When the flood of July 27 is mentioned, which almost reached his hydroponic vegetable plot, Lin remarks that all the planning to fix up the Tali River has never amounted to more than, "You wash your face in it, and I'll rinse my behind." In the thirty years since the big flood of August 7, 1959, there have been no visible improvements.
提起今年「七二七水災」差點淹及他的水耕蔬菜園時，他表示大里溪整治計畫的整個規劃過程，一直都是「你洗你的臉、我淹我的屁股」，從八七水災至今，卅年來未見改善。