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To: Mariner
Some images, in case you are just learning about this like me:

Here is the dam on the right, the main spillway, the emergency spillway, which is a concrete spillway barely visible but in between the main spillway and the parking lot. The main areas of concern are that the water is so high right now it has flooded the parking lot to the left and is spilling over the hillside from there. This is not reinforced by concrete, it is just packed dirt, and is not considered part of the containment. The water is strong enough to erode this area quickly, and so it will erode a pathway around and maybe under the cement emergency spillway. Fortunately though, this will not affect the main dam, which is why they are only forecasting the top 30 ft. of water from the lake to be released.

248 posted on 02/12/2017 7:21:38 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.9040-29/10000000_172415226584071_4991173231164522496_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjc4NiwicmxhIjo0MDk2LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InNkIn0%3D&oh=baafdeaadfabd0f62fdbe8aeec877261&oe=58A1BF7B

First minute of this show water coming over the part to the left of the weir.... is that the dirt part you mention?


383 posted on 02/13/2017 3:44:15 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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