In article , John
Szalay john.szalay.at.att.net@?.? writes

Where this backhow is, WAS under 26 ft of water, they are cleaning the boat
dock trailer parking lot. much of the silt has been trucked off,
while what is left is being pushed & washed back into the river with fire
hoses. river still has to drop another 15-20ft to normal pool.


It's good stuff that silt, really fertile. You can't beat floodplains
for agriculture, it's building on them that's silly!
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Sue ]