Seattle has a shutdown of Big Bertha....they don't quite know what it is blocking it, they think it may be a large boulder. It begs the question: There weren't any early Seattle surveyors using J.Penry technique of lowering original stones below remonumented points? :-O
Pablo B-)
4 Men? Paying 8 Is Cheaper Than Not Getting The Work Done
So who wants to get in the middle of a Longshoreman's Union versus Operating Engineers dispute?
Paul in PA
24 feet in 22 days? I would think a couple dozen guys with buckets and shovels could dig faster than that [sarcasm]and [/sarcasm]at a reduced cost.
Here's a link to follow Bertha and her progress:
Whatever the auger hit, it must be big. Apparently they're trying to lower the water table to get a better idea of wassup. My (and others a lot CLOSER than me) concern would be the collapse of overburden in the de-watering process...
They've apparently already had some sinkholes; something a densely developed urban environment doesn't need. Of course project spox have already told everyone that everything is OK...we expected that..yadda yadda. That's all well and good until a 12 story apartment building starts listing badly to port.
Maybe they'll find a big black monolith à la 2001: A Space Odyssey! :-O
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This wouldn't happen to be one of those 'time and materials' tax payer financed jobs would it? Yea... they got a sink hole problem alright.
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Will Qatermass Save the World?
Frakkin' hilarious, yet strangely disturbing, too.
