The Mothership - 2017-02-13
Ask me all the dam questions you want.
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jangbones - 2017-02-13 the dam isn't going to fail because the spillway is busted, right?
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The Mothership - 2017-02-13 No, the dam is not going to fail catastrophically, but it is in desperate need of repair nonetheless.
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SolRo - 2017-02-13 could all or most of the water in the reservoir be released through erosion of emergency overflow and the hill it's built on?
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The Mothership - 2017-02-14 No fucking way, there is too much water in the reservoir for it to be drained completely in the way that you describe, SolRo.
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SolRo - 2017-02-14 But eh, the structure is made of dirt and clay. Wouldn't it just keep eroding lower and lower as long as there's enough water once the concrete cap fails?
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simon666 - 2017-02-13
188k evacuated yesterday from down river communities.
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kingarthur - 2017-02-14
Can we chalk this up to America's crumbling infrastructure? I think we can.
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Old_Zircon - 2017-02-15 MY dad has commuted to work by train since 1980. During the Reagan years it used to break down constantly. After that it worked pretty consistently, he'd have trouble maybe 2 or 3 times a decade.
Last week he was on two different trains that broke down completely and one that was delayed because of some kind of track problem in I think 5 days.
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bac - 2017-02-14
Failing infrastructure is easily in my top three proof positive that America is fucked up.
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