[verum ago]

A little bit of hope. The dam was supposed to be renovated next week, or so I hear.

[verum ago]

Dunno how I forgot. Thanks for the correction.

[Bulwinkle]

hmm... my firt thought was of the ‘controlled burns’ that caused the massive wildfires out west

[kingu]

I really wish the National Hurricane Center would stop quoting 'category' vectors for hurricanes, and instead adopt a more useful danger level system. This was a category 1 hurricane - no big deal to a whole lot of people who have rode out such things. But here you had a very slow moving system, with a massive wind field, and loads of potential for soaking rain.

Rain measured in feet, storm surge of up to 10 feet, and constant hurricane force winds. It was a disaster waiting to happen, and to the NHC's credit, they mentioned it in every single update - at the bottom, well after most people stopped reading.

[ClearCase_guy]

The Obama Administration was looking for someone who was willing to dynamite that dam. They asked this guy, but he waved them off - "Not me! You guys can handle it."

[blueunicorn6]

Where’s President Canute?

[cripplecreek]

The dam was supposed to be renovated next week, or so I hear.

Sounds like a great place to put a generator if there isn't one already.

[PLMerite]

[cincinnati65]

My understanding is that there was to be a controlled release to drain the lake for repairs this winter.

[cincinnati65]

My understanding is that there was to be a controlled release to drain the lake for repairs this winter.