizen to try to understand the problem or to discuss the issue." Why don't you just slink off to Burma or some other totalitarian state, dopewell, and leave us alone? -- -Richard Hopley, OC-1; Rockville, Maryland PS, "not a significant problem", in the views of politicians and civil servants whose jobs depend on programs, often means "a problem which will not become critical while *I'm* in office." -R
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 102cad,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cad,public X-Google-Thread: 105030,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid105030,public X-Google-Thread: f84dc,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf84dc,public X-Google-Thread: fe1ad,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe1ad,public X-Google-Thread: f9e58,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9e58,public X-Google-Thread: 108860,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid108860,public X-Google-Thread: 10df74,2373d8dbf9f6fee5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: Oci-One Kanubi <Richard.L.Hopley@cpmx.saic.com> Subject: Re: California's Opportunity to Achieve Improved Flood Control Date: 1997/02/13 Message-ID: <330338AD.1516@cpmx.saic.com> X-Deja-AN: 218523118 References: <rpenny-ya023580000202971509530001@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <5db24u$2gp@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com> <32F9ED1F.7387@ucdavis.edu> <5de23g$8kn@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> <32FD2726.47F4@earthlink.net> <5dr93s$4f2@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <5dsnk8$13e5@hpbs1500.boi.hp.com> <dopowell-1202972221450001@1.1.1.1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Science Applications International Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Richard.L.Hopley@cpmx.saic.com Newsgroups: ca.water,rec.boats.paddle,alt.org.audubon,alt.org.earth-first,alt.org.sierra-club,ca.general,ca.news,ca.environment,sci.geo.hydrology,sci.geo.rivers+lakes,sci.environment,sci.engr.civil X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; U; PPC)