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opelmanta1900 Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 10:22 PM EST
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Emergency spillway on the nation's biggest damn is moments from failing... 160,000 people expected to be affected...
Whistlebritches Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 10:31 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Emergency spillway on the nation's biggest damn is moments from failing... 160,000 people expected to be affected...


Prayers out..........but this makes me wonder why Cali thinks it can succeed without federal dollars.STUPIDITY at best
teedubbya Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Feb 12 2017, 11:53 PM EST
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Because they and Texas are more similar than different.
MACS Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 12:36 AM EST
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If it keeps on rainin', the levee's goin' to break!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbrjRKB586s
Gene363 Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 1:28 PM EST
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Pray Pray Pray

It's California, but a dam break is a real catastrophe, especially for anyone living on the flood plane below that dam.

Having been a dam operator for some time in California, I am really interested in what caused this leak and how it got so far out of hand. Years ago they had pretty stringent rules for inspection and maintenance. When a state goes broke, they tend to forget maintenance.
Stinkdyr Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 1:37 PM EST
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How high's the water, Momma?

Think
opelmanta1900 Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 1:40 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
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It's California, but a dam break is a real catastrophe, especially for anyone living on the flood plane below that dam.

Having been a dam operator for some time in California, I am really interested in what caused this leak and how it got so far out of hand. Years ago they had pretty stringent rules for inspection and maintenance. When a state goes broke, they tend to forget maintenance.

the dam isn't in any actual danger... the auxilary spillway is all messed up and the emergency spillway - which had never been used - basically disintegrated upon its first use...
Gene363 Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 1:58 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
the dam isn't in any actual danger... the auxilary spillway is all messed up and the emergency spillway - which had never been used - basically disintegrated upon its first use...


The emergence spillway is unlined and would send mud and tree debris into the river channel. If the rain holds off, they should be able to handle the flow using the damaged spillway. Meanwhile, they are dropping rocks into the crater cause by the broken spillway and the local evacuation is ongoing.

See: http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article131941279.html
opelmanta1900 Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 2:50 PM EST
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If it's unlined, what's damaged on it? I swear, it took me about an hour of reading different news stories yesterday to realize the main and emergency spillways were 2 different structures, and i think a lot of news outlets were having the same problem....

A fishing group I'm in has several members from in and around the area and a few of them got some really good pics of the damage to the main spillway before this last storm came in... that hole is massive...
ZRX1200 Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 3:08 PM EST
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On the radio this a.m. they said it was designed to denigrate but it hadoes held out longer than expected.

Also read they've known about the damn for 12 years.

*shrug*

Can understand not worrying about that during a long draught.
elRopo Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 3:34 PM EST
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My understanding is this; "emergency" spillways exist only to ease pressure on and protect the main structure of the dam. If it erodes and fails then the dam will survive. Unfortunately, for the folks downstream the results would be nearly the same as if the main structure were to fail. Prayers sent.
gummy jones Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 3:59 PM EST
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scary stuff
ill be praying
DrMaddVibe Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Feb 13 2017, 4:26 PM EST
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Damn!

If that dam breaks it going to bring ruin and damnation upon them!

Better shoot up there and take all the dam pictures you want.
DrafterX Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 7:51 AM EST
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Mean ole levee.. Mad
TMCTLT Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Feb 14 2017, 8:45 AM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Because they and Texas are more similar than different.



That's almost.....not quite....but almost FUNNY Applause
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