Mother Nature Does Not Want Your Sewer Pipes!

  Across the Bayou from the Little Bayou House, "progress" is in the works.  For the past ten years or so, huge houses have been being built.  By huge, I am talking at least four to five times the size of our place.  I have heard tell that most of the homes are being built at a price of over a million dollars.  Hmmm...I sure hope they have good insurance since most are on "shaky" ground meaning, they are built on property that was filled in with red clay to make it meet the standards of hurricane recommendations.  A lot of these are actually on a strip of land that, although was once connected, is now an island.  A hurricane not too long ago ripped a huge swath out of the peninsula and left it inaccessible until a bridge was built.  When Hurricane Katrina hit, there were only a handful of homes on the island and those were hard hit.  Obviously, the codes for building were conveniently "overlooked" causing the houses to be weak.  History has a way of repeating itself so I hope to goodness that the newer ones learned a good lesson from their predecessors.

  While I am all for folks getting their dream homes, I hate that it has to come at a price payable by Mother Nature.  The builders have no regard for the land, water nor critters.  Our nesting pair of Bald Eagles were literally chased from a lot where the latest house is being built.  Their nesting tree was cut down needlessly since it was on the outer skirts of the property and not where the house was to sit.  That made me sad but, happily, the eagles relocated on a vacant piece to our west.  

  Now, with the low tides caused by the north wind, I have found other evidence that these builders have no respect.  Short pieces of large PVC piping have just been tossed into the water.  I pondered from where the pipes coming but the answer was obvious when a tractor pushed a huge mound of trash into the Bay.  Now, the pipes are strewn along our shoreline making it an unsightly mess.  Once the tide allows for the small skiff to be maneuvered, these will be retrieved and disposed of properly.  Also, if the action is repeated, I shall try to be there with my camera to film the dirty deed.  Perhaps with "proof" to the proper authorities, things will be remedied.  My little Bayou is being torn to bits by so many unthinking people.  Saddening...saddening.  Mother Nature does not want your sewer pipes and neither do I.