Posted on 01/13/2020 9:58:03 AM PST by BeauBo
About 1 mile of a planned 3-mile section of new border wall has already gone up near the town of Fronton in western Starr County, Texas. This is only the second government project in South Texas that has metal bollards already erected, and this site is significantly further along than the one south of Donna in Hidalgo County. (Construction of a privately funded border wall on private property next to the Rio Grande also is underway south of Mission, Texas.)
Both government projects were started two months ago, but U.S. Border Patrol agents said that unlike the Donna project, this project in the Arroyo Ramirez Tract of the Lower Rio Grande National Wildlife Refuge does not involve the placement of metal bollards atop a levee wall, which complicates the construction. That is why construction is going at such a brisk pace...
In May, Kiewit Infrastructure West Company was awarded a $42 million government contract to build this isolated section of wall, which will include an all-weather road, floodlighting, underground sensors and overhead cameras, according to a Department of Homeland security news release.
Construction is to be completed within six months, Border Patrol agents said.
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A few years back a hurricane flooded the Rio Grand. Water was DEEP for a mile or more on the Texas side. I spent a lot of time afterward doing asbestos, lead, and mold surveys/assessments. The flooding continued for a while. I still get calls on damage from that hurricane. It traveled straight up the river. If the wall didn’t allow for that flooding it would wash out and make the flooding worse.
There are two lakes upstream, and they sometimes have to release a lot of water too.
“Why is there not a big round Bollard on top of that Fencing?”
My guess is that is one of the special adaptations made for the local environment - specifically to minimize impeding water flow and wind load in the event of severe flooding and winds during hurricanes.
They have also galvanized their bollards for the moist environment, and expanded the gap between bollards to five inches (rather than the standard 4) to allow greater potential water flow during floods, and also to accommodate the skull size of the endangered local ocelots, and provide them access to the river.
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thanx for painting the picture for us
“A few years back a hurricane flooded the Rio Grand.”
Most of the new Government border barrier in the lower Rio Grande Valley is being built on the flood control levees, mainly because of the significant flooding issues they have (including a ratified treaty with Mexico on managing the waters of the Rio Grande).
As a result, the local communities there are getting a big upgrade to their local earthen levees, up to FEMA Hurricane-certified designs, with massive concrete foundations and retaining walls, along with the other security features included (lights, cameras, alarms, sensors, roads).
Upriver around Fronton (just South of Falcon Lake, where the river bends to the East), the elevation of the American bank is much higher, and they can just place bollard panels in trench foundations, like they do in Arizona or California.
Environmentalists are looking at a gofundme page to buy the butterflies something they can use to go over the wall - much argument as to what sort of thing the critters will need, but surely they will come up with something... one can only hope, eh?
“Environmentalists are looking at a gofundme page to buy the butterflies something they can use to go over the wall”
One proposal is for a massive Federal Program to re-purpose cow farts (otherwise a dangerous source of climate-altering greenhouse gases) to waft butterflies safely over the wall.
Studies are underway to insure that this method would be acceptable to the many diverse types of butterflies involved, and that it would not negatively impact populations, by “ruining the mood” for procreation. Butterflies are sensitive creatures, almost as fragile as snowflakes.
Meanwhile, President Trump continues burning the midnight oil, getting real accomplishments done for America.
“Environmentalists are looking at a gofundme page to buy the butterflies something they can use to go over the wall”
Itty bitty rocket packs.
Its the only way.
The middle of the Rio Grande is the border, so the fence is obviously in the US. ...There is no “no man’s land”.
Itty bitty rocket pack strapped to Itty bitty fragile butterfly makes a glorious blaze and shatters the creature into millions of fiery pieces due to massive heat and thrust creature not built to withstand.
We’re working on surgically attaching flappy things to either side hoping they produce lift when activated. We’re calling them ‘wings’ if you can believe that.
“Itty bitty rocket pack strapped to Itty bitty fragile butterfly makes a glorious blaze and shatters the creature into millions of fiery pieces due to massive heat and thrust creature not built to withstand.”
Well better over powered than under powered says I. And wouldn’t it look grand of a morning or evening!
Red neck me loves things that go bang. Even itty bitty bangs.
“We’re working on surgically attaching flappy things to either side hoping they produce lift when activated. We’re calling them ‘wings’ if you can believe that.”
Catching itty bitty creatures, givin’em anesthesia, sewing flappy wing things on’em an lettin’em go?
Why that’s crazy talk!
It’ll never catch on.
“I would even put a roller mechanism on the top just for laughs.” Now we’re making progress!
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