Category: Journal
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Journal Entry
I traveled south to stay in my trailer this winter, and that worked until this week. They started stating that a major snow storm was going to come in here at New Iberia, Louisiana, but I did not realize that I would be back in Wisconsin, again. It must have snowed about six inches of…
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Deflection-Los Angeles Wildfires
The press has it right to blame the politicians for the wildfires, since this is really not the blame of the civil engineers or foresters. The politicians are responsible for funding good management of an adequate water supply and flammable trees and shrubbery. As the press has been pointing out, there has been deflections in…
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Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion
During the month of November, Boeing eliminated their diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) program. Tractor Supply Company was targeted by DEI protesters, and the company eliminated their DEI program in June. With the success that Robby Starbuck had protesting Tractor Supply Company, the treat of the protestors that followed Starbuck has lead many other companies…
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Journal Entry
Yesterday, was filled with rain, and I struggled to get my thirty minute of walking in, but I did without any problems. This area was posted with a tornado watch, so I was not too concern, with all of the information indicating that the most server weather would be north of here. I am assuming…
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Narcissist Web
When we think of a web, we often think of a black widow spider’s web that seems to cling to everything, since the web is there to bring in food for, but does catch other things than its food, and their web seems to be frustrating for us humans when we are caught in it…
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Journal Entry – This is murder; bring those troops back
This phrase was spoken by General William Tecumseh Sherman at the battle of Vicksburg, and this phrase speaks volumes on the human character. It is this type of phrase that people have a hart time understanding. Why would rational troops go blindly against a fortification knowing that they were going to died? During the Gettysburg…
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Journal Entry – Merry Christmas
Over 2,000 years ago last night, the Christ Child was born, and today we celebrate his birth. It is a time of new beginnings. As with any child, they start out an infants and grow into young adults. The caring and nurturing a child into an adult is never easy and the same can be…
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Journal Entry – Christmas Eve
One thing that I remember about Christmas Eve is returning to Wisconsin from Iowa. I would work on Christmas Eve and then I would travel back late in the afternoon extended into the evenings. Usually, by the time that I got to Wisconsin, it would be dark. All of the houses lite up by the…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Highway Bridges
Today, I drove from the southeast side of New Orleans to Grand Isle, Louisiana, and I swear that fifty percent of the highway was on bridges. That might be an over exaggeration, but it felt like during my trip was 125 miles. In New Orleans, a significant number of interstate miles are elevated above the…
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Journal Entry – Snowbird – Erosion
Considering my career with the Iowa Department of Transportation, it seems like one way or the other I was always working on erosion projects either in the field or under development. After each flood, I was the first engineer in many areas looking at erosion. During our major floods, this would require examining a highway,…
Deflection 