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Water Being Released From Local Dams (Columbus and Southern Ohio Need to Be Prepared)
WCMH-TV, Columbus ^ | January 13, 2005

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: columbus; dam; flood; ohio; water
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Contingency plans being made at The Ohio State University and in downtown Columbus. Worthington, Clintonville, the OSU Campus area need to be on the lookout.
1 posted on 01/13/2005 1:46:06 PM PST by Columbus Dawg
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To: CONSERVE

FYI...


2 posted on 01/13/2005 1:49:38 PM PST by Dog
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting controlled water releases from the Alum Creek and Delaware dams

That doesn't sound good

How worried are they about the structure of the dams?

3 posted on 01/13/2005 1:51:22 PM PST by Mo1 (Does the distinguished Sen from VT wish to act as our treaty rep. for negotiations with Al Queda?)
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To: Columbus Dawg

What did Bush know, and when did he know it?


5 posted on 01/13/2005 1:53:50 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: Mo1

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.


6 posted on 01/13/2005 1:55:08 PM PST by Columbus Dawg (Unfortunate to live in that blue spot in central Ohio)
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How worried are they about the structure of the dams?

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.

7 posted on 01/13/2005 1:59:06 PM PST by Godzilla (A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.)
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To: flutters

Ping/FYI


8 posted on 01/13/2005 2:00:50 PM PST by WestCoastGal ("If you can't run with the big dogs, you'd better go sit on the porch." (Daytona 500 38 days);-)
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I drove by the Olentangy earlier in Columbus. It is high. Releases of water will have a huge impact.

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

9 posted on 01/13/2005 2:01:30 PM PST by Mo1 (Does the distinguished Sen from VT wish to act as our treaty rep. for negotiations with Al Queda?)
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To: Columbus Dawg
Geez, I must read slower!

I thought it said........Water Being Released From Local Dems

You can only imagine what I was thinking??????

10 posted on 01/13/2005 2:01:46 PM PST by Repub4bush (Hey DU.......Saint Rove....Patron Saint of all your votes!)
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To: Godzilla
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.

That's what I thought .. thanks for the info

11 posted on 01/13/2005 2:03:32 PM PST by Mo1 (Does the distinguished Sen from VT wish to act as our treaty rep. for negotiations with Al Queda?)
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To: Columbus Dawg

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.


12 posted on 01/13/2005 2:03:43 PM PST by raisincane (Lead, follow, or get out of the way.....W2)
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To: Mo1

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.


13 posted on 01/13/2005 2:05:42 PM PST by Columbus Dawg (Unfortunate to live in that blue spot in central Ohio)
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To: Mo1

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.


14 posted on 01/13/2005 2:06:27 PM PST by libstripper
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We've had 7-8 inches of rain over the past couple of weeks and both Bagnel Dam at the Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Dam at Truman Reservoir are dumping water. We drove down to see all 12 floodgates open below Bagnel the other day. Awesome noise...just hope the folks downstream on the Osage and Missouri Rivers are ready.
15 posted on 01/13/2005 2:11:20 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: WestCoastGal

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.


17 posted on 01/13/2005 2:11:53 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (.)
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To: TonyRo76

Quick - call Barbara Boxer.


18 posted on 01/13/2005 2:12:32 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: raisincane

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.


19 posted on 01/13/2005 2:12:57 PM PST by 68skylark
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