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		<title>Live Oil Spill</title>
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Watch live streaming video from wkrg_oil_spill at livestream.com
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		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=73</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the Republican Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and was very much in favor of &#8220;the redistribution of wealth.&#8221;
She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=69</link>
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		<title>Hurricane / Weather Links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Hurricane Center
Storm Pulse
The Weather Channel
Weather Underground
ABC channel 3
CBS channel 5
Fox channel 10
NBC channel 15
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		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=68</link>
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		<title>Flood Vents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enclosed spaces in a non-velocity flood zone require flood vents. The purpose of these vents is to equalize pressure in the event of a flood event. In the past foundation ventilation products or soffit vents have been used for this purpose.  The International Building Code uses ASCE 24-05 as a reference for flood vents. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=67</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington engineering mid-term. The answer was so &#8220;profound&#8221; that the Professor shared it with colleagues, and the sharing obviously hasn&#8217;t ceased&#8230;
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or Endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote Proofs of their beliefs using Boyle&#8217;s Law, (gas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=66</link>
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		<title>Alabama Stormwater Curves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great link for IDF curves for Alabama. Alabama Rainfall Atlas
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		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=65</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Normal people &#8230; believe that if it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain&#8217;t broke, it doesn&#8217;t have enough features yet.”
Scott Adams
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		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=64</link>
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		<title>Flood-Prone Moratorium decision is postponed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to the Baldwin Register&#8217;s Report: Moratorium decision is postponed
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		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=63</link>
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		<title>Flood-Prone Zoning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six month moratorium on new subdivisions, commercial and other developments in flood-prone areas in unincorporated Baldwin is set to go into effect Tuesday October 23, 2007. If approved by the Baldwin County Commission today.  THE MORATORIUM WAS TABLED FOR 60 DAYS OR LESS, SO BE PREPARED.
See the article in the Mobile Press-Register More zoning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=62</link>
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		<title>Highwind Brick Ties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brick Ties in Highwind areas 140 mph shall be spaced not more than 18 inches on center with studs spaced 16 inches  on center.  Brick ties located in Zone 5 of the walls in a 130 mph zone shall be spaced not more than 18 inches on center.  The minimum width of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lesengr.com/blog/?p=61</link>
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