Showing posts with label stormwater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stormwater. Show all posts
Friday, March 15, 2019

Well, yesterday afternoon was FUN.

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Should be to Tell City by now. Yesterday there was wind and rain event with a quasi-Biblical six-hour power outage at the homestead. H...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Wheel of Sodden at the Saturation Army -- or another heavy rain, another plan to alleviate self-inflicted stormwater tsunamis.

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Extra, extra -- read all about it. The best cure of all would have been pre-emptive; no clearcutting, no Summit Springs. But in America...
Sunday, September 09, 2018

Technically, Chick-fil-A was correctly using sandbags in a vain effort to deter Summit Springs stormwater runoff.

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The preceding screenshots are from videos posted to Facebook on Saturday evening, depicting run-off from the Summit Springs project...
Friday, August 24, 2018

Confused but cash-infused, Deaf Gahan mistakes Summit Springs water runoff for campaign donations and says, "Keep it pourin', boys."

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“I think a lot of people, when you start making those kinds of adjustments and changes to our landscape, I think people should be conc...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

It wasn't about drainage at all. Rather, an irrational fear of density doomed the West Street Mews.

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The single most hilarious aspect of Coffey's resistance is the juxtaposition of these two statements, both coming from the Wizard...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Phipps, McLaughlin pleasure mayor, oppose Blair's 6th district stormwater impact efforts, but the investigative measure passes council anyway.

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The major story to emerge from last week's city council meeting was final approval of an ordinance establishing annual sewer rates incre...
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Summit Sprigs, or the best stormwater slides TIF-ication can buy.

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Mother Nature does it all for us. By clear-cutting in March and waiting a few short months, we can see exactly where to put the water s...
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Saturday, July 23, 2016

Council frivolity, slice of the second part: "Gahan Cares More About Concrete Than People."

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Thanks to Mr. B for these photos. John Rosenbarger sat at his desk. Outside his door, the clamor of the peasantry could be heard ...
Monday, July 04, 2016

Summit Springs and the torrential stormwater view from the Burger King parking lot.

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A waterlogged Green Mouse says (circa noon on 4 July): A few pics from the Burger King parking lot and downstream on State St...
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Friday, June 03, 2016

Over at Break Wind, the stormwater retention pond is just about finished.

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The residents of  Break Wind Lofts at Duggins Flats will be able to fish from their balconies for trophy Polar Pops. That's almost ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The answer to persistent stormwater runoff issues? Clear-cutting, of course.

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Because a "green" way is all about unimpeded vistas? Rorschach test? Fb reader says, "It's an homage to the mayor...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Why not green infrastructure in New Albany? "Turning Stormwater Runoff Into Everyone's Business."

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It's about green versus gray infrastructure. How many trees have been chopped down in New Albany the past couple of weeks? Turni...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Down-low forestry: "Plant some trees to save a town from flooding? Not a bad idea."

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I'll just leave this here. On occasion, when one of us criticizes another round of downtown chop-down forestry, we're assured t...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

NA: It's where YOU should be ... without any shade, so best head to the water park..

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Elsewhere in Come Lumberjack City, THIS is the water park -- a pop-up water park, seeing as concepts like this are really hip at the mome...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

Mayor Jeff Gahan first wants you to know the STATE presented this one, not him.

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Because in New Gahania, the propaganda always comes first. (Fb posts were on Sunday afternoon).
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Monday, October 05, 2015

Counting the ways -- that stop signs can be used as storm water grates?

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If we've spent $6 million to prevent flooding, and flooding still occurs, is the price of admission to the water park higher on weekd...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Watch the amazing permeable concrete video.

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I've underlined a sentence that cannot be repeated often enough. Meanwhile, click through and watch this video. You will be amazed. ...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Council meeting recap 2: Dear Jeff.

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Dear Jeff, Missed you again at the council meeting Thursday. Members of the public came to talk to the council about how the storm w...
Saturday, August 08, 2015

On curb grass, stormwater, challenging, and not pandering.

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We've got a lot of curb grass this summer, and while this can be explained by an inordinate amount of rain, it also suggests that str...
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Monday, July 06, 2015

Campaign Diary, Chapter 2: A Baylor Paper on Street Sweeping.

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Wednesday is street sweeping day at my address. Being a good citizen, I'll go out and make sure the car is moved from the north sid...
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