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Sandy Obs and Banter thread - fall 2012


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I'm kinda feeling like I should go un-block the storm drains on my street. This one sits almost directly across from my driveway - just not sure why they're still blocked, so I don't want to wreck the sewer system or something. Thoughts?

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is it a true block or does it catch debris?

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I'm kinda feeling like I should go un-block the storm drains on my street. This one sits almost directly across from my driveway - just not sure why they're still blocked, so I don't want to wreck the sewer system or something. Thoughts?

storm_drain.jpg

so there's construction debris everywhere and the storm drains are blocked in your 'hood Hank? good lord!! does that good homeowner's policy have flood coverage? :)

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My thoughts as well, but you never know.....

Common sense (oh yeah, it's The Gov) dictates you don't put a few 100,000 folks on the roads given the current expectations of Monday's conditions declining all day.--- plus ponding of water on roads, high winds/reduced visibilities, slower traffic anyway in bad wx .... it just makes no sense.

Plus, there are the other institutions with the good sense to have already canceled.

A call for "liberal leave" tomorrow would just be a Gov cop-out to save themselves a few bucks so they don't have to pay everyone an admin payday, with no use of anyone's personal leave.

Hopefully, common sense prevails.

(... and more importantly, it should prevail so that I can enjoy this)

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is it a true block or does it catch debris?

Good question. it isn't a complete seal, so I suppose if water flowed high enough it could still get in, although at a lower rate.

That's a good point though...I'm guessing it's just like silt fencing, where they're just trying to keep as much debris out of the sewer system as possible. I guess it couldn't hurt to remove it, since it is already open at the top

so there's construction debris everywhere and the storm drains are blocked in your 'hood Hank? good lord!! does that good homeowner's policy have flood coverage? smile.png

Haha yes, a construction-created danger zone. On the plus side, there are no giant trees to fall on my house, so I got that going for me

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Good question. it isn't a complete seal, so I suppose if water flowed high enough it could still get in, although at a lower rate.

That's a good point though...I'm guessing it's just like silt fencing, where they're just trying to keep as much debris out of the sewer system as possible. I guess it couldn't hurt to remove it, since it is already open at the top

Haha yes, a construction-created danger zone. On the plus side, there are no giant trees to fall on my house, so I got that going for me

Thats what it is for. Inlet protection for sediment. Some use hay bails but most use the bags of stone to slow down the storm runoff.

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