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California spillway collapse

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Feb 12, 2017.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Inky_Wretch, Feb 12, 2017
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  2. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    HanSenSE, Feb 12, 2017
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  3. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    This is a very poor area in a low-income county.
    Many people probably don't have working vehicles.
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Feb 12, 2017
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  4. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    It's not the dam itself, but the spillway. The spillway has a lip at the top of it that keeps water in the lake until it reaches a flood elevation. If that lip collapses, the lake will all spill out at once. It'll be in effect just as bad as a dam failure.
     
    Twirling Time, Feb 12, 2017
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  5. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    This is real bad. And, yes, it's the spillway, which has never been used before. This has the makings for an epic disaster.
     
    MileHigh, Feb 12, 2017
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  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Jeez, and so close after Trump threatened to defund the state.
     
    Songbird, Feb 12, 2017
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  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Take that crap next door to the politics thread. We're talking hundreds, if not thousands, of people's lives in danger here.
     
    MileHigh, Feb 12, 2017
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  8. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    About an hour or so north of Sacramento, so that may be in danger as well. Worst case scenario, of course ... but that's what we're approaching.
     
    HanSenSE, Feb 12, 2017
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  9. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    It's red alert up there. Friend on Facebook who was summoned to work up there. "It's worse than is being said."
     
    MileHigh, Feb 12, 2017
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  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Spillway's first structural problem in its 50-year history.
     
    Songbird, Feb 12, 2017
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  11. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Batman, Feb 12, 2017
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  12. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    HanSenSE, Feb 12, 2017
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