Posted on 01/13/2005 1:46:05 PM PST by Columbus Dawg
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Water is being released from several area dams as officials prepare for more rain throughout the day.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting controlled water releases from the Alum Creek and Delaware dams. About 8.5 feet of water is gradually being released from the Delaware Dam, which will raise the water level of the Olentangy River.
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That doesn't sound good
How worried are they about the structure of the dams?
What did Bush know, and when did he know it?
Reports are a statement from the Army Corps at 5:30.
Unconfirmed reports according to John Corby on WTVN:
--Precautions taking place at Battelle Laboratories in Columbus, which is on the Olentangy. Equipment to be moved to higher floors.
--Sandbagging is reportedly taking place at the American Electric Power headquarters in downtown Columbus.
--Evacuations along Neil Avenue in Columbus.
I drove by the Olentangy earlier in Columbus. It is high. Releases of water will have a huge impact.
http://www.lrh-wc.usace.army.mil/wc/scins.htm
Information on the whole Scioto Basin with water figures.
You can only store so much water behind a dam. If the flood crest is still upstream and the lake unable to absorb the inflow then releases are necessary. What they are trying to do is attenuate the flood, by absorbing what they can and adding to the lake capacity by spilling. It is a carefully calculated process to release on the tail end of downstream flooding. However, if they don't discharge, even worse can happen.
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True .. but if a dam breaks ... They'll be having a whole lot more troubles to worry about then just flooding
I'm no expert in this area .. but it sounds to me they reason to be concern about that
I thought it said........Water Being Released From Local Dems
You can only imagine what I was thinking??????
That's what I thought .. thanks for the info
The Army Corp of Engineers are watching our levy here on the Mississinewa River. The Ole Miss is suppose to crest at 17.5 feet sometime tonight. We have lots of flooding in the county. My office sits about 75 feet from her banks, and she is one scary Mississinewa right now.
I don't believe there is any worry about the dam breaking.
This is a controlled release to my understanding at the Delaware Dam, which feeds into the Olentangy River.
There is a backup along the Olentangy north of the dam.
It might not be the structure of the dams. The Tennessee Valley Authority, from which I retired a couple of years ago, regularly lowers its reservoirs to make space for winter flood waters then gradually releases the accumulated water to provide for navigation and power production.
The important thing is to catch the big rush and then allow it to flow out gently over a period of time. Hopefully, in this case, the Corps is making a controlled release that will not cause serious flooding to make space in the reservoirs to catch the flood that's coming. If they didn't, even if the dams held, the whole river system would go into free flow, resulting in massive floods.
My sister lives in a cabin on the Kentucky River right between Frankfort and Lexington. The water is rising there as well. Her cabin is only 8 feet above (but about 20 yards from) the river.
Quick - call Barbara Boxer.
I live in Culver, IN (near Plymouth). There's no flood danger in this county, but I've been wondering about the rest of Indiana.
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