Saturday, July 23, 2011

8:00 am


parking lot drainage project which is supposed to be finished by July 31...
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6 comments:

  1. MollyJuly 23, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    how do they work in this heat?

    will you please take a photo of what it looks like on 31 July?

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  2. MargueriteJuly 23, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    We could really use some more drainage where I live. With the daily pour downs, we flood every time! Happy weekend!

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  3. Susanna PowersJuly 23, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    Hi Molly, I wouldn't like to work outside in the summer, but lots of people do. (actually, we have been relatively cooler than those states in the center of the country during this heat wave.) One day, the guys were barbecuing some lunch on the job site and it seemed so strangely out of place. I'll take another picture on Aug. 1, but I'm sure at least parts of the project will still look exactly like this! thanks, sp

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  4. Susanna PowersJuly 23, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Hi Marguerite, drainage projects are for a good cause, but sometimes they don't seem to make a whole lot of difference. I buy the expensive parking permit at work, because at least most of the parking spots are pretty high, and I hate that feeling of worrying about the car when there's a heavy rain. Take care, stay dry & enjoy the weekend. thanks, sp

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  5. MollyJuly 24, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Interesting about the different prices for parking permits - I assume these are bought through the college? Our college in town offers free faculty and staff parking permits if bought before a certain date. Students apparently always have to purchase one.

    One of my first summer jobs was with an engineer, designing storm drainage for parking lots in high rain areas. We always went for overkill as "100-year-storms" are becoming more common....perhaps data was taken from periods of low rain.......

    In the photos it does look like they might be also digging trenches for cables.

    Is the photo from on campus? Nice brick building on the right.

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  6. Susanna PowersJuly 24, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    Hi Molly, I think you should come down here and get them organized. It's one of those things where I think they knew it would take longer than the time allowed, and they went ahead anyway. As you know we had our storm already. Yes, this is on campus in front of the main library-- see earlier post which has another illustration at the end of the lot, from the end by the street. thanks, sp

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