Posted on 02/28/2017 10:33:18 PM PST by AzNASCARfan
Looks like the spillway was undermined because the sides weren’t tall enough for the attempted flow rate.
“It looks like California wanted to get by with the least amount of material to scam the tax payers.”
Give me a break, the dam was built 50 years ago.
The power of water.
People outside of KaliPorno intend to block federal funds, and rightly so.
Yes the scam was not in construction is seems but in skimming maintenance funds off of the top and not being able to perform functionary tests.
This will probably come out in the end with either mass firings and/or whistle blowers stepping up and sounding off.
We already know that California Politicians are liberal and are known for scamming their peasants out of billions and billions of tax funds then cry to the rest of the Nation for a bail out. Sorry peasants, but f(**K no, not this time.
Yawl are trying secede and yawl need to practice standing up before walking.
Texas needs to secede but hell we are running already, away from migrant Californians before they bring their liberal BS here.
My thoughts too - they put a pretty facade on a ornament instead of building it to do the job.
Since Mother Nature has already done most of the excavation, would it make sense to broaden the spillway? I suppose one might keep it the same at the top, which looks sound enough, but it could fan out below the damaged area. Would this help hydrologically? Or would it be a dumb thing to do?
If only they had built that high speed train this never would have happened!
+1. Thank you!
MUST SEE video. Flyover by helicopter HD video.
“amazing the power of water under the force of gravity. just a few days of spill way water and a new canyon is born.”
A small scale lab replicating the Lake Missoula flood creating the Scab Lands.
Funny how when things like this happen fly-over country nobody gives damn(no pun intended).
A million pounds of turbid water moving downhill at 20 mph. Think of the energy in just the momentum.
Moonbeam and liberal policies canyon. After Trump’s speech last night and even before these pictures should be the pictures that represent nationally what liberalism has done to our infrastructure. Of course we a group of people on the other side this money has gone to and events. Such as illegals in droves, politicians and their friends, stupid things like gender neutral bathrooms, Obamafail(care), Solyndra, etc, etc.
We need to see the lake side of the dam, below the emergency spillway and underwater below the main spillway, especially.
California is a disaster, anyone living there who thinks otherwise is just living in denial.
The money for basic infrastructure was raided and squandered long ago... they don’t upkeep jack, they act surprised when it eventually bites them on the arse.
They haven’t built any new acquifers in decades or electrical generation etc etc etc in spite of the population exploding and some of the higest state taxes in the nation.
California is a poster child to government malfeasance and mismanagement. If you have the ability, get the hell out
Should be interesting watching them try to repair that puppy before next winter.
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