Would you buy a house near a reservoir?
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The house is not exactly next to the reservoir, but it's in the vicinity. SHould i have any concerns?
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Anonymous
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Uh, what? Reservoirs are pretty great for walking and exercise, tend to have less traffic. It's a plus for me.
Reservoirs are typically below ground level. I probably wouldn't want my house next to an old levee or dam where an engineered wall is holding back the force of water. That's a different beast. |
mjsmith
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| up stream no problem... down stream...a whole bunch of nopes.... |
Anonymous
Why? |
Anonymous
If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break If it keeps on rainin' levee's goin' to break When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan |
Anonymous
| A levee is not a reservoir. |
Anonymous
| Water = mosquitos. |
Anonymous
Reservoirs are usually dammed streams. |
Anonymous
| snakes |
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You don't have to be in a flood plain to love levees. |
mjsmith
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i guess you have not been watching the news in California lately...About 188,000 residents near Oroville, Calif., were ordered to evacuate Sunday after a hole in an emergency spillway in the Oroville Dam threatened to flood the surrounding area. Thousands clogged highways leading out of the area headed south, north and west, and arteries major and minor remained jammed as midnight approached on the West Coast I used to have faith in the infrastructure of the USA, but as of late, no so much. if a reservoir fails and you are down stream, even if you get evacuated....you'll loose everything... |
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| OP are you talking about a huge lake reservoir or one of those tiny flood water pools you see all over fairfax? |