Amazon 7 #1 October 30, 2015 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Mother-Natures-Halloween-treat-Heavy-rains-blustery-winds-338411402.html Here come the rains.... and then the flooding....in the lowlands.. Glad I bought my property up in the foothills of the Cascades... up on the plateau. Hydrology matters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #2 October 30, 2015 I'm glad we sold our big house on the Puyallup River in Orting. I don't miss flood watches and warnings at ALL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #3 October 30, 2015 JohnMitchell I'm glad we sold our big house on the Puyallup River in Orting. I don't miss flood watches and warnings at ALL! Knowing what I know about hydrology.. and the GEOLOGY on the upper Pull Yall Up and Nisqually Rivers...... I always worried about that big old pile of rock just upstream from Orting a few miles and what would happen if it shook a little bit in the night. I am very glad you guys are no longer there in your old house that is sitting on top of a 50'plus thick consolidated mudflow deposit from the last good shaking that the big pile of rock had that inundated the whole valley all the way to Puget Sound there at Tacoma WA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #4 October 30, 2015 Amazon I am very glad you guys are no longer there in your old house that is sitting on top of a 50'plus thick consolidated mudflow deposit from the last good shaking that the big pile of rock had that inundated the whole valley all the way to Puget Sound there at Tacoma WA. Funny how I never heard the term "lahar" until after the first year of living there. But you gotta admit, it was great soil for gardening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #5 October 30, 2015 JohnMitchell *** I am very glad you guys are no longer there in your old house that is sitting on top of a 50'plus thick consolidated mudflow deposit from the last good shaking that the big pile of rock had that inundated the whole valley all the way to Puget Sound there at Tacoma WA. Funny how I never heard the term "lahar" until after the first year of living there. But you gotta admit, it was great soil for gardening. Funny how that works out huh??? Think that might have affected the developers bottom line had that been required knowledge at the time???? The "people who matter" don't want that kind of information getting round... BUT thre sure were a whole lot of folks living down there on that mudflow... and I was thru there a few weeks ago coming back to town...... and even more construction. The folks up on the bluffs looking out over the valley are going to have an interesting/horrifying show one of these days Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #6 October 30, 2015 Oh My... I am a Professional Geologist by trade.. You two are Talking Dirty to me..Tom Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #7 October 30, 2015 TEB6363 Oh My... I am a Professional Geologist by trade.. You two are Talking Dirty to me..Tom At one point I wanted to be geologist with a PHD and teach.. but ran out of money... and the CS degree paid better anywayOh and that whole Molluscan Assemblages of the Upper Colorado Plateau just was not sexy enough to blow a few more years on... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #8 October 30, 2015 Amazon Oh and that whole Molluscan Assemblages of the Upper Colorado Plateau just was not sexy enough to blow a few more years on... Oh - You Dirty Dirty Girl!!! Summer Vacation = Tom, look the petrified forest, lets see the Kennecott Copper Mine; Oh, the Glacial Polish across this outcrop.. My Son - Oh: Another Rock Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 October 30, 2015 TEB6363 ***Oh and that whole Molluscan Assemblages of the Upper Colorado Plateau just was not sexy enough to blow a few more years on... Oh - You Dirty Dirty Girl!!! Summer Vacation = Tom, look the petrified forest, lets see the Kennecott Copper Mine; Oh, the Glacial Polish across this outcrop.. My Son - Oh: Another RockYeah I tend to bore the shit out of my family and friends too..... Still trying to teach.. when I can Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
