Having that same, ongoing issue here Mike. I have "ruts"... 
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Bruce
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You might need some mules.
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CntryBoy777
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Here ya have to trench the drive and put pipe or culvert down and top it with rocks....over where you are Mike....I've never seen any digging....just explosives and blasting....so, I'm afraid to offer a solution to that....
Mike CHS
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I can't do any explosives because of the railroad tunnel that runs under my driveway.
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CntryBoy777
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Yeh...best to not disturb that....that deeply.....that's why I can't offer ya a solution....unfamiliar with the materials........all we have here is sediment over a mile deep....if the earthquake hits very close by....we will either be in quick-mud....or seeing the Miss river out the window....just depends on bow much water force is emitted....the one back in 1901 made the river flow backwards for 3 days and the landscape was changed for many....old channels were cut-off and plenty of new ones were developed....some small towns were swallowed by the river and never seen again.....that is why New Madrid, Missouri has the "New" on it, the old one is in the river.....
....all we have here is sediment over a mile deep....if the earthquake hits very close by....we will either be in quick-mud....or seeing the Miss river out the window....just depends on bow much water force is emitted....the one back in 1901 made the river flow backwards for 3 days and the landscape was changed for many....old channels were cut-off and plenty of new ones were developed....some small towns were swallowed by the river and never seen again.....that is why New Madrid, Missouri has the "New" on it, the old one is in the river.....
From my understanding, the Madrid fault is much more dangerous than the San Andreas because it will affect a much, much larger area and buildings are not designed for earthquakes. I also believe I heard that it is past due a repeat performance of the last big one.
greybeard
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I will advise you as I advised my brother's widow as his niece was the assigned executor of his estate. "Get your own attorney!!...to make sure everything is done properly".
She did as advised, is very relieved she did so, tho my niece (and her hubby) are not at all happy she wasn't able to run roughshod over everyone else.
It is much easier to prevent a problem than to try to go back after the fact and attempt to get it undone.
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CntryBoy777
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Yeh, they have been looking for something to happen for a number of yrs now, and have had a few tremors....they know it is coming but don't know where.....if it hits close to Memphis downtown will be in the channel.....the problem that would exist is crossing the river East and West depending on how much infrastructure is affected....it could be a very large distance to go out of your way for supplies. Also, most of the natural gas flows thru the area from the gulf to NY state....so, it is something that many will experience to some degree. The landscape will change and there won't be a vote or veto that will change it either.....they will look to recover and move on....whether they approve or disapprove.....
greybeard
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New Madrid is not a classic 'rift' line. Unlike San Andreas, where 2 (or more) plates come together, the New Madrid zone is intra plate....right in the middle of a plate. No subduction, no 'one plate moving north--adjacent plate moving south' type thing. Instead, the earthquakes of this area are believed to be caused by a prehistoric failed rift of the whole North American plate--the continent was almost pulled apart and gravity is now believed to be the major contributing cause of the 1812 era shake as well as those that have happened about every 600 years previously.
Bruce
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That tunnel should be able to divert a lot of water.I can't do any explosives because of the railroad tunnel that runs under my driveway.
