Posted on 07/19/2022 10:48:36 AM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker
There is a great documentary on the construction, they built the tools as they went along.
I am thinking a tourist fell into a generator.....
100+ degrees locally with large A/C demand in Vegas/Boulder City/Henderson...transformer says “I quit” and goes “boom”.
Happens a couple of times per Summer in my area.
Call Optimus Prime!
I assure you that electrical equipment can explode and burn. I once had a ringside seat to watching a 1500 megawatt natural gas generating plant burn down. The fire started as an electrical short or arc in the electrical cabling. It spread through the cable trays and in about 15 minutes, the burning insulation had spread to engulf the entire plant. It burned for a couple of hours before all the combustibles were consumed.
A year ago, a transformer shorted out and set the wood pole on fire alongside the road I was driving on. A couple of months ago, a pole mounted transformer exploded a 100 yards from my house. Big boom. Some years ago, my truck motor simply quit running and I coasted to the side of the highway. I heard a hissing sound then found it was coming from the battery. I took off running and luckily didn't loose the truck to an explosion. The lead-acid battery case was deformed from the heat though and the hissing noise was from the acid boiling off.
Bottom line is there's lots of energy associated with electrical generating and transmission.
Perhaps...Call “Tó Neinilii”
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Sabotage? I knew one of those illegals or more are Agents of Iran/Russia! Blow up the powerhouse, wreck the grid in California! A few really big fires set in the windy times could really wreck things—
Every time I’ve had to call the power company for a power outage at my place it is always a squirrel. Always.
Now, in THIS case, it might just be a ‘Squirrely Enviroweenie’ but, as usual, we’ll never know! ;)
15. Perhaps a bunch of baked bean eaters who lit a match at their campsite!
The intakes may be just below the surface; but, I can assure you, the turbines are way at the bottom of the dam. The most power is delivered when the water falls a long distance before moving through the turbine. That is what they call “head” for the power plant.
The lake depth extends to the bottom of the dam. It is nowhere near dry.
Ahem. The water must be released from the dam to run the turbines. There are ducts through the turbines and there are bypass gates, for passing water in access of power production needs.
“Invasion USA” (a so-called “Red Scare” movie from the 50s) features a kamikaze-like pilot ramming the Hoover Dam.
It is a good idea, really. Let California gawk at empty pipes.
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