Karl Emmons
21:10 - 21:35
"they're real management intensive. You know, if you were— was in your house and you lived there and you took care of it, because there's a limited amount of water, or maximum water you put through every day, and you can't exceed that. And so somebody needs to really care that they're not going to work, you know, if they don't follow it real strict. And I mean, I would never recommend that anybody put anything like that in."
“they're real management intensive. You know, if you were— was in your house and you lived there and you took care of it, because there's a limited amount of water, or maximum water you put through every day, and you can't exceed that. And so somebody needs to really care that they're not going to work, you know, if they don't follow it real strict. And I mean, I would never recommend that anybody put anything like that in.”
- Speaker
- Karl Emmons
- Timestamp
- 21:10 – 21:35
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Nome
- Captured at
- September 22, 2026
From the transcript
So that means if any part of that quits instantly, you've got to quit using them, or they dump that out in the yard, you know, the waste. And, uh, and you've got to— they're real management intensive. You know, if you were— was in your house and you lived there and you took care of it, because there's a limited amount of water, or maximum water you put through every day, and you can't exceed that. And so somebody needs to really care that they're not going to work, you know, if they don't follow it real strict. And I mean, I would never recommend that anybody put anything like that in.
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