Subj : Helene Approaches Coast To : Mike Powell From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Oct 03 2024 06:57:00 Hi Mike! > MP> Eastern KY and surrounding areas of the Virginias were getting > MP> heavy rains for days before Helene even got near Florida, so > MP> they've had some issues with land and rock slides, and big trees > MP> easily falling over due to the soaked ground. Best as I can > MP> tell, the damage is again nothing like it was just SE of there. > It's amazing how fluid the solid-looking land is. MP> It is. There are some folks on social media apparently trying to MP> make it out to be some conspiracy but, yeah, when the ground gets MP> real wet it will act a lot more like a fluid, especially in MP> mountainous areas. I believe the name for ground gets real wet is 'mud'! There are a lot of things commonly seen where something solid changes shape: old window glass will sag. ...Wood shelves and joists will sag. Several years ago a section of local Highway 61 had to be replaced because the concrete underlay streched as it went down a hill. Probably more original construction issues but still that solid-appearing concrete was moving. More back to that solid earth issue, when earth is too dry can be easily crumbled. When too wet is loosely held together -- LIS a more extreme phase is mud. Apparently those social media folks need to put down their electroinics and observe Nature. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... I wanted to post a joke about sodium, but Na, people won't understand. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .