♫ First you bake it 10 years, good and dry
♪ Add water higher than a big dog’s eye
♫ Give a little wiggle from side to side
♪ Now you’re doing the Big Sur Sliiiiide
You’ve probably seen pictures of this mudslide that buried Rte 1 at Big Sur with 40 ft (12.2 m) of dirt and rocks. It’s billed as
the biggest mudslide in recorded state history. Susana Cruz, a spokeswoman with Caltrans said, "It's one of a kind. We haven't
been able to go up there and assess. It's still moving,"
I’ve read estimates of a Billion dollars and at least a year to open that road.
OK, you’ve got politicians and tourist businesses screaming to get ‘er done. Probably environmental people saying clean the
ocean too, and Religious Cults picketing saying it’s FSMs will. How do you even start moving what slid and stabilizing what didn’t?
My solution is turn back the clock, learn from the past…
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Hydraulic mining, or hydraulicking, is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment.
Hydraulic mining originated out of ancient Roman techniques that used water to excavate soft underground deposits. Its modern form, using pressurized water jets produced by a nozzle called a "monitor", came about in the 1850s during the California Gold Rush in the United States. Though successful in extracting gold-rich minerals, the widespread use of the process resulted in extensive environmental damage, such as increased flooding and erosion, and sediment blocking waterways and covering over farm fields. These problems led to its legal regulation.
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I don’t think any of the downsides apply here. This is a piss hole in a snow bank compared to how much of the west coast has
been washing into the Pacific for a very long time.
However, the ocean there is inside the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, governed by regulations that prohibit discharges
into the ocean. In other words, Da Feds, and Trump doesn’t have any hotels there.
Then 13 miles(21km) north is another slide which was scheduled to be fixed by July, and about 40 miles north the Pfeiffer
Canyon Bridge should be done by the end of the year. All there problems came from the winter rains.
I'm glad I got to drive it a few times before the shit hit the fan.
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