After rain falls, one of two things can happen to it: it can travel over the ground (runoff) until it reaches a body of surface water or it can soak into the ground (infiltration). Click the arrow on the right to learn more.
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I grabbed an empty garbage can from under my desk and said “Follow me please”. We walked down the hallway to the maintenance closet where the slop sink was. I filled the itty-bitty wastebasket with about a gallon or so of water. “What are you doing?” “I’m going to show you ...
At thisall-inclusive Jamaican resortin Montego Bay, glass floor panels allow guests to spy underwater life from the comfort of their room. Mobay, as it's locally known, is Jamaica's main cruise hub, a city with gorgeous beaches and many hotels. Among them isSandals Royal Caribbean,an adu...
Monitor and maintain your appliances as they do break down over time. Sometimes water damage can be invisible when it first occurs, like when the refrigerator leaks under wood floorboards. Things like a musty odor, which means mold growth, can be what leads you to discover the problem. So ...
The El Yunque National Forest covers 28000 acres, and much of it is protected as wilderness areas. Ray and I are always looking for new trails to hike and, of course, elusive waterfalls. We recently went to the south side of the rain forest in search of
“water boards”. These emerged from the twelfth century onwards, with judiciary and regulatory powers to maintain dykes, drainage canals and other water management works. Their parcellation into numerous separate jurisdictions constituted “polycentric governance” (Mostert2012) and they are considered ...
Water can provide some amazing reflections. So pick a nice calm day and head to your nearest reflecting pool! (Alternatively, you can head out after the rain and photograph some puddles.) Here are a few quick tips: Photograph on calm days; otherwise, the wind will ripple the water and ru...
When drilling holes into a wall or floor, observe the following safety precautions: Do not drill holes into the equipment. Doing so may affect the electromagnetic shielding of the equipment and damage components or cables inside. Metal shavings from drilling may short-circuit boards inside the ...
Back to the Brigid’s Crosses: the Saint herself was tending a dying pagan chieftain (some say it was her own father) and began to plait the rushes scattered on the floor into a cross. When the man saw this he wanted to know what the cross symbolised. When she told him he was inst...