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As an engineer, here’s how I look at the idea of pumping water from Mississippi to the West

As an engineer, here’s how I look at the idea of pumping water from Mississippi to the West

A bulldozer clears a descent path to move equipment down to the level for drilling operations as workmen start excavations for building the Channel Tunnel outside Calais, France, Nov. 17, 1973 At an age when my classmates were fascinated with dinosaurs or playing Cowboys and Indians, I picked up a book titled “Engineers’ Dreams” and was hooked. Thus began a lifelong interest in projects associated with engineering concepts about improving our world. The author, Willy Ley, sketched the… Source link

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“I could see the blood pumping out”

If you were planning to eat dinner at halftime of Monday’s Washington-Pittsburgh game, you may have experienced an unexpected change of plans. Late in the second quarter, images appeared of Washington quarterback Alex Smith‘s lower left leg, which had blood streaming from a gash in his shin, in a way that (but for the burgundy sock) may have conjured images of Jed Clampett shootin’ at some food and up through the ground came a bubblin’ crude. Far more visible were long streaks and… Source link

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