Facebook drivel about Oak trees and flooding

[Stubby]

I agree with mick....facebook is bollocks

 

Thats being very unfair to bollocks . Bollocks is way better than arse book .

[Kveldssanger]

Nice post, Bears (and SteveA). I agree it's a little brazen in its approach, though it probably isn't totally off the mark.

[Kveldssanger]

Thats being very unfair to bollocks . Bollocks is way better than arse book .

 

Someone earlier called it 'facepain'. It certainly breeds a form of pain...

[Mick Dempsey]

I love FB, it's just the other people who ruin it.

[NFG]

Someone earlier called it 'facepain'. It certainly breeds a form of pain...

 

I refer to it as facef**k, it has its place.

 

 

N

[Mick Dempsey]

That's actually something completely different.

[stihlmadasever]

I refer to it as facef**k, it has its place.

 

 

N

 

Yeah- can you convince my wife then...

[matelot]

If our boggy farm is anything to go by (half woodland/ half meadow) then yes the woods are drier (or should I say less wet) than the meadows.

 

On that basis, yes I believe trees do make a difference.... but can it make the difference to stop all the flooding?... considering the amount of rain we've had, I very much doubt it. But maybe LESS people would be flooded?

 

cheers, steve

 

My MSc was in water resources. I understand that forests mitigate flooding (as opposed to farming) as forest soils hold more water. Forest soils hold more water as there are no animals/ tractors continually compacting the soil. Forest soils also have a lot more "spongy" organic matter that holds the water.

 

A couple of hundred millimetre of decayed spruce needles holds a fair amount of rain...

[Kveldssanger]

My MSc was in water resources. I understand that forests mitigate flooding (as opposed to farming) as forest soils hold more water. Forest soils hold more water as there are no animals/ tractors continually compacting the soil. Forest soils also have a lot more "spongy" organic matter that holds the water.

 

A couple of hundred millimetre of decayed spruce needles holds a fair amount of rain...

 

And mycelium, may I add. Good post.

[Mick Dempsey]

Plus, if I remember rightly, the forest slows the speed of the water's descent down slopes, giving more time to it to soak into the soil.

Happy to be proven wrong on that though.