Re: Tire Fire in Northern California
Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
> K1MIZE@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I'm pretty sure it was just peat dirt, since we generally have a lot
> > of it in the air around here. They've been doing some Fall plowing, and the
> > fine peaty soils here in the Delta are easily picked up and carried on the
> > regular breezes we get in the evenings. (In fact, some of the agricultural
> > "islands" in the Delta have lost as much as 25 feet of soil from this cause.)
>
> Kurt
> It sounds to me as though farmers in those "islands" are well overdue
> for a change of basic technique in preparing their soil.
>
Actually, it is believed that much of the loss of soil in the islands (created by
construction of earthen dikes in marsh area about 100 years ago), is due to sinking
of the ground, as the "soil" dried as the water has been removed.
