re: Walker mayor threatens lawsuit....

It's like a 6 foot wall if not taller.

They also provided ample warning that this was a flooding hazard. It's not like this all just happened and they are crying about it now. Once they broke the wall water that sat for days was completely gone in 2 freakin hours.

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It does have holes to allow for drainage, but no amount of "grates" would have helped much. Even if there wasn't a wall there is still the interstate and elevated overpasses there which is still higher than most of the land there, so there still would have been flooding, although likely not as bad.

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people are retarded. they got 5 feet of water, well if the wall wasnt there they still would have got 3 feet as well are 20k more homes that were saved from the barrier.

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There are zero holes.

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have you looked at the plans?

because this is a typical jersey barrier.

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they got 5 feet of water, well if the wall wasnt there they still would have got 3 feet

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There were plenty of homes that wouldn't have gotten any water. Some of the places around there (including my parents) were high enough that they would have been spared. Their house sits on a solid concrete slab about 3.5 feet off the ground... they got almost 2 feet of water inside the house.

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because this is a typical jersey barrier.

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It's not jersey barriers on I-12. Jersey barriers have that drainage pocket due them being portable (forklift lifting points).

The barriers on I-12 are permanent and were built in place. They framed them up with wire and then a machine forms the concrete over top. That is a solid concrete wall... not a jersey barrier.

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i guess you missed the whole "drainage pockets"

There are no drainage pockets. Each section was built where it stands and is attached to the concrete median. There is a tiny slit between each section but they did not account for drainage.

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There is a tiny slit between each section but they did not account for drainage.

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well there you go......... When detailing roads, you dont account for a 500+ year flood event. according to models i would bet that area should have never gotten water(BTW i have not looked at the models)

And IMO the design flaw is not the drainage holes in the barrier, but there was no drainage culverts under the raised interstate portion. That is the design flaw. Anytime a road is raised with fill proper culverts should be installed to prevent ponding.

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It's not... just saying.

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they your parents wasted a ton of money. a 3.5' thick slab could hold a high rise with the appropriate sub foundation.

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Here's a picture that pretty much sums it up:

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instead of sandbags, people just need to put drainage pockets outside to keep the water out.