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Glory, Be! Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole Is Spilling Over
San Fracisco Chronicle ^ | Friday, February 17, 2017 | Amy Graff

Posted on 02/17/2017 5:27:44 PM PST by nickcarraway

Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole is spilling over for the first time in 10 years.

The reservoir two hours north of San Francisco reached full capacity and an elevation level of 440 feet Friday at 6 a.m., and began spilling, according to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson Janet Sierzputowski.

The unique spillway operates similarly to a bathtub drain

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: baryessa; california; gloryhole; water
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1 posted on 02/17/2017 5:27:44 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Something about this does not sound, or look, right.


2 posted on 02/17/2017 5:29:08 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Them. Up.)
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To: nickcarraway

Is it really called that?


3 posted on 02/17/2017 5:29:52 PM PST by mumblypeg (Make America Macho Again.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

A gloryhole in SF.

Will wonders ever cease!


4 posted on 02/17/2017 5:30:11 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
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To: mumblypeg

Yes.


5 posted on 02/17/2017 5:30:44 PM PST by HerrBlucher (For the sake of His sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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To: nickcarraway

Fags are forming a line...


6 posted on 02/17/2017 5:30:49 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: nickcarraway

Nick, please tell us you didn’t type in “San Francisco” and “glory hole” into a search engine to find this story.


7 posted on 02/17/2017 5:31:20 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( More and More Winning! ))))
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To: nickcarraway

I came here for pictures of something completely different.


8 posted on 02/17/2017 5:31:43 PM PST by gubamyster
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To: Two Kids' Dad; freedumb2003

No, I didn’t. But this place is more than two hours north of San Francisco.


9 posted on 02/17/2017 5:32:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Isn’t San Francisco sitting on a swamp? I’d be very worried! Water can move the plates easily! God is ready to do something terrible!


10 posted on 02/17/2017 5:36:00 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: nickcarraway
This is what it looks like at normal lake level -


11 posted on 02/17/2017 5:36:23 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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Addendum to Post #11.

It’s a spillway to a drain pipe that is 280’ deep and 700’ long.


12 posted on 02/17/2017 5:39:17 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: nickcarraway

You love glory holes don’t you?

Didn’t you work at one? I mean the reservoir?


13 posted on 02/17/2017 5:39:28 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper cbrust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: shibumi

How do they keep it from getting clogged?


14 posted on 02/17/2017 5:39:36 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Two Kids' Dad

ROFLMAO


15 posted on 02/17/2017 5:39:53 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper cbrust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: nickcarraway

Hmmm. Ok, I admit to being curious.


16 posted on 02/17/2017 5:40:07 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Two Kids' Dad

Post of the month!!


17 posted on 02/17/2017 5:40:11 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper cbrust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: nickcarraway

People who read the San Francesspoole Chronicle are not looking for this when they click a link with glory hole in the title.


18 posted on 02/17/2017 5:40:59 PM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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Rectum? damn near killed ‘em!

CC


19 posted on 02/17/2017 5:41:17 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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20 posted on 02/17/2017 5:41:22 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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