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<br />FLOOD FIGHTING METHODS 2003 <br /> <br />6.3A <br />Page 45 <br /> <br />Protection of Slopes <br /> <br />Raincoat Method <br />The raincoat method is used to prevent further saturation <br />of levee or hillside slopes. Visquine is laid out flat on the <br />slope, and stakes are driven into the ground just above the <br />area to be protected. The stakes are 4 feet apart with a 1- <br />foot stagger. The visquine is secured to the stakes with tie- <br />down buttons or small round rocks (see Figure 11). <br /> <br />Use a crisscross method of placing the sandbags (Figure 11) <br />on the plastic. Place a solid row of sandbags on all edges <br />of the visquine (half on ground, half on the visquine). <br /> <br /> <br />2" x 4" X 2' stakes <br />Levee crown Levee shoulder <br /> <br />I- 'r,-, <br />Twine or wire .' 'I~'/:?'~ <br />//. ' ,y" \ <br />"y~~~f'V' ' <br />;;-.'t-~7" <br /><0('/< <br />'/. r:\\. <br />;I,)\~ <br />,\,'/.':- <br />,//~;;; <br />,\:I! ,:;:. levee <br />"II ','\' <br /> <br />~\if <br />\-,/'1 <br />:-\\'( <br />/"\ ' <br />/f,~{ <br /> <br />" ~ <br /> <br />Figure 11 <br /> <br />16 <br />