As my regular readers know, due to our rapid growth in readership, we have been experiencing performance issues, slow response and a lot of hanging (very reminiscent of the old Houston Chronicle days) that has been very frustrating for everyone, especially our bloggers. Last night The Daily Hurricane was moved to a new server with far more capacity to handle our increasing readership, but as usual, we are experiencing some issues. Hopefully this will be corrected shortly, but I just wanted you all to know what was going on.
I'm looking forward to getting back to normal, at least as normal as possible. Thank you all for your support during this very busy time.
Bob
I'm looking forward to getting back to normal, at least as normal as possible. Thank you all for your support during this very busy time.
Bob
Bob,
Solution suggestion:
Imagine a large sewing needle made of steel that's maybe 80-100 (+-) feet long and weighs a few thousand pounds. The point of the needle's diameter is sized to allow it to easily slip into the opening of the flow pipe. The eye of the needle would be secured by cable to surface vessels. The needle is designed so that it gradually increases in diameter and from the point to the eye, approximately half to three quarters of the needle's length, it's diameter becomes great enough so that as it is lowered into the flow pipe, it becomes wedged. Now imagine a sufficiently sized hose clamp, much like a common water hose repair clamp, which could then be placed so as to secure the end of the flow pipe to the needle. If necessary, the needle could be hollow with a shut-off/connective point near the eye to accommodate re-establishing a safe flow rate.
Rex