September '24 Chat -- School's In!
- Thread starter TheBac
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Kinda like building in a flood plane then complain about flooding
Or build anywhere and not factor in local natural disaster that generally are seasonal
I'm surprised our trees are still green. Calling for rain tomorrow night into Saturday morning, that'll be good
20% chance and they said maybe. 1/4” max
Trees are starting to turn as well
I guess the corn in Ross county was browning up 3 weeks ago
There is a new technique where engineers can electrocute the sand near the coast and basically turn it into a form of concrete. It effectively turns it into a large shell by causing the calcium to bond with the sand surrounding it. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it used in this situation, it would stabilize the area.
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It's probably to large of scale to do it in CA. I build lots of subdivision there. We regularly made fills of 90' of pure sand for house pads. Problems isn't just rain in CA, but natural springs too. Or leaks in water mains/storage tanks that are put on top of mountains. We once hit what we thought was a spring, but the water was chlorinated. It was coming from the storage tank 1/2 a mile away on top the mountain.
Rain is the biggest problem though. I thought I had the picture on this phone but I guess not. Just for the hell of it. Here's a picture of the rain moving in in Socal. 1/4" fell in 30mins or so. That machine has 5'-6' tall tires. After the rain that exact machine was driving in 2.5' of mud that had came down the hillside.
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My Papa always said 1" is as good as a mile. That line are thinking it's probably why I've wrecked so much shit.Ya ever back a 50' trailer into a building without a spotter, having to avoid equipment and other vehicles. Checking both mirrors, making sure ya don't hit the Bobcat with a wheel off about 40' back. Get it all the way in, step out of the truck thinking that wasn't so bad. Then walk to the back, and say, damn...
Backed Voodo into the shop tonight with my buddies Dodge, and just about stuck a very expensive outdrive thru my other buddies LLY truck headlamp that I've been testing the FUCM board on..
Was saved by the step up in the concrete.. So had to share my photo finish..
We got a small rain. Maybe 20-25 mins early afternoon. Then it got back up to 90*
I left the house and went to zanesville and it rained most of the way there but we got nothing at home.
As of 6:00.
I left the house and went to zanesville and it rained most of the way there but we got nothing at home.
As of 6:00.
Started raining on me in Zanesville as well, been going since then. It will do our place some good
Few good storms rolled thru down here on the river this evening. Little late, but we'll take it.
South side of Frazeysburg, part way to the dirt track if you know where that is on SR60