We picked our house up and moved it! Maybe not an option for these
historical buildings, but it certainly looks better than sandbags!
http://fincadelaspiedras.blogspot.com/2010/01/before.html
Tina
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:02 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>wrote:
> Nicely documented, we can even see the slant of the ground.
>
> Now, perhaps Tina had an idea for you to better preserve the house; I
> don't have a link to her blog, but I'm sure she'll willingly post it
> again and provide sound advice from experience.
>
> Thanks for posting
> Philippe
>
> Le 17 juin 12 à 17:41, Chris Trask a écrit :
>
> > Now that the BAER team has made it's initial assessment of the
> > Sunflower FIre, remediation projects are getting started. Because
> > of the denuding of the upper reaches of the Sycamore Creek
> > watershed, it is anticipated that a heavy monsoonal storm could
> > create a flash flood that would damage or destroy historic
> > structures at the Sycamore Admin Site. Among the structures are the
> > admin house:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386654208/in/photostream
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386657794/in/photostream
> >
> > and the barn:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386660664/in/photostream
> >
> > that were built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) during the
> > Great Depression in 1936. There are also modern structures at the
> > facility that are in danger.
> >
> > The goal is to fill 25,000 sandbags to build levees around these
> > structures. We had a four-station sandbag filling hopper on loan
> > from the Arizona Department of Emergency Preparedness:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386663378/in/photostream
> >
> > and a dozen positions for three-person crews using shovels:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386666282/in/photostream
> >
> > We bagan around 0730 and ended the day around 1400 (2 PM) with
> > an hour break for a generous lunch that was provided by USFS. There
> > were dozens of USFS personnel and almost 100 volunteers. In that
> > period of time we filled over 8,000 bags. This project will
> > continue through the week and will be completed well before the
> > first monsoonal storms arrive.
> >
> > The channel of Sycamore Creek is being cleared of debris that
> > could result in log jams that would pool water downstream or result
> > in sudden releases of water upstream. Concrete barriers will later
> > be placed along the existing streamside levee.
> >
> > Historically the site has been flooded as high as the top of the
> > block foundation of the barn, but BAER anticipates that due to the
> > denuding of the watershed the levels could be higher and faster, so
> > these measures are necessary in order to protect historic structures
> > as well as an essential USFS working facility.
> >
> > After we were done, there was ample time to explore some of the
> > local flora, amongst which I found a flowering patch of Narrowleaf
> > Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium), the leaves of which are a
> > very effective anticatarrhal for relieving excess sinus drainage:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386668730/in/photostream
> >
> > Chris
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