Please provide ladders and spaces for tauntings.
Posted on 03/18/2017 4:24:45 PM PDT by Helicondelta
Following months of campaign promises to build a "big, beautiful, powerful wall" on the southern border of the United States, the Trump administration has just posted bid guidelines for contractors looking to submit proposals for the multi-billion dollar project (the full RFPs can be viewed here). Among other things, the RFP calls for a 30-foot wall that could deter a physical breach for at least 1 hour...oh, and it also has to be "aesthetically pleasing in color"...but, only on the U.S. side. Per Reuters:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued requests for proposals for prototypes for a wall along the Mexican border, saying ideally it should be 30 feet (9 meters) high and the wall facing the U.S. side should be "aesthetically pleasing in color."
"Designs with heights of less than 18 feet are not acceptable," the document said. It said the wall should have features that do not allow people to climb over it and should prevent digging below the wall.
"The wall shall prevent/deter for a minimum of 1 hour the creation of a physical breach of the wall (e.g., punching through the wall) larger than 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter or square using sledgehammer, car jack, pickaxe, chisel, battery-operated impact tools, battery-operated cutting tools, oxy/acetylene torch or other similar hand-held tools," it said.
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Plant cholla cactus on two-foot centers.
You will only need one introduction to cholla.
Benefit...effective surface control and the horizon is preserved.
Hopefully, much of the wall will be fencing, or a device we can see through. We need to know what latest tricks are being attempted to get over the wall.
30 feet high would imply a 10 or 12 foot deep foundation which would slow down an attempt at digging. That high would indicate three or four feet thick hollow core construction I’d think. That’d take a while to build.
Painting flowers on the wall, that don’t bother me at all.
Please provide ladders and spaces for tauntings.
With turrets?
Just saying.
We need to make a permanent wall. Sure other ways such as what you are saying are interesting ADDITIONAL ways.
But the wall must be built.
Too subtle for our younger Freepers I would guess.
landmines. DMZ the damn border.
After you have pulled a few (several) fish-hooked cholla out your hide, let’s have a chat.
Always carry a pair of pliers with you while walking in cholla country.
Sound investment.
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....30 feet high would imply a 10 or 12 foot deep foundation....
10-12 + 30...Electrified would be nice.
Built-in Illegal Swatter ?
Playing solitaire till dawn, with a deck of 51.
I’m just saying permanency is important.
You do not want something, which a future president can simply change policy on.
We need a permanent structure. Seriously.
....After you have pulled a few (several) fish-hooked cholla out your hide, let’s have a chat...
It’s called jumping cactus for a reason.
High voltage would be good, too.
Plant the cholla on the south side of the wall. Man, I hate that stuff. Cleared every one off the acre or so closest to my house. Lot of work.
I here of some ranchers who torch them, and then let the cattle eat the rest. I guess they find them tasty once the spikes are burnt off.
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