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SheilaT

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4. How quickly things deteriorate or "return to nature" when not steadily maintained

Reply to raccoon (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 12:17 AM

Apr 2014

is something most people just don't get. Try to imagine that after that second photo in your post, no one ever cleaned up. The road surface itself would have remained driveable for some years, but of course with branches and leaf litter over it, not at all.

Thanks for the photos and the link.

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EARTH ABIDES and the Colorado flood. **SPOILERS** (for book, not flood). [View all] raccoon Sep 2013 OP

As I recall, they do have to make a lot SheilaT Sep 2013 #1

There were plenty of stores and not many people. raccoon Sep 2013 #2

Here's why you couldn't navigate the roads east of the Mississippi after 22 years. Look at these raccoon Mar 2014 #3

How quickly things deteriorate or "return to nature" when not steadily maintained SheilaT Apr 2014 #4

I was floored at that second photo too. nt raccoon Apr 2014 #5