PAVE THE PLAYA!

[Simon of the Playa]

Jesus Paves.

[Dr Jet Sinister]

What an excellent idea! No more tripping over playa snakes.

[Roberto Dobbisano]

exodus will be much smoother.

[H.G.Crosby]

out: SteamPunk

in: SteamRoller

[MyDearFriend]

I am totally in favor of neatly-painted parking spaces and ADA compliance, but, you people who voted for "easy clean-up" are sadly mistaken: the baked-on street pizza will be there all week.

[9ah]

Not to mention all the tents that were not weighed down... Can't stake rebar into concrete. Or will there be holes?

[Canoe]

What. Not hot enough for you already?

[ygmir]

Not to mention all the tents that were not weighed down... Can't stake rebar into concrete. Or will there be holes?

cement vs asphalt concretions

[CapSmashy]

I am totally in favor of neatly-painted parking spaces and ADA compliance, but, you people who voted for "easy clean-up" are sadly mistaken: the baked-on street pizza will be there all week.

These babies will take the white off of rice.

[CornMan]

Paving the playa is fine, but you'll need to get it all out of there if you want to get green on the MOOP map.

[CapSmashy]

Paving the playa is fine, but you'll need to get it all out of there if you want to get green on the MOOP map.

From my understanding, the group behind this is working directly with the BLM to help in their efforts of playa preservation.

[ygmir]

and imagine how soft and comfy it'd be,since the pavement would trap a lot of the water that evaporates, which creates the (approx. IIUC) 3' of solid ground we play on.

[burner von braun]

[TT120]

[Turtleburp]

No drains though:
We documented clear and
synchronous threshold declines of 110 of 238 macroinvertebrate taxa in response to low levels
of impervious cover. Approximately 80% of the declining taxa did so between ;0.5% and 2%
impervious cover, whereas the last 20% declined sporadically from ;2% to 25% impervious
cover. Synchrony of individual responses resulted in distinct community-level thresholds
ranging from 0.68% (mountains), 1.28% (piedmont), and 0.96% (coastal plain) impervious
cover. Upper limits (95% confidence intervals) of community thresholds were ,2% cover in all
regions. Within distinct physiographic classes, higher-gradient, smaller catchments required
less impervious cover than lower gradient, larger catchments to elicit community thresholds.
Relatively few taxa showed positive responses to increasing impervious cover, and those that
did gradually increased in frequency and abundance, approximating a linear cumulative
distribution. The sharp, synchronous declines of numerous taxa established a consistent
threshold response at exceptionally low levels of catchment urbanization, and uncertainty
regarding the estimation of impervious cover from satellite data was mitigated by several
corroborating lines of evidence. We suggest that threshold responses of communities to urban
and other novel environmental gradients may be more prevalent than currently recognized.

[Simon of the Playa]

yeah!


what he said!



i think.

[mgb327]

Sad part was, I re-read it 3 times to try and "follow" it. I think I have it....mebbe.

[TomServo]

Think I proposed "Clear Coating" the playa, a few years back...

[Nipple]

Just need to up the mix of Gorilla Snot in the water trucks.

[Simon of the Playa]

i've been doing some research, and for just a few dollars more, we can get sparkles added.

[Simon of the Playa]

.

[ygmir]

Think I proposed "Clear Coating" the playa, a few years back...

yeah but at 10 CC's at a time, it'll take forever!!

[Simon of the Playa]

watch the burn from the comfort of your Car!

[ygmir]

watch the burn from the comfort of your Car!

Ha!! I usually sit about a mile out and watch it from my truck.......

[Bounce530]

Then after the man falls, screw the hippies that run around the pile...It's sideshow time!

[media]

[theCryptofishist]

Well, it unites the Flat Earth and Scorched Earth partisans.

[Simon of the Playa]

Just Like Tito.

[H.G.Crosby]

.

[ygmir]

fuse the playa:

[Gonzo Frothwood]

Why not pave it in 7 sided paving stones spaced 1 inch apart to allow rebar and in cse of rain, drainage. Good for whatever Turtleburp was talking about and we could vacuum trash up then store paving stones in town and hire locals to guard them. Bring them out next year,recycle, be green and all that hippie crap I believe in. One time outlay of bucks and years of useful service.