jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2015 10:24:50 GMT -5
Appalachia wearing down fast by rain draining off steep slopes.
Flowing over solid granite, no problem.
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Post by mohs on Dec 24, 2015 10:56:01 GMT -5
serious !!
guess you can hear that from pretty afar ?
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 24, 2015 11:14:20 GMT -5
Our creeks and rivers are running full throttle too!!!! I just think of the gravel that is being moved below the surface of the waters and what this coming spring is going to bring for some great rockhounding.......
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Post by Rockoonz on Dec 24, 2015 13:00:44 GMT -5
The NW was suffering a drought, supposedly caused by global warming a couple months ago.
Wow we will finish the year with above average rainfall, and guess what they say the cause is.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2015 14:05:58 GMT -5
NW US had all the extremes. Capped with heavy rains. Guess the salmon are getting their water, hope it's not too late.
You river rock hounds gonna have field day.
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Post by Rockoonz on Dec 24, 2015 14:07:38 GMT -5
Love Newport amygdule We've been in the yurts at Beverly beach a time or two. I bet you know Rooster. |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 24, 2015 14:09:54 GMT -5
serious !! guess you can hear that from pretty afar ? Like that Frank Lloyd Wright home built into a water fall Ed. |
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 24, 2015 21:02:11 GMT -5
One of our daughters lives at Beverly Beach,one in Toledo,we are down that way a lot..............Love it down there,before and after tourist season...........
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Post by stephan on Dec 28, 2015 0:11:16 GMT -5
We've had 65 inches of rain so far this year at Newport, OR. Over 23 inches for December, and it's still coming down. Wanna share? We're at about half normal for the season: 3.6". |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 28, 2015 6:20:54 GMT -5
Still raining here., warm and humid. Mildew forming on the truck sitting out in the full 'sun'.
The floods have caused tremendous damage, but the dampness is kicking GFCI breakers and causing mildew.
Cloud cover blocking the sun, so nothing is drying out.
I thought El Nino was going to do this to California...
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Post by Intheswamp on Dec 28, 2015 8:17:37 GMT -5
Maybe after January 1 things will start drying out a bit. Yeah, James...it's wet, wet, wet. I road over to the swamp yesterday evening and was astonished that the river had already fallen down as much as it had. The county maintained road was even in good shape (except for a couple of edges that were showing signs of caving into ditches/gulleys. Some of the clay banks had crumbled down so I got a nice specimen clay dirt clod....had to break pieces off of it to get it to fit in the bucket...smaller than the jeep-sized pieces, though. I figure this would be some good, un-soiled<g>, red clay.  Our local forecast....get the high water britches out again...  WXforecast122815 by Intheswamp, on Flickr |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 28, 2015 8:49:29 GMT -5
If you do try the clay Intheswamp Ed, I would leave the filler out and just add some more rock to make up for it at next clean out. You might want to start with a cup or two, then check it after an hour or so. You can get it too thick too. Once you get the measurement needed, it is easy to know how much to add. I add and never check it anymore as I have the amount needed figured. And do not measure it accurately. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 18:08:14 GMT -5
Creek? Whats that?
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Post by bhiatt on Jan 1, 2016 5:01:28 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jan 6, 2016 4:46:08 GMT -5
After 25 years since putting a dam across this little creek valley it has filled up with about 1,500 cu. yards of silt. About a 100' X 100' area filled up with 3-4 feet of silt washed down the small fast moving creek. Most of it from a recent road project a mile upstream. Hired a little backhoe to dig out a spot for the creek to flow thru. No telling how many thousands of pounds of compost. Willow trees grow to 5 inches at stump in 3 years, indication of nutrient load. The whole low spot used to be 3 feet deep in water.  The nutrient rich muck berm pile will create a nuclear growth rate of the established bamboo growing behind it as it dries out. Berm will look like a porcupine with 40 foot tall bamboo growing out of it in 2 years time. |
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Post by toiv0 on Jan 6, 2016 8:10:27 GMT -5
In MN you can't put any material on a wetland and have to haul it high ground. They compare satellite data a couple times a year. They have software that does the comparison and and visit you. Happened to my neighbor.
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 6, 2016 10:53:28 GMT -5
In MN you can't put any material on a wetland and have to haul it high ground. They compare satellite data a couple times a year. They have software that does the comparison and and visit you. Happened to my neighbor. The same with North Dakota too.... |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 6, 2016 11:47:29 GMT -5
With an agricultural zoning in Georgia they are quite liberal here fossilman toiv0. |
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Post by toiv0 on Jan 6, 2016 17:03:15 GMT -5
Yes state to state regulations seem to be all over the board. Here it is destroy one acre of wet land you have to create two. Either that or donate to a fund where they create and reclaim wetlands. The county northwest of me is 90 some percent wetland and they refuse of obvious reasons to enforce it there.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 6, 2016 19:40:20 GMT -5
Yes state to state regulations seem to be all over the board. Here it is destroy one acre of wet land you have to create two. Either that or donate to a fund where they create and reclaim wetlands. The county northwest of me is 90 some percent wetland and they refuse of obvious reasons to enforce it there. A neighboring county passed a law that no house could be built within 1000 feet of a creek. Within a few months there was an uproar since that prevented over 50% of the land from being developed in well populated county. I have grown wetland plants for 25 years for mitigation and ornament. Dealt with many a govt. org from EPA to govt. contract wetland scientists. Have my share of constructed wetlands that purify a couple of creeks. They seem lenient towards me. But it was installed 25 years ago before the regulators got a toe hold. Learned to do small modifications at a time. The problem is downstream residents reporting muddy water. Typical illogical and inconsistent govt. on a constant basis though. Never can tell how they will react. Don't like the sound of the computer they are using on you guys. |
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