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Cerberus
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Re: Iowa Rain Forest----not ch.
« Reply #1 on: Jan 23rd, 2004, 6:02pm » |
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Show me a politician with absolutely NO skeletons in their closet and I'll show you a saint.
Absolutely rediculous there has never been nor ever will be a natural rainforest in Iowa. The money would be better spent on CRP reserve and prarie/ wildlife conservation and re-forrestation efforts.
Let the educational organizations that want it built find a better location and alternative financing for that.................rainforest in Iowa gimme a break!
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Re: Iowa Rain Forest----not ch.
« Reply #2 on: Jan 23rd, 2004, 7:05pm » |
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The only temperate rainforests in the continental US are in the GPNW.
Last I checked that is a considerable distance from Iowa, Nebraska or Wyoming.
Then again. I have been wrong before. Not by over a thousand miles. But there is always a first time. My navigation skills may not be what they were.
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Re: Iowa Rain Forest----not ch.
« Reply #3 on: Jan 23rd, 2004, 7:27pm » |
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My mistake Kirk: It's an INDOOR rain forest. Whew. Everything is okay now.......
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Re: Iowa Rain Forest----not ch.
« Reply #4 on: Jan 23rd, 2004, 8:51pm » |
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OK, OK.......a great idea. Indoor rainforest, expensive as hell, vast in size, a monument to man's possibilities.......
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Built on a fooking flood plain.
Gimme a break.
Damned Republicans......
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Re: Iowa Rain Forest----not ch.
« Reply #5 on: Jan 23rd, 2004, 10:07pm » |
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From what I saw of Iowa there were only about 7 trees and 4 of those were in the atrium...the rest looked like snow covered cornfields.
Not much of a start for a rainforest.
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Re: Iowa Rain Forest----not ch.
« Reply #6 on: Jan 26th, 2004, 6:04pm » |
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on Jan 23rd, 2004, 6:02pm, Cerberus wrote:| Show me a politician with absolutely NO skeletons in their closet |
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You can find them hanging out with Santa Claus and the Easter bunny, bro.
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Re: Iowa Rain Forest----not ch.
« Reply #7 on: Jan 26th, 2004, 10:12pm » |
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Ironically Jones is right......
A good portion of the Iowa "river" (more like a glorified creek) is flood plain. The river floods almost annually, innundating a good deal of rather pleasant parks and low lying neighborhoods. The general area is rolling hills but right smack in the heart of Iowa City, home of the University of Iowa, is what used to be a large percentage of rather high quality MARSH land.
Unfortunately, the U of I is more a Medical and Educational oriented school than Iowa State U where a greater portion of engineering students attend. I imagine that the few engineering students could find a large volume of fodder for graduate work if they had a mind to.
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