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Properly stacked sandbags [2] are an effective deterrent against damaging flood waters. Sandbags can be used to build levees, barricades, dikes and berms to limit erosion from flooding. Sandbags can also be used to fortify existing flood control structures and limit the effects of sand boils. Sandbag structures do not prevent water seepage and ...
Worthington launched Sandbag in 2008 [10] to raise public awareness of and improve the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Initially Sandbag provided members of the public with a way of tackling climate change , enabling them to buy ETS permits and cancel them, meaning that European companies covered by the ETS would have to emit ...
Sandbagging, hiding the strength, skill or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement, refers to: . Sandbagging in golf and other games, deliberately playing below one's actual ability in order to fool opponents into accepting higher stakes bets, or to lower one's competitive rating in order to play in a future event with a higher handicap and consequently have a better chance ...
More than 250,000 sandbags are positioned in flood-prone areas, the California Department of Water Resources said, ... the largest fire in state history. Twenty-three people were killed.
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Team Race Sandbagging has become infamous with players holding back and getting the Lightning Item, which only affects racers on the opposing team, allowing the user's team to get a clear advantage. In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, players may sandbag in order to get the powerful All-Star Moves, just to use them on the other players.
A sandbag is an obstruction device commonly used in flood control and temporary military fortifications. Sandbag may also refer to: A sand-filled punching bag or weight bag. A bean bag with very fine-particled fillings like sand, grounded grain/husk or polyvinyl pellets. Sandbag (Smash Bros.), a character from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
A HydroSack or a HydroSnake is a brand name for a flood control sandbag alternative made by Gravitas International of Cheshire, North West England. [1] They are very lightweight and thin until they come into contact with water, then they begin to retain water until they have reached capacity. The devices then resist any further water excess.