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Inphenity
 
Gender: Male
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< on 10/2/2004 6:34 AM >
|  | | | ive been looking at topozone maps of my area .. how would i find potential drain entrances using this? ... what should i look for.... and what should i look for when im just out riding around ... any tips on finding drains would be greatly appreciated
... well yea actually this is a flashlight in my pocket .. but im still happy to see you |
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Ricotta
   
Nobler Donor
location:
Houston, TX
Gender: Male
De arimasu~
| | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 1 on 10/2/2004 8:45 AM >
| | | | Wait for heavy rains, then watch the water. It all has to go somewhere.
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Bobtheallmighty
 
location:
Somewhere over london, Ontario
Gender: Male
gotta climb.
| | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 2 on 10/2/2004 3:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by Inphenity
what should i look for when im just out riding around ... any tips on finding drains would be greatly appreciated
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when your out just riding around its hard to find drains but its not impossibe. look around the banks of rivers and lakes for entrances. also most drains (in my area anyways) have fencing behind them to prevent people from accdentaly rolling down a hill and falling however many feet the dran is sunk into the ground.
im not sure if that healp but i hope it did.
as for the topo maps ive never used one, i just went down to the neares transportation and workds building and got a copy of the drain maps.
-bob
" <Samurai> you know, we aren't as far removed from animals as we'd like to think... i still have bowel movements that border on mystical... i mean almost orgasmic" |
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Shane
Moderator
location:
Bronx, NY
Gender: Male
| |  |  | |  | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 3 on 10/2/2004 3:54 PM >
| | | | On topo maps, look at where streams and rivers run, and compare it to a street map or aerial shot (or even your memory). Where the rivers that are on the topo map don't show up on the street map/aerial shot, there's a good chance that the stream was buried and turned into a storm drain.
"Because there's no possibility of real disaster, real risk, we're left with no chance for real salvation. Real elation. Real excitement. Joy. Discovery. Invention. The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom. Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace. Unless everything can get worse, it won't get any better." -Chuck Palahniuk |
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Inphenity
Gender: Male
| | | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 4 on 10/3/2004 4:10 AM >
| | | | thanks guys ... any more drainers with tips out there?
... well yea actually this is a flashlight in my pocket .. but im still happy to see you |
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dsankt
location:
live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 5 on 10/5/2004 10:58 AM >
| | | | The most comprehensive, in depth document on exploring stormwater drains in existence. The Approach to Draining, written by drain god <predator> of the sydney cave clan.
sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography |
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F A S T
location:
Oakland, CA
Gender: Male
Coastal Wind
| | | | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 6 on 10/6/2004 5:12 AM >
| | | | Check out the Encyclopedia Entry.
You have to just use your instincts and take a day and stroll around the city looking down manholes with a flashlight.
The drain will run in the "lowest" possible elevation sort of. In a concrete ravine your sure to find "something"
As stated above probably the best method is too just find some rivers and hike along them.
Reservs. can be gold too.
Good luck.
F A S T |
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Inphenity
Gender: Male
| | | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 7 on 10/6/2004 6:20 AM >
| | | | the thing about walking along rivers reminded me of an outfall that id seen a really long time ago .. checked it out tonight and its a double barrel rcp .. its a back breaker but ive got no problem with that thanks for all the tips guys .. the predator drain write up was usefull too
... well yea actually this is a flashlight in my pocket .. but im still happy to see you |
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Anymouse
location:
Calgary, AB
Gender: Male
| | |  | | | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 8 on 10/8/2004 8:02 PM >
| | | | Also - don't be afraid to try out some social engineering and visit your city hall for storm drain trunk maps. A "student in environmental science, doing a study on the impact of the urban environment on wetlands" usually makes their eyes glaze over with boredom enough to hand the maps over. Especially if you are a college student with an ID card if they ask.
Although yeah, there's nothing I can say that isn't in (the late) Predator's writeup.
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Bobtheallmighty
location:
Somewhere over london, Ontario
Gender: Male
gotta climb.
| | Re: help finding drains
<Reply # 9 on 10/9/2004 12:18 AM >
| | | | Posted by Anymouse
"student in environmental science, doing a study on the impact of the urban environment on wetlands"
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yeah or a tech design student doing a project on city drainage like i was 
-bob
" <Samurai> you know, we aren't as far removed from animals as we'd like to think... i still have bowel movements that border on mystical... i mean almost orgasmic" |
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