Subj : peeves was: Eagle Cam To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Dec 02 2019 10:14:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> To me it would be interesting to see what was "under there": what's BM>> going on below the river's surface. Probably most of the time not too BM>> much, expecially close to the edge/shore; I'd think the fish would be BM>> holed up for safety in a pool, logs and debris further out in the main BM>> channel, plus LIS the water is rather dirty so couldn't see too far. NB>> Agreed on all of that... interesting to see what was beneath the NB>> surface, but likely that one wouldn't be able to see very much or NB>> very far... BM> Probably not; the dirtier the water the less light passes, so even if BM> something interesting to look at down there might not be able to see BM> unless added lighting. Oh well, was an idea. NB> Yup... while it lasted.... ;) Oh well. At one time they were considering tunnels instead of bridges over the Mississippi, at least locally. Would not have had the view; hey look at that! BM>> As for above-river views, all the way from nothing happening to eagles BM>> catching fish, the various river traffic..... NB>> True... the river traffic would be interesting to me... along with NB>> the eagles fishing.... So often, I'm driving over a bridge, and the NB>> guardrails and all keep me from being able to see much if anything NB>> of what is happening on the river or bay I'm crossing.... BM> Plus keeping an eye on the road! Guardrails and barriers are good for BM> somethings but bad for others. NB> But it's so much easier to keep an eye on the road if one doesn't NB> have to strain to see over guardrails and barriers..... ;) True, though contrary to that thought was some of the barriers were decorated. NB> SOW, the construction on the highway near us seems to be NB> finished... They ended up giving a dedicated lane each way as an NB> entrance/exit lane between two exits, shifting which side had an NB> exit only lane in the interchange with the other major expressway NB> going north on the one, and the northbound entrance(s) onto the NB> highway from the first street became one somewhat re-engineered NB> one... overall, it seems to be a useful project after all... ;) NB> Coming off the east-west highway going north from the east got NB> reworked as well, making it a little less dangerous or NB> hassle-y... And this winter, all the equipment and signage is NB> gone... so it's pretty clear that they did finally finish... :) Yea!! Always good to have an extra lane, especially to provide an orderly flow of traffic. Some years back they added part of a cloverleaf to the 53rd St.and I-74 Interchange, which also added some lanes to 53rd St. which is a new shopping area (numerous strip malls as well as medical facilities). Part of the old was a light to turn left and use the same entrance to I-74 as the on-coming lane. New is a right-turn cloverleaf and a new entrance to I-74. On-coming still uses the original but the traffic lights have been removed so no traffic stoppage. So like your highway project ended up much safer and efficient. NB>>>> So we'll just hope that the heads put together to study this do NB>>>> think of all the factors, and come up with good solutions... :) BM>>> I'm thinking more like most factors, but yes. Would be even more BM>>> costly but a secondary flood wall to protect should (when!) the primary BM>>> one fails. Like when the HESCO Barrier failed and flooded downtown BM>>> Davenport: if had sandbags or some other wall along the sidewalks BM>>> probably could have contained most of the flood. Streets probably BM>>> would have been flooded but the insides of the buildings might have BM>>> been dry. NB>>> Potentially could be (have been) a solution to protect the NB>>> buildings... I wonder what other factors might make it not so good NB>>> a solution, though.... :) BM>> Right: lots of details I have no idea about. The news has shown BM>> manholes and drains as mini-fountains in the flooded roads, plus warn BM>> people not walk walk through flooded streets as the manhole covers BM>> covers could have come off and they'd fall into the hole. NB>> Yup, something else to be watching out for... ;) BM> Some houses and maybe businesses along the River in low-lying area BM> have some sort of a one-way ball valve in their sewer line: allows BM> sewerage to flow to the street lines but not the other way in to the BM> house. Once in a while a news item about the valve failing and the BM> rather disgusting flooding of the basement. NB> That can happen... and flooding might make it more likely to NB> fail, with more pressure on it... :) Unfortunately right. IIRC one small brew pub that was flooded downtown lost $60,000 worth of equipment. That kind of number adds up quickly! BM>>> So far no great ideas. Of course I'm only really thinking about it BM>>> when the topic comes up here..... NB>>> So you'll need a pad to jot down brilliant insights that appear as NB>>> we discuss things.... BM>> Well, there's always paper and pens here at the desk and yes I do make BM>> notes of things as they pop in. So far nothing even remotely BM>> brilliant for flood control. NB>> Oh, well... you never know, though... BM> I'm figuring more like a 99.9% chance I'll not come up with anything BM> but there's always that 0.1%! NB> Exactly... ;) And I'm still waiting for the 0.1%! NB> ... "Are you ready?" "No, but that's never stopped me before!" Sort of thinking how the reverse isn't quite true: I've not done something because I wasn't ready, but the 'ready' was more because something wasn't 'right'. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 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