Showing posts with label flood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flood. Show all posts
Friday, December 19, 2025
Saturday, March 01, 2025
one of the most dangerous curses is " may you live in interesting times " and we sure do... in the middle of February, a water supply pipe burst, and the next morning, one street was 5 feet deep in ice
A burst water pipe and plummeting temperatures resulted in a flooded Detroit street becoming covered in a thick layer of ice — up to five feet thick in some parts, according to local reports.
These breaks occur when the pipes get cold and contract, and then warm up and expand. This repeated process over time can cause the pipes to burst, resulting in chaos that can impact entire neighborhoods and cities.
A 54 inch water main that was roughly 100 years old burst in the early morning hours near the corner of Rowan and Beard Street.
https://mix957gr.com/detroit-water-main-break
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Hurricane Helene and Milton damaged more than 17,000 cars, they went to auction, thousands of others more severely damaged were not auctioned at all.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
they temporary bridge was quickly built by locals and volunteers in Northeastern Tennessee for crossing the river bed after the real bridge was destroyed during flooding from Hurricane Helene
three flatbed trailers placed parallel, because they are easy to install and remove, and the load rating of a semi trailer is a known quantity!
This is similar to using railroad car beds like I posted in years past
Sunday, October 27, 2024
North Carolina officials initially estimated the road to Big Chimney would take several months to almost a year to complete. Blue-collar workers, team of volunteer West Virginia coal miners, prevailed over bureaucracy by rebuilding a road at breakneck speed on their own terms – allowing residents to finally return home, and they accomplished the task in less than a week.
Also thanks to Paul Panson at A&P for donating additional equipment and manpower.
Left to right:
Charles Dunbar
Darrell McCune
Jimmy Wood
Stephen Boone
Jeff Barnhouse (with Rock Solid Construction)
Ben Harris
Derek Butler
Bobby Thomas
Jon Campbell
“The DOT (North Carolina Department of Transportation) said ‘yeah, we’ll send some engineers down here and assess the situation.’
“The Army Corps of Engineers took a look and said they’d send some surveyors and engineers, I told them you might as well not waste your time because the West Virginia guys will have this road built before you finish your paperwork,” Lewis continued.
“Then the West Virginia boys came in and said, ‘We’ll have this road punched in in about three days.’ No s–t,” he recalled.
Not a final approved DOT road but an access road to get the people in and out with a SxS or a 4x4 truck.
“Then the West Virginia boys came in and said, ‘We’ll have this road punched in in about three days.’ No s–t,” he recalled.
Not a final approved DOT road but an access road to get the people in and out with a SxS or a 4x4 truck.
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Asheville, and every other town or city next to a river is my guess, has flooded before... Asheville had a historic flood in 1916 ... thank you George!
Notice on the right, the street cars are half flooded
Saturday, October 05, 2024
thank you James D for sending me a link to this video of the destruction aftermath in North Carolina, on Oct 3rd days later, of what one river did to a river side road, and bridges. Amazing hi def hi res video, the 2nd video shows the hurricane coming through on Sept 27th
Cleetus flew over this area with his helicopter, you can see the river and destroyed road very well on his video at minute 15:07 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQAPEBKhMS8
Skip to 7 minutes in for the hurricane blowing through
Thursday, February 08, 2024
Tuesday, February 06, 2024
Sunday, October 22, 2023
there's a place called Rufford Ford that won't build a bridge (for vehicles, they have one alongside for pedestrians, understanding how much pollution is being washed off the cars and then downstream), and a guy that records all the people that bravely/stupidly drive through the flood every time
All the leaked oil, leaked transmission fluid, leaked power steering fluid, leaked brake fluid, grease, brake dust, that's washed downstream must be quite horrible
By the way, a few cars make it past the water, but so much water gets into the air filter, that the engine can't get enough air on the other side of the water, and conks out
A fair amount of undercarriage aerodynamic panels are ripped off the cars too
And I found that Tom explains the situation, and the area history that caused this situation, very well
and then... there are the Karens!
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Friday, August 18, 2023
I just learned that Case has teamed up with Team Rubicon, and 2 Case dealerships train volunteers to operate heavy equipment for its veteran-led humanitarian organization that serves global communities before, during and after disasters and crises.
two of the interested CASE dealers: RPM Machinery, out of their Franklin, Indiana, location; and Lawrence Equipment, at their Roanoke, Virginia, store. On a monthly basis, these dealers provide machines for Team Rubicon volunteers to train on, an indoor classroom and outdoor operating space.
