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  • 1.  "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 15 days ago
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    A lot of us in this forum are likely guilty of stopping to take photos of things that our friends would walk right past. 

    I personally have multiple videos of rainfall entering storm inlets near my house. To me, it's interesting to watch how runoff behaves during different storms, or witness what could possibly be my neighbor's gutter surcharging. But to most people, it probably looks like a video of a curb.

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    Does anyone else have a piece of the built (or natural) environment that they can't help but take photos or videos of?



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    Christopher Seigel P.E., M.ASCE
    Civil Engineer
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  • 2.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 14 days ago

    I routinely take photos of civil engineering related items, especially those that I think would be good for illustration purposes in training.

    For example, I recently got to go to California for the first time on a Route 66 trip. One of the first photos I took after we crossed the state line was this slope transition to a dumpster enclosure where you can see vehicles have scraped. I think this will go nicely in a future training on site grading. I do at least try to remember to not add them to shared vacation albums...

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    When I was living in Mexico, my roommate and I took a day trip to Mexico City, and she caught me taking photos of this drainage structure. She asked why anyone want to see a photo of some sidewalk drainage, so I let her know that the group chat at work would certainly be interested. 
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    Another fun category is "what were they thinking?"
    I like these photos in contrast to one another
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    Heidi C. Wallace, P.E., M.ASCE
    Tulsa, OK
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  • 3.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 14 days ago
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    So many I can't count them! I have an album on my phone called "stormwater" :). one of my recent ones...



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    Rachel Jones P.E., M.ASCE
    Section Manager, Stormwater Capital Planning
    Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources
    Lawrenceville GA
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  • 4.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 14 days ago

    I can't resist taking pictures of hydraulic structures, ships and tows, and particularly poorly designed/failing erosion control.

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    William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE
    ENGINEER
    Columbus MS
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  • 5.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 7 days ago

    I always liked this photo... way too much stormwater combined with an unfortunately parked car: 

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    Terence Hampton M.ASCE
    Quality Manager
    Ijamsville MD
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  • 6.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 7 days ago
    Certainly Heritage Tree in Alabama. Had to Uturn to get a photo
    I do the same, but now also snap pictures of what I suspect are Heritage Trees. Especially if they are particularly great specimens like this one on the side of the road in Alabama. 


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    Jonathan McNamara P.E., M.ASCE
    Helotes TX
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  • 7.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 4 days ago
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    I searched my phone for 'bridge' and discovered that I had over 150 photos of bridges going back nine years.  My collection includes auto, rail, and pedestrian bridges across the world. The photo is one of my favorites.



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    Mitch Winkler P.E.(inactive), M.ASCE
    Houston, TX
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  • 8.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 4 days ago

    That's a great photo, Mitch!

    My mom used to always buy me the ASCE bridges calendar. When they stopped making one, she realized she takes enough bridge photos for me on her travels to make one herself. It has become a fun tradition to get her annual bridges calendar for my desk.



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    Heidi C. Wallace, P.E., M.ASCE
    Tulsa, OK
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  • 9.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 2 days ago

    That's an awesome idea!    I hadn't thought of that, but my work does give me access to cool vantage points that most people never get... I should start carrying a better camera. =)   

    Here's my favorite bridge pic that I took. The Old Goethals Bridge from the top of the New Goethals Bridge.

    Goethals Bridge in the fog. Shot by T Hampton

     



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    Terence Hampton M.ASCE
    Quality Manager
    Ijamsville MD
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  • 10.  RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

    Posted 21 hours ago

    I've got lots of those pictures to illustrate to my students the difference between sheet flow and shallow concentrated flow.   One of my favorite videos to show to demonstrate the force of storm surges is when this huge manhole gets blown out, narrowly missing a truck.   Watch to the end to see the size of the manhole compared to the truck it almost hit.    https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=huge+storm+manhole+blows+up+just+misses+truck&&mid=6B73CBDF106484D337E46B73CBDF106484D337E4&churl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUCDVsE-g-q_5dnSrG_2pA50w&FORM=VRDGAR



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    Timothy Murphy P.E., M.ASCE
    Professor
    Trine University
    Angola IN
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