IamSauerKraut

IamSauerKraut OP t1_j39reqt wrote

Spent nearly the majority of my teen years in foster care. Took them several years to get me there. Only when it became apparent that my mother's husband might kill me did an investigator make a home visit. There I was on a cold November afternoon sitting on the porch after school waiting for someone to let me into the house. We spoke for some time before she invited me into her car to warm up. My mother arrived more than an hour later. I've been there, done that and have no desire for other kids to experience the same. The child welfare system needs improved. I've said that before and every time a kid ends up dead, I will repeat that.

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IamSauerKraut OP t1_j38wopt wrote

>Our society has deemed it acceptable for a program, that helps the defenseless, to be severely underfunded.

Has it found it so? Not sure that electing the same arseholes constitutes acceptance, but voices against underfunding child welfare programs are increasing in numbers and volume so maybe a change is a coming. One thing is certain: folks are beyond fed up with all these little kids ending up dead.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j2wzdao wrote

Yeah, see, when the water sits as it does at that dam, other chemical reactions come into play. But as noted, in the upper parts, the water tends to be orange due to the acid dissolving iron compounds in the rocks. That color is present in many small streams in the Skook area, mitigated in one place along the Rausch Creek by limestone cairns. Maybe your local Trout Unlimited org can install a few of those along the waterways to mitigate the AMD.

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