Talk:Runaway Pond

Proposed sections
The below discussion text previously appeared, as is, right in the article, so I've moved it here where it belongs. AdRock (talk) 13:36, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I had left it there IN COMMENTS for the benefit of future editors. The comments were apparently deleted by mistake.Student7 (talk) 21:38, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Geology
The evolution of some lakes has been well explored. Such information should be placed here, with a suitable discussion of all POVs when possible.

Natural history
Mention distinctive plants and animals associated with any part of the lake.

Lake vs pond
Note that the name "pond" was assigned arbitrarily by a handful of people who had seen the place at the time. The minimum cutoff of a lake is about 100 acres. IF the size is correct 1.5 x .5 miles = .75 miles square = 480 acres, well in excess of the modern criterion for lake. Student7 (talk) 00:51, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Requests
Made edits changing the emphasis of the article re:past tense. Runaway Pond is more of an event than a pond, in a way.

A comment in the article code mentions that Long Pond's 480 acres count as a lake: I added this in the Hydrology section but do not have a reference for the "100 acre" guideline.

In the last section, the text states that the "effects can be seen". What effects are visible? or does this mean something like "it made permanent changes"? Tkech (talk) 20:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

In revision https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Runaway_Pond&diff=prev&oldid=226659252 a superb template was commented in, giving suggestions for information for a lake. A lot of it may be immaterial to Long Pond. But presumably some use was previously being made of this body of water: irrigation, fishing, swimming, boating? If records exist describing it, it would be interesting to read. Was the lake surrounded by multiple working farms or properties? Tkech (talk) 17:30, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

"Natural Disaster"
There's a low-key edit war on whether this article should be in the "Natural disaster" category. It does not fit the definition of Natural disaster. The category "Environmental disaster" does apply, although Wikipedia's Environmental disaster article seems to focus on contamination. A comment on that talk page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Environmental_disaster#Cause_vs._Effect has an interesting point: "In Emergency Management, emergencies and disasters are categorized by the cause (man-made, technical, natural) not the effect (environmental, financial, human)."

Continuing to try to label the misguided activity that caused the Runaway Pond, Environmental degradation came up. But I like River engineering as a description of the man-made effort. They wanted to raise the river flow. They dug at the pond. Their intervention caused the sand to give way. It's a man-made event. Tkech (talk) 06:19, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Photo displaying to right on article
it shows a full pond which i think is Clarks Pond to the north. Runaway Pond does not still hold water, it's an open field/wetland. i'm not a regular wikipedia editor and don't know how to fix it