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Old August 11th 04, 02:20 AM
Robin
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Default Hurricane prep a pond?


"RichToyBox" wrote in message
news:cmeSc.282741$Oq2.278755@attbi_s52...
Get a generator, comes in handy, not only for the pond but

for the power
outage to the house as well, keeping the refrigerator and

freezer going. In
lieu of a generator, go to Walmart sporting goods and get

several aerators
"Big Bubbles" work on D cell batteries for up to 80 hours.

Put in a liberal dose of baking soda, get the KH up to

about 300ppm, the
heavy rains will be acid and eat large quantities of KH.

Draw the pond
level down as much as possible, just before the storm hits

to keep the water
from running over the top, if possible. If water is to

the top, the fish
might decide to swim downstream.

Batten down the hatches and stay dry, and when the storm

lets up, go out and
clean any wind driven debris, leaves, branches, etc from

the pond.


Cool, thanks!



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"Robin" wrote in message
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Is there anything you can do to help a pond better

withstand
a hurricane or tropical storm? Or do you just have to

let
nature do it's thing? I live about 1 mile off of Mobile

bay
and we may have a storm headed our way.

Thanks for any advice,
Robin
http://community.webshots.com/user/robinandtami






 




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