It has been a little more than a year since we had the flood here where we live. And the block wall surrounding the community is finally getting replaced. Part of it came down when the flood channel behind the back of the community over flowed. That why we got flooded. So a couple of days ago I heard some machinery and looked out back. The wall was being demolished. It sure came down easy.
Working on it bite by bite.
Just a quick picture of the blooms on this bush, they are so pretty.
Pushing the blocks away from the ditch.
So that is the wall going down. Now to the gates going up. About a month ago there was a big power outage around our area. During the outage the front entrance gates did not work. And the back up power for them did not work either. Unfortunately during that time there was a medical emergency at on of the homes here. Not being able to come in through the front gate the ambulance and fire truckw ent to the big double gates leading into the Wetlands. They were locked with a paddle lock which the firemen cut. Much to their surprise when they opened the gates one side of the gate just fell off. So now they - don't know if the county or the community, is finally getting ready to fix it. I imagine it is the county as that is who is rebuilding the wall. Doesn't seem to be progressing too quickly. 
And miracle of miracles - they, the community we live in, is FINALLY putting up gates at the RV parking lots. Several RVs have been either stolen from the lots or broken into. Including our RV that was stolen several years ago. Luckily we got it back within a few hours. The gate won't stop the break ins, but should stop the stealing. Will keep you posted on the progress. 
Does this mean they are going to put up a new, stronger wall and a better drainage ditch? I hope they finish updates before the rains come again.
ReplyDeleteThat's not much of a drainage ditches! Hopefully the new repairs will make you more secure from weather damage. Any plans for the winter?
ReplyDeleteI had the same question about the new wall. And I hope they put in a bigger drainage ditch!
ReplyDeleteJudy - the wall will be the same size, but there will be rebar and concrete poured into the blocks. The small drainage ditch by us is just to catch a little rain or water leak. It is only about five houses long. The main water that took down the wall was on county land from a water run off channel that over the years was not maintained and was full of rocks and trash. That has been cleaned. Our little ditch is about two feet deep.
ReplyDeleteKathy - hopefully that was one of those 100 year floods. So far this year the Vegas area has had less than 1.5 inches of rain! No winter plans. I don't want to drive that far even in car and he doesn't want to be in Mazatlan without a car.
Too bad you didn't have them put in a gate in the wall so you could have had your own direct access to the wetlands. That would have been nice.
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