Was reading an article about creation of a large public beach. It only sat 2ft above sea level and often washed over in high tide. The developers bulldozed sand from the sea side to bring it up to 12ft. But they had big troubles with wind blowing the sand inland. It almost scuttled the whole project.
So they planted hardy native grass that grew roots toward the water. It mitigated the dust problem.
Wonder if a similar thing can be done with native desert vegetation to solve this problem.
Still can't get the fingers right.
Have relatives out there. Paddling is a way of life. The guys in the picture probably all go out on the weekends, if not daily.
What would be an alliterative version of the "Clean Coal" BS?
Adobe announced a 'distraction removal' Photoshop feature this week at their annual MAX conference. Makes removing people from pictures a one-click operation for anyone: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/remove-tool.html
The car I had the most trouble with wasn't because it was a bad car, but because it kept getting trashed. VW Cabriolet convertible. Bought it when I got my first real job out of school.
One week after driving it off the lot, parked on a busy city street, someone slashed the roof and tore out the stereo. Fixed it all up. Insurance rate went up. Six months later, knife through the roof AND a smashed window. Stereo gone. Switched to a removable, pull-out stereo. Still got broken into.
Had dozens of slashes/smashes. At one point, just left the door locks open. Nothing to take. Someone slept in the back seat (left food wrappers) and pilfered through the ashtray where I kept loose change.
Loved driving it with the top down, but what a pain it was to fix.
It's the Gellert Thermal baths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell%C3%A9rt_Baths
Still around, if anyone visits Budapest.
She badly needs to be introduced to a plate of samosas with a side of tamarind chutney.
Preferably brought over by a kindhearted, wise Nani who has lived through this sort of behavior.
If serious about the goals, they would have followed a straight, shortest route from LA to SF, running frequently, with feeder lines to/from Central Valley and larger coastal cities (Santa Barbara, SLO, Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz, etc)
Given where it ended up, mainly because of Congressional shenanigans, it will end up as a little-used, publicly subsidized boondoggle. I'm all for efficient public transit, but this is such a missed opportunity, and a huge waste of taxpayer money. We'll have mid-range electric airplanes before this thing gets going.