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sandbag [′san‚bag] (engineering) A bag filled with sand; used to build temporary protective walls. (geology) In the roof of a coal seam, a deposit of glacial debris formed by scour and fill subsequent to coal formation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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From the author's daily life in a house so close to the Mississippi banks that each spring she must open her basement doors to accept the regular floods, to tongue-in-cheek accounts of river rats and towboat pilots, to tales of desperate sandbagging against unruly flood tides, river hangouts, choice waterfront taverns, and more. Flood Damage Prevention Begins With Flood Preparedness During Hurricane Season; Sandbagging Kits From Angel-GUARD Can Prevent Thousands of Dollars in Flood Losses In rustic Sand Canyon, Los Angeles County fire crews spent the morning sandbagging a private road threatened by driving rain and heavy runoff from surrounding hillsides that burned in a July brush fire, said Capt. |
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