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A sandbag is typically used in flood control, but the exact use can vary.
Sandbags are burlap bags filled with sand or soil, in an amount that a person can carry from where it is filled, to where it will be used. The use most people are familiar with is water control during emergencies, when rivers are threatening to flood outside their normal channel, or if a levee or dike is damaged. However, sandbags often are used in non-emergency situations (or after the emergency has passed) as the foundation for new (or just higher) levees, or other water-control structures. Many people find sandbags ineffective at holding back water during floods, as neither sand nor dirt will actually stop water from flowing through it, and finer materials such as clay will oftentimes run out of the bag's wideley-spaced threads.
In military science, sandbags are also used for field fortifications, or as a temporary protective measure for civilian structures. Because burlap and soil are very inexpensive, quite thick protective structures can be erected cheaply. The friction generated between moving soil or sand grains, and the multiple tiny air gaps, also make sandbags quite efficient dissipators of explosive blast. Sandbags used in fortification generally have dimensions carefully calculated so that the finished bags can be interlocked like brickwork, and are of such a weight as to maximise the efficiency of manual labour in filling and laying them. They may be laid in excavated defences as revetment, or as free-standing walls above ground where excavations are impractical. Plain burlap sandbags deteriorate fairly quickly, so if it is anticipated that a sandbag structure will remain in place for a long time, it may be painted with a portland cement slurry to reduce the effects of rot and abrasion. Cotton Ducking sandbags last considerably longer than burlap and therefore are used for long-term placement of sandbags. However, the vast majority of sandbags used by the US Military and for the prevention of flooding are made of circular woven polypropylene.
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Curious if there are any fellow fans of the old tv series #Sandbaggers here...
jimmmers (Jim Mason) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:14:48 -0000
Curious if there are any fellow fans of the old tv series #Sandbaggers here...
Willie Caine from Sandbaggers is my favourite intelligence agent ever. And Burnside is my favourite man-behind-a-desk.
theronster (Aaron Abernethy) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:28:33 -0000
Willie Caine from Sandbaggers is my favourite intelligence agent ever. And Burnside is my favourite man-behind-a-desk.
@theronster my interest was writing an ARG. Sandbaggers was, for me, intelligent dialogue pretending to be TV
cimota (Matt Johnston) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:49:58 -0000
@theronster my interest was writing an ARG. Sandbaggers was, for me, intelligent dialogue pretending to be TV
@cimota If you like it you should check out the comics series Queen & Country - it IS Sandbaggers, set today. S (cont) http://tl.gd/qsi0
theronster (Aaron Abernethy) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:44:53 -0000
@cimota If you like it you should check out the comics series Queen & Country - it IS Sandbaggers, set today. S (cont) http://tl.gd/qsi0
Watching The Sandbaggers again. Any fans here? It's one of my favourite TV series of all time. I may write a wee blog post about it soon.
theronster (Aaron Abernethy) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:38:13 -0000
Watching The Sandbaggers again. Any fans here? It's one of my favourite TV series of all time. I may write a wee blog post about it soon.
On a lighter note, would like to hear from US golfers that have attended the World Am in Myrtle Beach SC. Even the sandbaggers.
tom_idtheftguru (Tom McCain) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:32:32 -0000
On a lighter note, would like to hear from US golfers that have attended the World Am in Myrtle Beach SC. Even the sandbaggers.
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