- published: 08 Feb 2016
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A washout is the sudden erosion of soft soil or other support surfaces by a gush of water, usually occurring during a heavy downpour of rain (a flash flood) or other stream flooding. These downpours may occur locally in a thunderstorm (particularly in summer, when they are often nearly stationary), or over a large area, such as following the landfall of a tropical cyclone. If a washout occurs in a crater-like formation, it is called a sinkhole, and usually involves a leaking or broken water main or sewerage pipes. (Other types of sinkholes, such as collapsed caves, are not washouts.)
Widespread washouts can occur in mountainous areas after heavy rains, even in normally dry ravines. A severe washout can become a landslide, or cause a dam break in an earthen dam. Like other forms of erosion, most washouts can be prevented by vegetation whose roots hold the soil and slow the flow of water. Deforestation increases the risk of washouts. Retaining walls and culverts may be used, although particularly severe washouts may even destroy these if they are not large or strong enough.
I didn't go out today
I won't go out tomorrow
I'll just sit at home
and wallow in my sorrow
have you got some hope i can borrow
I used to think so big
I used to talk so bold
am I giving up, am I getting old?
how'd I get so low?
no I think life owes me more
and I'm going to
pick myself up off the floor
'cause I want the f**king glory
wash out go wash out
I'm feeling I'm feeling like a motherf**king failure
I wanna know how everyone survives
the day jobs and debts
not enough for rent and wounded sex
what the f**k is next
so hard to accept
how do I get by
I've been bought and sold
seen hot and cold
been bored and ignored
seen no reward for 10 years of my youth
and the long line of bastards
waiting to see me pack it in
now I know I'll never win
crawling under my skin,