Maine Weather Storms, Suffer Loss

I will not dispute that Earth is changing in seasonal climate change. The East Coast has especially taken a severe weather beating recently.

As a land owner of 14 acres of beautiful towering trees, I'm especially experiencing the impact of what bad weather is doing to my land. Some of the harsh winds can literally uproot these giant trees in a matter of minutes, and there's nothing more nerve-wracking than to just stand in the distance hearing the deafening cracking of trees being slaughtered by such mighty winds.

Many of these trees probably wouldn't even be uprooted if they wouldn't be subjugated to soil erosion due to long winters, excessive rain and torrential floods washing away significant soil nutrients.

With the latest of Mother Nature's events of battering winds and storms, I'm feeling apprehensive as to what early next year will reveal to me. Will the affected areas of my acreage eventually be considered wetlands? With the high winds, how many trees will have gone down this time? It's discouraging.

For agriculturists in Maine whose livelihood depend on the harvesting of healthy crops each year, the onslaught of pounding hail storms, cyclonic activity, rain and excessive snow storms will have farmers shaking their heads in disappointment praying that some of the crops can be salvageable.

Realtors also suffer as land sales spiral downward, knowing that property damage will not sell.

Last year, I had to wear long water boots and carefully trek through 3 of my wooded acres that were swamped with water, with some areas sinking me knee deep. What's especially dangerous in walking through swampy areas is that the underneath ground is soft and can vacuum the weight of a person right in, literally leaving one stuck there or having to sacrifice boot wear.

I had planned on building a water duct system where the natural waters could be re-routed back into the nearby river, seeing that most of the water came from there to begin with as the river would abnormally rise due to the heavy rains, but Maine State laws prohibit such actions. Also, DEP (Department of Environmental Protection) believe that wildlife should be taken into consideration first and rather enjoy the idea of 'wetlands'. This leaves land owners in a Catch-22 situation: Facing Nature's wrath of weather abnormalities, or State laws preventing them from curing their land. Either which way a landowner turns, there's a feeling of helplessness and frustration.

After witnessing this year's abnormal weather storms, I've begun desperately searching for solutions in preserving my land. With rough financial calculations, I've soon discovered that this will be a rather costly venture, with no guarantee if such alternative solutions will even work.

More and more as Nature is wreaking havoc, State laws will have to change, reasonably acclimating to our new Earth changes. Many people are being affected by these changes and are seeking to find alternative ways in adjusting to what Nature is downloading upon us.

If we can't change Mother Nature's plans, we have to work around it.