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Clearing flood debris Every bit of this mountain must be dragged from the ravine.
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| After disaster, where to start? | Tether the leaning tower | Water has receded | |
| Clearing piece by piece | The debris moves from creek to bank | Big problem: creek has changed course | |
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No photo seems to capture the magnitude of the mess deposited in the ravine just below the creek. The ravine was widened by at least 15 feet as the water roared around the deposited mountan of debris.
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One of the end posts was just dangling in air.Hence at that end the tower was keeled to an angle making it difficult to keep ones's footing at that end. I attached a cable from one of the post towers to an enormous tree which had fallen the previous summer. By this means I could pull the tower to approximate vertical.
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By June the water has mostly receded. But the entire width of the newly-widened ravine is now the stream course. Most of the water if flowing in a new course about 12' from the old course.
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Piece by piec I drag out the debris. It took all summer.
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_17oct21-bw_1010b.jpg To relieve the strain on the tethering cable somewhat I jammed bracing beneath the dangling post.  |
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