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Weather Woe's!!
Weather Woe's!!
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vsmith
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December 2001
From: Smoggy L.A.
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Posted by
vsmith
on Friday, July 7, 2006 9:32 PM
Go with it!
I'd follow the flow, convert that part of the layout into a wash, add some bridges, so the next time it goes where its supposed to go.
Have fun with your trains
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, July 7, 2006 8:11 PM
The Misses came out today to survey the damage and start cleanup.
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FJ and G
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August 2003
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Posted by
FJ and G
on Friday, July 7, 2006 12:10 PM
forgot to mention: nice water tower and I see you're using the solid block of wood technique expounded upon recently in GRR mag
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, July 7, 2006 9:50 AM
I guess if we want to model railroads in nature we have to cope with natural disasters . I used to get flooding regularly on one section so in rthe end revised the track route. Nice looking layout you have there I must say.
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FJ and G
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August 2003
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Posted by
FJ and G
on Friday, July 7, 2006 8:57 AM
that pea gravel likes to move around (like a rolling stone). The last photo's erosion has a high cool factor. I'd leave it.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, July 7, 2006 7:41 AM
The Maryland Eastern Shore received over 12 inches of rain about a week ago, also had very bad heavy thunder storms Sunday and again Tuesday.....only got about 1-2 inches in one area of my train garden........I don't have weather problems, rabbit, squirrls or other critter problems either....guess I'm lucky.
dan
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 6, 2006 10:38 PM
Modeling a flood just like the prototypes - that's pretty cool! [}:)] Great pics.
If we got three inches of rain in four hours out here my house would be at the bottom of the canyon along with the rest of the town. It looks like the monsoons are starting up but even a half inch of rain causes minor flooding because the ground is so hard that it all runs off.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 6, 2006 10:36 PM
Ouch! I dread the day (or night) I face my first wash out, wind storm, or other natural disaster. Hang in there. If its of any consolation, the flooding looks real in scale!
Rich F.
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Anonymous
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Weather Woe's!!
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:21 PM
For the third time in two weeks my pike has been flooded! Three inches of rain last night for 4 hours. This morning I found mud slides, rock slides, tipped over buildings and debris filled roads. Took hour half to get most of it back together.
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