What is this?

[rehdrahk]

Go to this link on Google Maps and then scroll out ... it looks like canals have been dug out to create a neighborhood?

Maybe I am the last to find out ... just wondering if anyone out there could explain this phenomenon ...

Thanks in advance
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=....258844&spn=0.006476,0.010042&z=17&iwloc=addrhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...86.258844&spn=0.006476,0.010042&t=h&z=17&om=1

 

[Miss Kitty]

Wow! Maybe people are digging their way out from getting caught on the private beach down south?

 

[florida girl]

Those are canals dug through the salt marsh back in the 70's for natural mosquito control. Flowing water along with minnows control the mosquito larvae population.

 

[Kurt]

I have seen that up close. It is very marshy and no dry land to speak of. I assumed the ditches were part of the mosuqito control ditches all over SoWal, but I didn't know the ditches were that extensive in the marsh there. I would be interested to know more about the history and what the thinking was at the time. I think it was "drain the swamps and get rid of the mosquitos". Maybe the thought was also to create some new land to develop for the future but that area is all wetalnds and protected now.

 

[Kurt]

Those are canals dug through the salt marsh back in the 70's for natural mosquito control. Flowing water along with minnows control the mosquito larvae population.

I was thinking you might know more as I was typing but didn't expect an answer so soon. Can you tell us more? I'm also interested to know why the southern portion in that view was untouched.

I didn't know that mosqitos could breed in saltwater.

 

[rehdrahk]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Breeding places for larvae of Aedes (mosquitoes) are extremely variable. In general, they breed in temporary pools formed by rains or melting snow. Some species breed in coastal salt marshes that are flooded at intervals by unusually high tides. Others have become adapted to irrigation practices. A few species breed in tree holes, rock pools, and artificial containers.
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[rehdrahk]

Check this out:

http://www.southwaltonmosquitocontrol.com/services.htm

Looks like they dug out and maintain 46 ditches .... interesting ....

 

[florida girl]

I have seen that up close. It is very marshy and no dry land to speak of. I assumed the ditches were part of the mosuqito control ditches all over SoWal, but I didn't know the ditches were that extensive in the marsh there. I would be interested to know more about the history and what the thinking was at the time. I think it was "drain the swamps and get rid of the mosquitos". Maybe the thought was also to create some new land to develop for the future but that area is all wetalnds and protected now.

I don't think any of the old timers ever dreamed of the development we have now. The undrained areas were owned by individuals who didn't give consent.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I don't think any of the old timers ever dreamed of the development we have now.

From some of the original plats I've seen, I would say that they dreamed it alright. Golf course and all, way back when the Chrysler Corporation owned a big chunk of property. Maybe they didn't envision it being this busy, but they sure platted as though it would be some day.

 

[florida girl]

From some of the original plats I've seen, I would say that they dreamed it alright. Golf course and all, way back when the Chrysler Corporation owned a big chunk of property. Maybe they didn't envision it being this busy, but they sure platted as though it would be some day.

I doubt they dreamed of the ciaos, confusion, and dissention associated with living in SoWal.