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‘Serious problem’: 65-foot crack found in Columbia River dam
The Seattle Times ^
| 2/28/2014
| Craig Welch
Posted on 02/28/2014 8:07:24 PM PST by steve86
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50 miles upstream from me.
In the pic below, 8 miles or so behind the dam (upstream), you can just make out the I-90 bridge.
![](http://awbblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d193f53ef0133ec93fcd0970b-800wi)
300 miles or more upstream from Portland, OR
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:07:24 PM PST
by
steve86
To: steve86
Wanapum Dam was built in 1959 and is more than a mile long.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:09:45 PM PST
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: steve86
George Bush and DIck Cheney were said to have recently been seen on a Fracking Trip in the area!
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:09:49 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
(how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
To: steve86
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:09:58 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Obama will fix the problem with an executive order.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:10:48 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: steve86
Best be checking the flood insurance coverage.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:15:14 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(If you like your freedom, you can keep your freedom. Period.)
To: doc1019
using his pen..if necessary to caulk the crack
I can almost see him now... poised like the Lil Dutch Boy with his finger in the Dike
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:15:33 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
(how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
To: doc1019
Obama will fix the problem with an executive order. An Executive Order won't be enough to fix this one.This calls for a candlelight vigil complete with a few verses of Kumbaya.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:15:47 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
To: doc1019
Obama will fix the problem with an executive order. Obama will call all shovels to the ready, as this is clearly a shovel-ready job.
-PJ
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:19:37 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: MeshugeMikey
The Secretary of the Interior would like to talk to some salmon there before approving of any fixes to the dam.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:22:53 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: Delta 21
There’s another dam between Wanapum and me, and four more are between here and Portland, but I have always wanted to see (morbid curiosity) a map of expected flooding if Grand Coulee were to fail (upstream of all of these). We are about 45 feet above the mean Columbia River water level.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:23:13 PM PST
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: steve86
“Earlier this week, an engineer noticed a slight irregular bowing above the spillway gates near where cars can drive across the dam. “
That doesn’t sound good.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:23:43 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(This is not just stupid, we're talking Democrat stupid here.)
To: Gay State Conservative
Well we can be sure that if it blows it will never be rebuilt and if it doesn’t it will be the basis of lawsuits to tear out more dams.
To: doc1019
"Obama will fix the problem with an executive order."- - - - - - - - - - - - -
In his executive order, he ordered that his crack pipe be brought to him immediately...
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:26:34 PM PST
by
Heart-Rest
(Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal 6:7)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I would like to see more about this 65' long, 2" wide crack.
One worries that the crack could be more of a symptom of deeper, and more significant incipient failure.
.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:29:50 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: steve86
“Bowing” in a dam doesn’t sound good.
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:29:53 PM PST
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: steve86
See map that accompanies article for location (south-central Washington State).
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:29:56 PM PST
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Bowing in a dam doesnt sound good. No, it doesn't, please pray for us (being a little facetious but we have always known of hazards associated with these dams -- but without the dams, we wouldn't have irrigation in eastern WA (major agricultural area), abundant hydroelectric power, most river and lake recreation (other than canoes and kayaks), barge transportation on the river, etc.).
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:34:06 PM PST
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: TigersEye
ahahahaha now theres a conversation Id like to be privy to.
what a GREAT Movie Concept
She who Talks to Salmon!
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posted on
02/28/2014 8:36:02 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
(how many times has obie fundamentaly transformed obamacare now?)
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