[Abathar]

Can someone tell me what a couple of thousand unskilled troops are going to do to a 50 story dam that is cracked?

This thing is 500 feet tall, there isn’t enough chewing gum or silicone tubes for 2000 men to have any effect at all. Drain the lake and then pressure fill the crack, pouring another thick face on the lake side of the thing for support.

It will take years to properly repair this dam, assuming there isn’t an aftershock before it’s done.

[Gamecock]

***Can someone tell me what a couple of thousand unskilled troops are going to do to a 50 story dam that is cracked?***

They give the appearance of doing something. If all you have is a hammer, all problems look like a nail.

I really don't think they can do anything to repair a 50 story dam.

[metmom]

It will take years to properly repair this dam, assuming there isn’t an aftershock before it’s done.

A decent aftershock and it will be done, along with too many more people.