Sandbagging Machine

With all the sandbagging going on, I thought readers might be interested in an invention I saw a picture of for the first time this year.

It's called "Sandbagger."

What you see is a machine which makes the filling the sandbags easier. More photos of how it works are here on McHenry County Blog.

Just hold the empty sandbag under the stream of sand and it fills up.

People still have to carry them after they are filled, but it appears to me that about half of the work can be mechanized.

I don't have a contact for the manufacturer, but this one was being operated by the Nunda Township Road Commissioner. His name is Don Kopsell. His phone number is 815-459-4410.

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Water, Water Everywhere, Too Much for the Corn to Drink

Water, Water Everywhere, Too Much for the Corn to Drink

It's not as if McHenry County hasn't gotten more than its fair share of rain this year, but southeastern Illinois has real flooding in the same area that was hit by the earthquake.

The rain in Decatur last weekend was so bad that the roof of the convention center room had pans to catch the leaks.

And, on Route 51 to Decatur low lying corn fields were flooded.

Fences usually indicate that there are fields.

In this one beside Route 14, though, you'd never know. It was next to a stream which had obviously overflowed.

Much more about last weekend's Illinois Republican State Convention at McHenry County Blog this past week and future days.

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