Information: The Effects of Winter Storm Eboni in the South
The warm side of Winter Storm Eboni has brought along with it rains and heavy storms that have triggered flash floods and street flooding throughout areas of Mississippi and Alabama. Roads and some major highways are being blocked in order to provide safety for the surrounding communities and motorists after rescue for stalled motorists in ...
Information: Winter Storm Eboni Brings Snow
Winter storm Eboni began in the Pacific Northwest and spead snow throughout the Southwest of the United States, blizzard conditions to the Plains and snow and ice to the Midwest and New England areas. Eboni is a cross country winter storm that is making itself well-known (and hated), whether for the rain or the snow ...
When, Where, and Why of Flood Barriers
Why Opt for Temporary Flood Barriers for Homes? Ease of InstallationThe company brings the cofferdam(s) to where you need to repel rising water. The tubes will suck on-site water to inflate the dam slowly and evenly. Once the dam is full, it will rest firmly against the ground and then repel any water penetration. The ...
Information: What Happens Indoors When Snow Melts
Information: What Happens Indoors When Snow Melts Areas with heavy snowfall know the snow will inevitably melt and the season of frigid temperatures, shoveling, scraping windshields, layering clothes, and seeing your breath will end… eventually. Even though it feels like it never will! But with that thaw and the snow melting comes a different kind ...
Dangers of Melting Snow Outside
Snow can be very beautiful, but most of us don’t want it to last too long. Aside from its beauty, it’s very cumbersome, it’s cold, and it’s wet. Well, once it melts, it’s equally as problematic. If temperatures are conducive, it can re-freeze and create sheets of ice on the ground making driving and walking ...
Cofferdams for Utility Line Work and Repair
When it comes time to make repairs to or replace in-ground utility lines, the work must then be done underneath the surface of the ground. It is an anticipated added level of difficulty for such work to not only deal with the lines themselves, but to also get to them through layers of dirt and ...
Record Breaking Water Related Events Throughout The World
Here are Dam-It Dams Cofferdams, we pay attention to all things weather and hydro-logically related. These are the most accurate record setting numbers available to us, as a vast majority of records set have been recorded post-1880. Any record weather occurrences prior to that time, which may or may not have been of greater note, ...
Current Storm Tracking
In the wake of more recent storms that have developed into strong and deadly hurricanes this 2018 hurricane season, comes Xavier. Xavier is expected to remain at Tropical Storm status until it devolves back to a Tropical Depression late into the night. Tropical Depression winds are less than 39 mph and Tropical Storm winds range ...
Idea – Pool Winterization with Cofferdams
Whether in-ground or above-ground, outdoor pool winterization and repairs are painstaking, to say the least! There is so much to do that you begin to wonder if all the upkeep and cleaning and chemicals and level-checks justify the owning of a pool. Then comes the exciting season where there’s a nip in the air and ...
Flood Related Deaths and Flood Protection
Floods are considered to be one of the most dangerous weather events we encounter, and the trend of deaths due to floods continues to go up in numbers that are deeply concerning. Though a good number of the deaths are directly related to unavoidable circumstances in the event of flooding, there is a notable amount ...