[Ansteorra] Warlord

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Given the amount of open land, I seriously doubt that
the pavilions on the list field would have
significantly reduced the amount of water soaking into
the soil. I would be more interested in the condition
of the drainage gullies/ditches downstream. Even
minimal blockage or overgrown vegetation would
increase the chance of water backing up and flooding
the camp area.

Amerinda

--- Original Message ---
From: Cairenn Day <cpenny at swbell.net>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Warlord

>I was just thinking, are we aggravating the flooding
problem?  The water
>flow through the merchant's area was not coming from
the direction of
>the hall or parking lot, it seemed to be coming more
from the direction
>of the list field.  The pavilions keep the rain from
hitting the ground
>and soaking in and so adds to the runoff problem.
How many pavilions
>were up and what were their size?  If this line of
reasoning is correct,
>we need to watch were we locate our list fields and
merchant areas or we
>will make flooding problems worse.  It seems to me
that we are seeing
>more flooding problems at many events.  Some of this
is that the type of
>areas set aside for temporary uses, like fairs or
camps, tend to be low
>lying.  Higher ground tends to be more expensive and
it is put to other
>more profitable uses.  Above all, we need to remember
that a 4-6 inch
>rain in an hour or so, will cause flooding anywhere,
not just the Canton
>site.
>
>Cairenn
>
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