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Homeless encampments along Sacramento rivers are damaging flood levees and putting more than 100,000 houses at risk, officials warn
2019-05-15
[MAIL] Homeless encampments along the Sacramento river are damaging flood levees and could be putting more than 100,000 houses in danger, it has been revealed.

Some of the homeless have been digging into the slope of the levees to create a flat surface for their tents, potentially compromising the entire structure.

And, due to the number of tents, levee monitors are having a hard time finding the trouble spots that need fixing before the winter flood season.

In one instance, they discovered a large encampment had been hiding a four-foot deep trench that was dug into the slope of a levy.
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  Digging on either side of a levee weakens it, and water will find the weakness.
Posted by: Bobby   2019-05-15 17:27  

#3  In one instance, they discovered a large encampment had been hiding a four-foot deep trench that was dug into the slope of a levy.

Sounds like a latrine.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-05-15 14:57  

#2  No, and even if they did provide them as needed, the homeless would trash them til they're unusable
Posted by: Frank G   2019-05-15 14:08  

#1  Homeless encampments along the Sacramento river are damaging flood levees and could be putting more than 100,000 houses in danger, it has been revealed.
What about the *cough* sewage *cough*? Does the city provide them each a Port-a-Pottyâ„¢ and do they use it?
Posted by: magpie   2019-05-15 11:51  

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