PAVE THE PLAYA!
- Simon of the Playa
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PAVE THE PLAYA!
Jesus Paves.
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What an excellent idea! No more tripping over playa snakes. 

Suck it.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
exodus will be much smoother.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
out: SteamPunk
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
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. 

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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
Not to mention all the tents that were not weighed down... Can't stake rebar into concrete. Or will there be holes?
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
What. Not hot enough for you already?
Video games are giving kids unrealistic expectations on how many swords they can carry.
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... but don't harm the red dragon that frequents the area from time to time. He and I have an agreement.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
9ah wrote: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
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
MyDearFriend wrote: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.

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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
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.
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Zeke Chaparral wrote: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.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
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.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
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.
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.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
Sad part was, I re-read it 3 times to try and "follow" it. I think I have it....mebbe.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
Think I proposed "Clear Coating" the playa, a few years back...
anything worth doing is worth overdoing..
Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
Just need to up the mix of Gorilla Snot in the water trucks.
- Simon of the Playa
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
i've been doing some research, and for just a few dollars more, we can get sparkles added.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
TomServo wrote:Think I proposed "Clear Coating" the playa, a few years back...
yeah but at 10 CC's at a time, it'll take forever!!
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
watch the burn from the comfort of your Car!
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
Simon of the Playa wrote:watch the burn from the comfort of your Car!
Ha!! I usually sit about a mile out and watch it from my truck.......
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
Then after the man falls, screw the hippies that run around the pile...It's sideshow time!
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
Well, it unites the Flat Earth and Scorched Earth partisans.
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Re: PAVE THE PLAYA!
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.
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