mike813
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Wow - thanks for sharing. Very cool to see. I currently use a tesla supercharger one exit to the east of here during road trips to Athens, so this will be an easy stop for me.
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It is marked in the pdf.Anyone overlay the FEMA flood zone risk?
Also wonder about hurricane hazard. (Here in Illinois we just worry 'bout tornadoes, currently....?)
Tornadoes are far more likely to be a problem for that part of GA than hurricanes. That far inland, the damage from hurricanes comes from flash flooding and tornadoes that sometimes occur in the feeder bands--not especially damaging, usually. Your first question is the most important one: flood zone risk, which effectively includes "hurricane" risk.Anyone overlay the FEMA flood zone risk?
Also wonder about hurricane hazard. (Here in Illinois we just worry 'bout tornadoes, currently....?)
They have to file a NPDES Stormwater Management plan before they can turn one shovel of dirt, and it will be reviewed and approved by local and/or state authorities. For every square foot of "impermeable surface" they create (buildings, parking lots, roads, etc.) they have to provide on-site retention/management for that run-off. In projects that I have been involved with, that means enough retention for a once every 100 years megastorm. The Retention Ponds will be the first thing built.It is marked in the pdf.
As far as hurricanes go, ATL is pretty far inland. The main issue would be flooding from extensive rainfall if a storm stalls over the area, like Harvey did to Houston.
SE side has water retention zones, hopefully they will design enough to account for that.
I don't think many of the homes are close enough to feel like there will be a 75' wall in the backyard. Many of the homes south of 278 have some pretty dense tree cover at the rear of their lots that will shield them from Rivian's property. There are houses on Darel Dr. that will face the factory, but several of them will be buffered by the planned off-road/adventure trail and test track. The overall property is far larger than it appears in the PDF (try to make out one of the house's driveways to picture the scale relative to a car) so the building setbacks from the property line, especially the north/northwest side of the property is large.My initial reaction to the plan is: wow, there are homes in the rural area that in 2 years will have a 75' wall in their backyard. I of course have no idea what that region is like, but talk about throwing shade on someone!
Nice of them to give you credit. Good job elektrek.Thanks to who ever is making me internet famous.
https://electrek.co/2022/01/12/rivi...mplete-with-a-test-track-and-adventure-trail/