We've got no snow here

Post #321,169 by Andrew Grygus 2/8/10 2:08:28 PM Reply	We've got no snow here - but . . . . . our mud beats your snow easy. Fortunately it doesn't cover a wide area. Friday's "fast moving showers" unexpectedly turned out to be the most intense rains of the year, and just hung around all night. Just checked with one of my clients who lives 2 blocks below a notorious checkdam. His place is at the end of a cul-de-sac that trends uphill, and it escaped serious damage, but he says the rest of the homes on his block were hit bad and the all the houses on the street above were totally destroyed. The checkdam was ineffective because it quickly filled up with boulders about 10 feet in diameter and estimated to weigh about 18,000 pounds each. Heavy concrete k-rail barriers chained together to contain mud flows to the street were simply washed away like so many twigs. The damage was, as usual, confined to wealthy areas.
Post #321,183 by Another Scott 2/8/10 3:32:42 PM Reply	:-/ Glad you're Ok. Hang in there.
Post #321,184 by Andrew Grygus 2/8/10 3:41:43 PM Reply	No problem here - I'm below a different check dam . . . . . and a good mile down the street. The big flooding and 12 foot rolling rocks were back in the 1920's on this street - and this street isn't wealthy enough to attract the real disasters. The rain was intense enough, though to find a leak in the roof - which had survived an entire week of rain the week before. I'll have to go up and have a look while it's still bright, sunny and warm.
Post #321,187 by static 2/8/10 5:09:46 PM Reply	I'm curious. How does the wealthy of the residents attract the disasters? I'm guessing because they have the funds to do monumentally stupid landscaping... Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #321,191 by Andrew Grygus 2/8/10 8:59:13 PM Reply	No, it's not so much their landscaping . . . . . it's more site selection. The wealthy want seclusion, picturesque scenery and huge lots for palaces and horses and such. They build farther and farther out on the periphery, farther up slopes and farther into undeveloped areas and don't ever think of the consequences. When there's a disaster, the wealthy are first in its path, They provide a good buffer zone between disasters and us regular folks.

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