CASE deploys machinery through its dealer network to numerous disaster response and community service projects across North America
“As soon as we heard about the need to help train more heavy equipment operators, we raised our hand,” says Dustin Cole, executive vice president of Lawrence Equipment. “We’re very active in our local communities and want to ensure Virginia is prepared if disaster strikes, as well as help train volunteers to deploy wherever they are needed throughout the U.S. and Canada.”
CASE deploys machinery through its dealer network to numerous disaster response and community service projects across North America
Team Rubicon’s volunteers, which go by “Greyshirts,” register for the monthly training and learn how to operate compact track loaders and excavators. “One of the most critical tasks after disasters strike is getting much-needed resources to that area. Our Greyshirts, including sawyers and heavy equipment operators, help clear trees and debris from roads, allowing first responders and survivors to regain access to the community,” says William Porter, director of operations support, Team Rubicon.
As an example, mere hours after Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, Team Rubicon — with the help of heavy equipment — conducted 37 route clearance events, removing about 660 dump trucks’ worth of debris and a total of 131 obstructions. “Having more trained heavy equipment operators increases the capacity of Team Rubicon to provide this essential assistance for communities, allowing survivors to move toward the path to recovery,” continues Porter.
CASE deploys machinery through its dealer network to numerous disaster response and community service projects across North America
“As soon as we heard about the need to help train more heavy equipment operators, we raised our hand,” says Dustin Cole, executive vice president of Lawrence Equipment. “We’re very active in our local communities and want to ensure Virginia is prepared if disaster strikes, as well as help train volunteers to deploy wherever they are needed throughout the U.S. and Canada.”
CASE deploys machinery through its dealer network to numerous disaster response and community service projects across North America
Team Rubicon’s volunteers, which go by “Greyshirts,” register for the monthly training and learn how to operate compact track loaders and excavators. “One of the most critical tasks after disasters strike is getting much-needed resources to that area. Our Greyshirts, including sawyers and heavy equipment operators, help clear trees and debris from roads, allowing first responders and survivors to regain access to the community,” says William Porter, director of operations support, Team Rubicon.
As an example, mere hours after Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, Team Rubicon — with the help of heavy equipment — conducted 37 route clearance events, removing about 660 dump trucks’ worth of debris and a total of 131 obstructions. “Having more trained heavy equipment operators increases the capacity of Team Rubicon to provide this essential assistance for communities, allowing survivors to move toward the path to recovery,” continues Porter.
This training has been put to use by Team Rubicon in all phases of the disaster cycle across the United States, including wildfire mitigation, hurricane response and long-term storm recovery.
CASE and Team Rubicon plan to expand the number of dealers participating in this heavy equipment operator training program in 2024.
Founded following the Haiti earthquake in 2010, Team Rubicon has grown to more than 160,000 volunteers across the United States and has launched over 1,100 operations domestically and internationally.
To become a Greyshirt and pursue a path of heavy equipment certification for their missions, and sign up as a volunteer https://teamrubiconusa.org/volunteer/
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Sunday, April 02, 2023
there are strange things happening because of the past months of rains flowing to California. Key to this story, is the dry lakebed called Tulare Lake, now the largest freshwater lake West of the Mississippi, and the second-largest freshwater lake entirely in the United States based upon surface area
But later that night, workers with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad unblocked the pipe, which let Allensworth flood.
The residents had used BNSF materials without permission, said Lena Kent, a railroad spokesperson.
Tulare Lake was drained for farming a century ago and is at the southern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley — and in essence, it’s a massive bowl. Before irrigators dug canals and rerouted water for farming in the late 1800s, Tulare Lake filled the bowl’s lower reaches.
In fact, aggressive groundwater pumping has caused the land to sink dramatically — it has subsided in parts of the San Joaquin Valley by as much as 28 feet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey — deepening the bowl.
Several rivers — Kings, Tule, Kern and Kaweah — historically dead-ended at the lake and replenished its water levels every spring, but farmers have diverted and rerouted
Allensworth, a historic community that in 1908 was the first settlement west of the Mississippi to be founded and governed by Black Americans.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
A Tesla whose battery caught fire on Oct. 11, 2022 after having been submerged during the flooding that occurred during Hurricane Ian. The car was located in the parking garage of a residential building
Firefighters from the North Collier Fire Rescue District quickly removed it from the garage and extinguished the fire. It later reignited and was extinguished for a second time.
Friday, September 30, 2022
Doug said it best, it's money, not a Mopar (reason I posted the hurricane damaged Super Bird, and not this McLaren)
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)