Category: waste

The Story Of A Rubbish Heap/So You Want To Stop the Flooding

June 2, 2010 by Taran Rampersad

Right after the shiny new Prime Minister was sworn in, she thrust herself into 'tall boots' and accosted the flooded areas - threatening bodily harm to the waters that endangered the citizenry. I'm sure she said a few things, too - but lets face it. There's just something about puddles and flood waters that makes you want to splash around in it. If you can get political leverage, even better.

But enough about the Prime Minister. She's not the focus of this issue - these flood waters are. Flooding is what happens when water goes into an area faster than it gets out. In soil heavy in clay, it's not easily absorbed into the aquifer. It sits around in the clay. Intelligent people thought that drainage would be a good plan. It still would be a good plan. Nevermind that the box drains built have no horizontal support at the top and cave in over time. Nevermind that people litter and the litter ends up in the drains, enough so to keep water from running out of an area fast enough. Nevermind that people do their own thing, without Town and Country approval (as corrupt as T&C allegedly is) and are supported by their MPs because they want the votes so that they can leech the public a little longer. Nevermind all of that. {Read more}