Comments on: Thumbs Down: Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper on Polluted Runoff http://waterwordsthatwork.com/2007/07/19/environmental-communication-critique/ Make a splash with your communications! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pat Bozanich http://waterwordsthatwork.com/2007/07/19/environmental-communication-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-953 Pat Bozanich Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:08:18 +0000 http://waterwordsthatwork.com/2007/07/19/thumbs-down-lower-susquehanna-riverkeeper-on-polluted-runoff/#comment-953 The video clearly shows what happens when silt fences don't work, but it never states (or shows) why this is a problem or why we should care. And it never says what we can do about it. The purpose is also unclear to me. Is he exposing the shoddy practices of one developer or talking about the value of silt fence technology in general? Does he want the planning/building department to have better rules? Enforce the rules that exist? The video anticipates a level of knowledge that I don't possess, and raises more questions than it answers. He mentions a storm - is this an unusual situation or something that happens regularly? Is the problem mud in the street? What is the business about the hay bale - should there be one there? Why? Wouldn't it just clog things up more after a muddy storm? I understand why he is angry, but what he wants to accomplish with his anger is unclear. What would he do if he were king? What is the solution? The video clearly shows what happens when silt fences don’t work, but it never states (or shows) why this is a problem or why we should care. And it never says what we can do about it.

The purpose is also unclear to me. Is he exposing the shoddy practices of one developer or talking about the value of silt fence technology in general? Does he want the planning/building department to have better rules? Enforce the rules that exist?

The video anticipates a level of knowledge that I don’t possess, and raises more questions than it answers. He mentions a storm – is this an unusual situation or something that happens regularly? Is the problem mud in the street? What is the business about the hay bale – should there be one there? Why? Wouldn’t it just clog things up more after a muddy storm?

I understand why he is angry, but what he wants to accomplish with his anger is unclear. What would he do if he were king? What is the solution?

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