Tokyo, a city built on the coast, intertwined with water has put in place a flood system you’ll have to see to believe. On this episode we bring you Tokyo’s flood tunnels. Global oceanic city Tokyo has so much water access including cancels and waterways within the city that a grand plan was put in place to protect the city from flooding. There are 8 rivers that run through Tokyo all capable of flooding during a typhoon. In the 1950s - 1960s typhoons flooded and destroyed the low lying old downtown of Tokyo. Based on Tokyo’s geographical location disaster in many forms can strike at any moment. Over 38 sq miles or 100 sq km of the city is below sea level which was made worse by rapid construction in the 1960s and 70s. Water was extracted causing the are around Koto-ku to sink further down 2.2 feet or 70 cm. Tokyo’s annual rainfall of 60 inches or 1530 mm hasn’t changed that much over the years but the pattern in which the rain falls has. In recent decades that rain pours heavy and hard putting people’s homes at risk of flooding. Over 80 years ago an artificial waterway was dug, walled with concrete and armed with gates to control the rate of flow away from east Tokyo. Overtime more gates were added but eventually Tokyo devised an idea to build an enormous structure underground to soak up typhoon flood water at outrageous volumes. This came after the 1991 catastrophic flood that submerged 30,000 homes and left dozens dead. 3 billion dollars and 13 years later the Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel was completed. 5 stories tall this massive chamber is so long it’s length is greater than the height of this building, Fountain Place in Dallas. Outfit with dozens of pillars, each one weighs in over 500 tons. As the rivers start to fill up water is diverted into this surge tank which will then be redirected to the man made river that exits the city. Being the largest of its kind in the world, this surge tank sees water fill up inside 7 to 12 times a year. How this is possible is a 3.7 mile or 6 km network of huge pipes all positioned to take in water when the flow is too high that carries it through the pipes back to the surge tank. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvUgOtS4kFQ

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Did you know there is a specialized vehicle that can dig up and move trees with ease? On this episode we bring you the tree moving machine. The 100 inch Truck Spade is a specialized truck designed to dig up and move trees. How the truck works, there are 4 blades that are wrapped around the tree, the doors are closed around it and the spades are plunged into the ground. They stagger the blades going into the ground then pull the tree right out. The spades and the tree are folded sideways onto the back of the truck at which it is transported to it’s new location. Once the tree is planted in it’s new location it should be staked and tied 2 directions to give it some stability. The soil of the new location should ideally be the same ph and have similar drainage as the old location. The transplanted tree will have a good chance of surviving if cared for properly but it isn’t certain. This is because a transplanted tree will have a lot of it’s smaller root structure cut off so there is some risk the tree won’t take to the new location. Now you are probably wondering, what does it cost to move a tree? 8 - 12 foot trees range from $200 - $1200, typically transplanting trees cost $15 - $25 / foot. Now transplanting really old trees is possible as well big trees but can cost upwards of $50,000. If you could transplant any tree to where you live, what would it be? I’m going to go with yellow mangosteen tree as they can take up to 20 years to fruit. Let us know if you’ve ever seen a machine like this before, consider subscribing and until the next one have a good one. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/boredpanda/videos/10154628029449252/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqKTkYDMN3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLVdqnQPS7c ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TtzQtVga7Y