The fence at the US Capitol is going back up, starting tonight. I have a question about it:

[Sogo]

How secure can that fence be.....I mean structurally?

How is it anchored to the ground?

[msongs]

1. weak and not, probably nt

[WarGamer]

2. I'd bet a lot... nothing will happen this time around.

[captain queeg]

3. You are talking about at the capital? If it's another temporary installation, not very strong or sec

It was not anchored to the ground that I could see. Without some kind of foundation it’s not going to be meant to resist someone really trying to breach it but I’m sure they’ve never thought it could. It will be a barrier to people and allow people inside the fence time to react if things start getting out of control.

[StarfishSaver]

14. That's not true

It's very strong and anchored extremely welll.

[Treefrog]

19. I agree, and when I was there I saw at least one, often two, NG guys every fifty feet at least.

Cops everywhere as well.

[StarfishSaver]

4. It's very secure

It's not a simple chain link fence. It's a very sturdy, heavy duty barrier.

[bluestarone]

5. GOOD!

I just hope the razor wire is also put in place! (maybe two fire hoses handy as well)

[Enter stage left]

6. It's easy to anchor it, and make sure it is never breached...

Let them know peaceful protests will be allowed, but...

If you move beyond this point, it will be deadly force. And enforce it!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Gov Abbott's fence? You never met a context you liked?

[Sogo]

8. You are correct.

Not providing context is very annoying to me, as well.

I've edited the discussion title.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Ah, that fence. Thanks, and thx for being good natured while I was poking you. . . . nt

[Patton French]

9. Regardless

It’s better than no fence.

[bottomofthehill]

11. Show me a 7 foot fence, I will bring a 10 foot ladder.

That said, it is a very secure 7 foot fence as opposed to the 40 inch bike rack used on 1/6. It is tightly welded so it is difficult to climb. There are no foot holds and it is even difficult to get your fingers in. It is the same fence used at Inaugurations and other POTUS events. I would love to see a permanent fence that helps to secure the Capitol Building but it’s not really in the cards. As soon as the temp fence went up after 1/6, there were calls from Democrats and Republicans to take it down.

[Sogo]

12. I thought there was razor wire at the top of it.

I remember seeing photos of that when it went up before.

[bottomofthehill]

13. There was Razer wire, that was the first thing to come down

Then they scaled it back around the office buildings and eventually the Capitol

[Grasswire2]

15. that is a good question

How is it anchored to the ground?

Or can it be shoved aside as we see in Jan 6 videos.

[tinrobot]

16. It's a lot stronger than this fence on the border

[Klaralven]

17. Hopefully, it has plenty of cameras in it.

[Treefrog]

18. I've seen it several times, and it looked plenty strong and well anchored to me.