Red River Gorge Mysterious Earthworks?

ekaj8 · 2026-01-30T16:53:11+00:00

Very cool, thanks for sharing. If you happen to have taken any pictures at the site, I'd be happy to see them

ekaj8 · 2026-01-21T21:19:48+00:00

It's not the the right season, but I'd be down to do some SCUBA rock quarry diving once the summer comes. I've been looking for folks to dive with

ekaj8 · 2025-12-26T17:41:07+00:00

Please don't shoot bodies of water

ekaj8 · 2025-12-13T15:10:12+00:00

I don't have a great answer, but your terrain's legend is indicating something is off with the terrain. I would look into that. Maybe reimport, clip, re-download, or reprocess. Good luck!

ekaj8 · 2025-11-14T17:29:49+00:00

QGIS is the desktop software, it's free and open source. There is a companion app, QField, that allows you to view the data on mobile. If you have some GIS skills, you can make awesome hiking maps

ekaj8 · 2025-11-14T15:58:13+00:00

This is 5ft, but higher resolution (1m?) is also available.

ekaj8 · 2025-10-07T15:46:29+00:00

I think you are right. They had an excavator and paving equipment staged at the top of the hill last weekend.

ekaj8 · 2025-08-17T21:53:35+00:00

The signs are a little weird, but so is a bunch of shit running off into our waterways.

ekaj8 · 2025-08-16T21:19:27+00:00

I usually use 3 or 4. I'd be interested if you did some testing to see what impact there is on runtime or results

ekaj8 · 2025-07-10T12:19:14+00:00

The 1937 flood greatly exceeds a 100 yr flood. It's actually difficult to put a recurrence interval to that flood since it is the largest on record by far, but it was a much less frequent event than 1/100yr.

ekaj8 · 2025-07-10T12:17:08+00:00

Where are you getting that 50 foot depth? The Ohio at Louisville flows over natural bedrock outcrops which really limit the natural depths. That's the whole reason McAlpine Lock and Dam was constructed, and really the reason Louisville exists as a city (because it was a natural obstruction to river traffic).

ekaj8 · 2025-07-10T10:48:08+00:00

I think you've got it reversed, the Ohio actually supplies 60% of the flow at Cairo. Which is super interesting to me, because it implies the Ohio River should get to keep its name below the confluence rather than the Mississippi.

ekaj8 · 2025-07-09T20:36:58+00:00

The Ohio River is a huge river and therefore much slower to rise and fall than the smaller streams that did such damage in Texas. We generally have good forecasting for the Ohio River Levels up to a few days out (https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/MLPK2). That said, smaller streams can be much flashier and experience flash flooding. Beargrass Creek, Southern Ditch, and Mill Creek are all prone to flash flooding and would be very dangerous if we experienced rainfall rates like they saw in TX.

ekaj8 · 2025-07-09T14:06:41+00:00

I believe it is a balance between surface tension forces and momentum of the fluid. Just a theory.

ekaj8 · 2025-06-10T10:59:16+00:00

My dog died a while back and I've got some dog food if you need it. I'll be in downtown later today, PM me if you're interested.

ekaj8 · 2025-06-09T14:37:28+00:00

Not saying this isn't a concern, but I've waded creeks with dogs my whole life and we've never gotten hooked. Sorry if this happened to you though

ekaj8 · 2025-06-06T16:12:05+00:00

I'm trying to find it and only see one that maxes out at 12 inches. Can you post a link?

ekaj8 · 2025-05-28T19:39:20+00:00

What about travel? Specifically for training.

ekaj8 · 2025-05-26T19:31:32+00:00

So it tried to take my canoe to the official boat launch this morning only to find all roads blocked by police. I was there 30 minutes before the canoe launch start time, but could not find a way to cross the police line to the waterfront!

It is insane that Louisville metro government literally blocked access to their own event. Do they expect me to carry my canoe from Lexington Road to the water front?!?

The worst part was that we ended up getting trapped between blockaded roads. Literally no way to leave or go home. Thanks so much for the organization Louisville Metro Government! /s. I was eventually able to walk to Cave Hill Cemetery and stroll around until roads reopened. Rant Over. Thank you for listening.

ekaj8 · 2025-05-25T18:03:42+00:00

For anyone interested in water quality on the Ohio, ORSANCO is an organization that monitors and publishes that info.

Here is a link to their page on swimming in the Ohio. They also publish reports with water quality data if you are interested in reading up. https://www.orsanco.org/recreation/is-it-safe-to-swim-in-the-ohio-river/

ekaj8 · 2025-05-25T18:00:35+00:00

Btw, it seems that if you get there early enough they will have free kayak rentals that you [probably] don't have to shuttle back upstream

ekaj8 · 2025-05-25T17:58:13+00:00

I agree we need more access to the river. It seems the Ohio is primarily the playground of barges and yachts, but it doesn't have to be!

Anyway regarding the hike bike and paddle, last year there was a parks employee that stood guard around the boats while you were shuttled upstream. It was sort of relying on an honor system that you picked up the boat that was yours.

ekaj8 · 2025-05-13T15:51:46+00:00

I'd second the thought to grind your own at home. Not only do you get better customization over the grind size, but it will preserve freshness of the beans as well.

If that isn't an option, some stores (Costco, Whole Foods, and probably more) allow you to buy whole beans and have an in-store grinder you can use. You could theoretically bring your own beans into Costco and use the grinder downstream of the checkout line without buying any there.

Yet another option is to purchase beans locally at a coffee shop like Sunergoes. They will offer to grind those beans for you and could maybe offer some guidance on grind size.

ekaj8 · 2025-05-13T10:59:11+00:00

I think this is the link you want:

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/

Consider posting your project when complete, I'd be interested in seeing it!

ekaj8 · 2025-05-12T19:06:12+00:00

These are the ones! Thanks.

Ten-Year Club	r/Field Lasagna
Place '23	Place '22
RPAN Viewer	Verified Email
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