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Message started by justin_o_guy2 on 03/01/17 at 16:49:42

Title: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/01/17 at 16:49:42

So, you Know it's serious.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhpFa5hECfc

Oroville dam , it's a mess.

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by Trippah on 03/01/17 at 20:05:42

Looks like the roads up here in snow country. Thankfully, the dam did not fail. Yeah!

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/01/17 at 23:14:18

No, it didn't. Either it was designed wrong, construction wasn't up to par, something,, but a Spillway is supposed to let water Cross over, not wash away. That's gonna take some very clever work.

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by verslagen1 on 03/02/17 at 07:52:14

Feds said earlier that upgrades were necessary... but it's not raining now.

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/02/17 at 08:09:59

I can't imagine the engineering that it will take to get in, remove the compromised areas, get fill put in, and compacted and connected to the healthy parts. Yeah, it's an earthen dam, but the building up from zero is done a bit differently than I would expect putting a scab in a wound. My big questions are still, was the spillway obviously compromised before they were forced to use it? When was the time they had to use it? Was it a bad design, or was it not built to specification?
Whatever caused it, it's a hot mess.
Talk about shovel ready...

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by verslagen1 on 03/02/17 at 09:52:30

IDK, I don't see rebar hanging out at every break.
Obviously, there's bed rock there or it'd be all gone.
I believe they said they were over the maximum designed flow rate.
If they hadn't allowed the dam to fill to 80% and then projected another week of rain, they might've been able to release water below the designed flow rate.

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by Trippah on 03/02/17 at 11:16:28

I vaguely remember on day 2 or 3 some news (or not real news) org reporting that there were upgrades recommended a while back. I think that as with most things, we build up to a percentage of probable problems, but not 100% or nothing would ever get built. I hope they take a hint and repair it robustly.

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/02/17 at 16:28:49

475443425D5056545F00310 wrote:

I thought letting it get so full with rain coming was pretty dumb.

Title: Re: Duct tape won't fix it.
Post by MnSpring on 03/02/17 at 17:21:16

Just wondering, why the, ‘Leaves’, failed in ‘Orleans.

It seems like, they were, ‘designed’, correctly,
yet the locals, who were, ' payed', for the ‘correct design’,
spent the Money, on themselves.
(as reported in, very Well Hidden, reports)

Could the same thing have happen in CALF ?

Na, no way. !!!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D