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<blockquote data-quote="Moneybox" data-source="post: 635967" data-attributes="member: 3960"><p>This type of rainfall and runoff is not new to these areas. Nature needs to clean up once in a while but never as much as it does since we've inhabited the land. A good flush can remove/move a lot of salt and nutrients improving soil that has got out of balance. Damming all the streams ruins the natural habitat but we're pretty good at that.</p><p></p><p>The floods of 1974 gave a clear indication of areas not suitable for housing however money talks so these flood prone areas have huge housing estates and it continues to go on. About 10 years ago they woke up here in WA and caused an uproar when old flood lines were marked like high tide and these areas are closed to housing development.</p><p></p><p>I really feel for the people living in those areas because many are ignorant of the history of major floods. I was living at Upper Brookfield in 1974 and working at Calamvale on Beaudesert road so I saw some of the worst of it and was amazed to see property development over those same flooded areas in following years. </p><p></p><p>I can understand when way back they built close to water but there's no excuse for building on a floodplain these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moneybox, post: 635967, member: 3960"] This type of rainfall and runoff is not new to these areas. Nature needs to clean up once in a while but never as much as it does since we've inhabited the land. A good flush can remove/move a lot of salt and nutrients improving soil that has got out of balance. Damming all the streams ruins the natural habitat but we're pretty good at that. The floods of 1974 gave a clear indication of areas not suitable for housing however money talks so these flood prone areas have huge housing estates and it continues to go on. About 10 years ago they woke up here in WA and caused an uproar when old flood lines were marked like high tide and these areas are closed to housing development. I really feel for the people living in those areas because many are ignorant of the history of major floods. I was living at Upper Brookfield in 1974 and working at Calamvale on Beaudesert road so I saw some of the worst of it and was amazed to see property development over those same flooded areas in following years. I can understand when way back they built close to water but there's no excuse for building on a floodplain these days. [/QUOTE]
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