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| Topic Started: Nov 2 2009, 05:52 AM (300 Views) | |
| maxstiebritz | Nov 2 2009, 05:52 AM Post #1 |
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Kameraden and list members, For whats it worth IR459 took care of some evil bunker woes and straighten out our "Hotel Lust" this past weekend. Here's a mere AAR & some worthy notes. The Site is Still overgrown . Every year we say its looks worse than last year. Maybe that's true...Anyways mother nature dropped a lot of rain on Newville this past summer and it shows. Looks like that area has gotten some good frosts because it is drying up in a lot of areas and the Crud is turning orange. I did notice that a lot of units have been pounding away at the growth and vegetation...and building! The 80th div did one helluva job mowing and clearing up. Great job!!! The 151st has got a great jump on there end of the line. Looks like they have not been there in several years they got alot of their "rain forest" cut - up. They actually have some 6ft to 8ft locust coming out of their lines. Like Vince Petty stated on another list..."the como trenches are simply over-grown" like a mutherhumper! The Guardsmen from the Guards Div looked like they finished up three walls & their roof on their new dugout! Good job Guardsmen!! Also the 92nd were pounding away at their revetting. They have been doing a great job as well and got their site looking great! Many units are working at their sites and many are not... The site Still needs alot of work. So please come early and bring out your weedeaters, chainsaws and anything else you deem necessary to tackle the growth...Please don't expect your neighbors to do it for you. Hope everyone drives safe and see you at the site... 
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Stiebritz "One of Thirty" 8K/IR459 I am Locutus of Stiebritz. We are Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. | |
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| jk816 | Nov 2 2009, 01:54 PM Post #2 |
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Max, Thanks for the update; when myself and some 28th guys were out there week before last we noted some areas were in good shape, others largely untouched. Between the efforts of the 80th and 28th the AEF front and trenches are in pretty good shape. We'd extended north into the southern half of the BEF lines and across NML to the western face and top of the Berm. We also cut some lanes into the Russian sector, on the CP front north of DV and started on the CP far south before the mower acted up. The areas I'd seen in need were north of the Canadian area, the northern part of the CP shell hole field; parts of the CP north near the Berm; the CP south area south of IR 92 and the NML area in front of the French. Some minor work will need to be done by some shell holes and wire entanglements in various places. And Death Valley behind the berm was a mess. That was then, hopefully as you indicate units and Mother Nature have done some good for us. Hopefully the revamping of the CP south lines will take care of problems in that area. A lot of the worst growth is between the lines in areas no one ever gets to. We've taken a chainsaw to some of those areas in the AEF sector and other units should do so as well. Thinking ahead as a preventative measure, before last Spring's event I hit a large area of the AEFs trenches with "Ortho Ground Clear". I sprayed it on the bare earth of trench walls and floors. It worked great, as those areas I got had virtually no growth all year (and the areas I didn't had foliage explosions). So anywhere you don't want growth, use it; best inside trenches and shell holes, for other flat accessible surfaces we'd rather let grasses take root, but that takes repeated mowing to beat the bad stuff (thistle, locust and PI). Our repeated brush hoggin efforts by Kim Wiser have produced some very nice areas. Bring your putter! But bring your weedwhackers this week, there's plenty for folks to do yet. Jim Kidd |
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| Pte. Munro | Nov 3 2009, 09:39 AM Post #3 |
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How about gasoline and a road flare?  |
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| jk816 | Nov 3 2009, 10:36 AM Post #4 |
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Well, we've done controlled burns and drip torches before, with mixed results. We've also had uncontrolled burns  and, given the increasing concentration of wooden construction, fires outside of burn rings and stoves make me very uneasy.Then again, if we'd had any more rain in PA this Fall, we'd be reenacting 3rd Ypres... thank goodness shale drains well, but I've seen more standing water in more places this Fall than at all other times at Newville combined.... Jim |
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| Pte. Munro | Nov 3 2009, 08:06 PM Post #5 |
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I was just teasing, Jim. However, with all of the rainfall, at least the use of approved pyro devices should not be hindered. |
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