September 22, 2003

Sandbags

As the rainy season nears, crews are setting out measures to control any water problems. Blue tarps are covering all the little wells and sandbags are being laid out to control any flooding or standing water. In addition to traditional sandbags which have been placed along fences and other perimeter areas, crew have begun laying "continuous sandbags" that look like giant sausages around the edge of the site. The tubes are filled with soil and small rocks from a hopper that is raised on a Marklift. Pretty ingenious.

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Traditional sandbags plus a sandbag tube running inside the fence along Lakewood Blvd.
(19-Sep-2003)


Workers laying out an empty sandbag tube.
(19-Sep-2003)


A sandbag tube along Lakewood Blvd.
(19-Sep-2003)


Looking through the fence.
(19-Sep-2003)


The sandbag tube is laid out just north of Bldg 1.
(19-Sep-2003)


Superior Sandbag patented continuous sandbag system.
(19-Sep-2003)


All the little wells have been covered by blue tarps.
(19-Sep-2003)


The soil and rocks in a hopper fill the sandbag tube like a giant sausage.
(19-Sep-2003)