Are sandbags, as in flood control, really full of sand? Seems like you would have to have some clay content in order to stop water flow. Maybe they should be called 'dirt bags' and not 'sand bags'.
Filled a five gallon bucket with clean sand. Cut the bottom out of the bucket (it was busted anyway). Ran a garden hose full blast over the top and never could get it hold water. Now I know if I had used plain old soil the results would have been different. 'Sandbag' must simply be a misnomer.
Ivan Vegvary