Free sandbags for Danville residents Sports, posted by Editor, Danville Weekly Online, on Nov 18, 2010 at 7:33 pm
With the forecast for this weekend calling for rain and an uncertain winter rain forecast ahead, the Town of Danville has prepared for potentially heavy rainfall by once again providing residents with sand and bags to assist in flood prevention and control efforts.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, November 18, 2010, 4:30 PM
Posted by Ralph N. Shirlet, a resident of another community, on Nov 18, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Oh my, Dolores,
Can you imagine that this exchange will turn into pseudonyms that feel they have been sandbagged for years?
Oh, come on, where's your sense of humor?
The offering of sandbags is a great service and our corridor could use such services from Saranap to San Ramon. Can you please tell your readers where such sand and bags are available for all the potential issues with drainage in our Iron Horse corridor?
Posted by Heinz Munz, a resident of another community, on Nov 20, 2010 at 7:59 am
Nice article !
We are Eko flood Systems USA--a company bringing new flood protection technology from Europe < WE DON'T USE ANY SANDBAGS > to the American communities that face flooding problems and road and railroad flood closures. A visit to out website www.ekofloodusa.com will introduce you to our services, capabilities and concepts of flood protection systems that are aesthetic,environmentally sensitiv and economical.
Feel free to call or email--we can supply more information and respond to any questions.
Heinz Munz President EKO flood USA LLc. 1-307-739-2538
Posted by psmacintosh, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Nov 20, 2010 at 10:12 am
What a second! Taxpayers are paying the City to provide sandbags to those (probably few) Landowners that need/want sandbags.
If particular Landowners have land issues (of their own choosing, remember) that require sandbags, then let them buy their own sandbags/sand for their own properties.
Question: Why is the Government/City sticking its nose into these types of private, individual, real estate issues? Why can't the Landowners handle their own issues here?
OK, sandbags probably don't cost that much, but this is the "road" down which Government gets lost--expanding itself into too many private areas of life.
Today it's sandbags; tomorrow it's aid to "x". Where do you draw the line?
Posted by Ralph N. Shirlet, a resident of another community, on Nov 20, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Dear Dolores,
Wal-Mart suggested that Home Depot is a source for sand bags.
Let us realize that development has created down-stream flooding of creeks without government responsibility for the result. Offering sand bags is a small concession, but reality is to fix the upsteam problems of development.
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