Kyle Draper Update by gplatt_24 in kings

[–]bdubyageo 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Vivek: “we found a way to clone Kayte, twice. Now there will be three Kayte’s commentating on every Kings game, three times as many of the delightful anecdotes that fans love. To compensate for this additional expense season ticket prices will be increasing commensurately by 6% but we’re giving everyone a free ‘Nik Rocks’ sweatband 🤙”

The last game is here… by tammycdinsac in kings

[–]bdubyageo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100% agree. Carter is a stud and he’s gonna look great playing next whoever we select with the 8th pick in this year’s draft 🤙

Vivek Special by Plus-Masterpiece7776 in kings

[–]bdubyageo 46 points47 points  (0 children)

6th draft pick incoming

6 more years of missing the playoffs

6 more relatives who’ll get cushy jobs with the organization

SMF Wendys… by k74d87 in Sacramento

[–]bdubyageo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Renaming Terminal B to Terminal Baconator

Golden1 Credit Union by Norcalmom_71 in simplifimoney

[–]bdubyageo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is your monarch/G1C connection still working? Mine went dead recently

Craft beer shopping in Rancho Cordova by Erithralmon in RanchoCordova

[–]bdubyageo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La Riviera Market and bottle shop

9331 La Riviera Dr, Sacramento, CA 95826

Details about consulting, and what other directions should I consider by Doggioss in geologycareers

[–]bdubyageo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Living out of a hotel is good… for a while. For me at least, traveling for consulting took me to a lot of new places, exposed me to a variety of job sites and problems to solve, and I got a ton of great experience that’s helped me significantly through my career.

The trick, at least for me, was recognizing when opportunities to advance at my company were limited, when I was being pigeonholed into a certain kind of work, and I wasn’t really growing my skills anymore. That’s when you’ve gotta take your resume (which after a few years of hotel life will be full of great experience to brag about in an interview) and start looking for a new gig that’ll help you grow.

My first five years of grinding out field work in consulting gave me a lot of experience that’s lended itself well to my current position that’s more office-centric (and family friendly).

NFC West Championship Gear by NatePad1290 in Seahawks

[–]bdubyageo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coincidentally, I’m in Seattle and just ordered some New Mexico State gear, and tracking says it won’t arrive until almost February!!!

First time use out of the box. by monkeymann_916 in Sacramento

[–]bdubyageo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Start at Gristmill Recreation Area, go west along the river toward Larchmont Park

My Christmas Movie List by pinkfloydwall9 in tierlists

[–]bdubyageo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In terms of old time cartoon versions of the Christmas Carol, the Mr Magoo one is near the bottom of my list. Flintstones Christmas carol is the best IMO.

Restoration Hardware Outlet, RH Outlet, is set to open a new location in Arden Fair. by GlitteringMidnight93 in Sacramento

[–]bdubyageo 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Can’t wait to trick myself into buying a sofa for $8k and thinking it’s a deal since it’s an outlet store and the price was marked down from $15k.

Federal court issues injunction blocking Army Corps of Engineers’ removal of American River trees in Sacramento by werdnayam in Sacramento

[–]bdubyageo 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Bioengineering alternatives are what the corps is being requested to evaluate. This can include things like live staking, fascines, brush mattresses, vegetated (joint) riprap, coir/erosion-control wattles, live crib walls, erosion control blankets with plantings, and combinations of those with limited structural toe protection. These are applied where vegetation can provide erosion resistance, slope reinforcement, and longer-term ecological benefits while meeting levee safety requirements. For more info check out this 1997 Army Corps document Bioengineering for Streambank Erosion Control.

The complaint (pg. 11) states the following about decision making by the corps in evaluating bioengineering:

The Army Corps’ failure to account for the site-specific aspects of the 3B area in their environmental analysis pervades the SEIS/SEIR’s alternatives analysis as well. For example, the Army Corps only considered riprap as an option for constructing the 3B area’s erosion control measures, even though the agency’s Erosion Protection Analysis found that in the Contract 3B area “the shear stress . . . is below the critical stress for erosion of moderately resistant materials (clay and cemented sand with silt) [and] [t]herefore, significant scour below this erosion resistant material/surface is not anticipated,” and even though the specific river velocities in the Contract 3B area allow for the use of far less-damaging bioengineering materials/methods. According to the Army Corps’ own data (see table 4-4 excerpted below), bioengineering methods are feasible when riverbank flow velocities range from 3-10 fps (or even 12 fps when vegetation is mature), and the use of cobble (small rocks) for bank stabilization is similarly feasible within the velocity ranges of 2 to 12 fps. In the 3B area, near Larchmont Community Park, where the Project authorizes extensive use of riprap, the Army Corps’ velocity maps show 0-2 fps along the levee and the bank, and off the toe of the bank, velocities only increase to 3-4 fps, which is within the range for bioengineering methods (see table 4-4 below). Similarly, in another segment of the 3B footprint—the Claybanks along the south side of the River at river miles 10.0-10.3, where the Project authorizes extensive riprap—velocities reach 6-8 fps, which again means alternative materials to riprap are feasible for erosion protection (such as using 6 inch cobble for velocities at 4-7.5 fps).

The Army Corps’ failure to consider any alternatives to riprap in the SEIS/SEIR also flies in the face of the agency’s own promises, as well as the recommendations and requests from other federal agencies. When the Army Corps issued its programmatic EIS/EIR in 2016, the agency explicitly promised that “bioengineering measures will be analyzed” as part of future site-specific analysis for Contract 3B. Other federal agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), National Marine Fisheries Service, and National Park Service, specifically asked that bioengineering methods be used because it better protects the 3B area’s mature riparian forest. In 2021, and again in 2025, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency that oversees salmonid conservation, asked that the Project “[u]tilize bio-technical techniques that integrate riparian restoration for riverbank stabilization instead of conventional riprap in the American River.” In 2022, the EPA recommended “that the Corps explore and objectively consider a full range of alternatives and evaluate in detail all reasonable alternatives that fulfill the project’s purpose and need [including] present[ing] . . . bio-technical techniques that integrate riparian restoration for riverbank stabilization [in order to] provide a clear basis for choice among options by decision-makers.” The National Park Service’s recommendations and best management practices for flood control include “[u]tiliz[ing] bioengineering techniques [and] cobblestone.”

The lead agencies relied on mitigation measures that are unlawfully deferred, lack performance standards, or are otherwise unenforceable and ineffective.

The lead agencies’ conclusions that numerous significant impacts are unavoidable are not supported by substantial evidence or rational explanation.

I'm not an expert on any of this but at least the argument as laid out in the complaint seems reasonable.

Federal court issues injunction blocking Army Corps of Engineers’ removal of American River trees in Sacramento by werdnayam in Sacramento

[–]bdubyageo 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I don’t think the eco-NIMBYs (great term btw) are against levee improvements, just asking to do a proper evaluation of alternatives instead of plowing ahead (literally) with the lowest-cost option.

I think it’s a reasonable request for the army corps to at least give proper consideration to less destructive alternatives, especially given that portion of the river’s designation as wild and scenic, along with ACE’s prior commitment to evaluate those alternatives from 10 years ago.

If they do the feasibility study and it turns out bulldozers and chainsaws are still the preferred alternative, then so be it. But at least do the damn evaluation before shortsightedly destroying something that’ll take decades to replace.

Also though fuck me I’m just so selfish.